Assay of salicylate at CHRISTUS Health - West Beaumont

6025 Metropolitan Drive, Beaumont, TX · Christushealth · · NPI 1679557888

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jan 13, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$180.84

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$548.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$9.32 with Texas Healthspring vs $408.00 with Verity Healthnet National — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Texas Healthspring MM $9.32 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare HIX $16.78 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare All Payer $16.78 ↓ -91%
Wellcare MM $18.64 ↓ -90%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $18.64 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare MM $18.64 ↓ -90%
Triwest VA MM $18.64 ↓ -90%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $18.64 ↓ -90%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $18.64 ↓ -90%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $18.64 ↓ -90%
Humana Gold Choice MM $18.64 ↓ -90%
Coventry First Health MM $18.64 ↓ -90%
Superior Chip KM $18.64 ↓ -90%
Allwell Superior Health MM $18.64 ↓ -90%
Community Health Choice Dual MM $18.64 ↓ -90%
Community Health Choice Chip KM $18.64 ↓ -90%
Superior Star KM $18.64 ↓ -90%
Superior Foster Care KM $18.64 ↓ -90%
Aetna MM $18.64 ↓ -90%
Superior Star Plus KM $18.64 ↓ -90%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $19.20 ↓ -89%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $19.20 ↓ -89%
Amerigroup Chip KM $19.57 ↓ -89%
Molina Chip KM $19.57 ↓ -89%
Molina Star Plus KM $19.57 ↓ -89%
Molina Star KM $19.57 ↓ -89%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $19.57 ↓ -89%
Amerigroup Star KM $19.57 ↓ -89%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $19.57 ↓ -89%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $19.57 ↓ -89%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $19.57 ↓ -89%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Kids KM $19.57 ↓ -89%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $19.57 ↓ -89%
Community Health Choice Star KM $19.76 ↓ -89%
US Imaging Network PPO $19.94 ↓ -89%
Amerigroup MM $20.13 ↓ -89%
Devoted Health Plan MM $20.13 ↓ -89%
ProCare Advantage MM $20.50 ↓ -89%
Imperial Health Plan MM $20.50 ↓ -89%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $20.50 ↓ -89%
Christus Health HIX $26.10 ↓ -86%
ADV Cardiovas Specialist MM $37.28 ↓ -79%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $37.28 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $48.00 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Star Kid KM $48.00 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Star KM $48.00 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Chip KM $48.00 ↓ -73%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $71.76 ↓ -60%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $80.34 ↓ -56%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $80.34 ↓ -56%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $89.29 ↓ -51%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $95.06 ↓ -47%
Cigna New Business $187.20 ↑ +4%
Healthcare Highways PPO $216.00 ↑ +19%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $240.00 ↑ +33%
Humana Choicecare $288.00 ↑ +59%
Verity HealthNet PPO $288.00 ↑ +59%
Cigna PPO $288.00 ↑ +59%
Aetna New Business $297.60 ↑ +65%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $312.00 ↑ +73%
First Health PPO $312.00 ↑ +73%
Phcs PPO $312.00 ↑ +73%
Multiplan PPO $312.00 ↑ +73%
Aetna HMO $331.20 ↑ +83%
Aetna EPO $331.20 ↑ +83%
Aetna PPO $331.20 ↑ +83%
Aetna POS $331.20 ↑ +83%
MCT Credit Union All Plans $336.00 ↑ +86%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $336.00 ↑ +86%
Partners Direct Health PPO $336.00 ↑ +86%
Health Management Network PPO $384.00 ↑ +112%
Provider Select PPO $384.00 ↑ +112%
Beech Street PPO $384.00 ↑ +112%
HealthSmart PPO $384.00 ↑ +112%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $408.00 ↑ +126%

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