Augumentation percutaneous vertebral inc cavity creation ea addl thoracic/lumbar vertebral body 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

$3,242.91

Cash price

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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.

$9,827.00

Gross charge

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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.

$599.00 with United Healthcare vs $8,352.95 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
United Healthcare HIX $599.00 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Chip KM $982.70 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $982.70 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare Star KM $982.70 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare Star Kid KM $982.70 ↓ -70%
Community Health Choice Chip KM $1,080.97 ↓ -67%
Superior Star KM $1,080.97 ↓ -67%
Superior Chip KM $1,080.97 ↓ -67%
Superior Star Plus KM $1,080.97 ↓ -67%
Superior Foster Care KM $1,080.97 ↓ -67%
Amerigroup Star KM $1,179.24 ↓ -64%
Community Health Choice Star KM $1,179.24 ↓ -64%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $1,179.24 ↓ -64%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $1,179.24 ↓ -64%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Kids KM $1,179.24 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Chip KM $1,179.24 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $1,179.24 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $1,179.24 ↓ -64%
United Healthcare All Payer $1,338.00 ↓ -59%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $1,474.05 ↓ -55%
Aetna New Business $1,741.00 ↓ -46%
Aetna PPO $1,934.00 ↓ -40%
Aetna EPO $1,934.00 ↓ -40%
Aetna HMO $1,934.00 ↓ -40%
Aetna POS $1,934.00 ↓ -40%
Christus Health HIX $2,063.67 ↓ -36%
Aetna MM $2,358.48 ↓ -27%
Humana Choicecare $2,885.00 ↓ -11%
Molina Star Plus KM $2,948.10 ↓ -9%
Molina Star KM $2,948.10 ↓ -9%
Molina Chip KM $2,948.10 ↓ -9%
MCT Credit Union All Plans $3,829.00 ↑ +18%
Amerigroup MM $3,930.80 ↑ +21%
Imperial Health Plan MM $3,930.80 ↑ +21%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $4,020.00 ↑ +24%
Healthcare Highways PPO $4,913.50 ↑ +52%
ADV Cardiovas Specialist MM $4,913.50 ↑ +52%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $4,913.50 ↑ +52%
Devoted Health Plan MM $4,913.50 ↑ +52%
Partners Direct Health PPO $4,989.00 ↑ +54%
Verity HealthNet PPO $5,896.20 ↑ +82%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $5,896.20 ↑ +82%
Cigna New Business $5,960.00 ↑ +84%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $6,387.55 ↑ +97%
Phcs PPO $6,387.55 ↑ +97%
Multiplan PPO $6,387.55 ↑ +97%
First Health PPO $6,387.55 ↑ +97%
Cigna PPO $7,722.00 ↑ +138%
Provider Select PPO $7,861.60 ↑ +142%
Beech Street PPO $7,861.60 ↑ +142%
HealthSmart PPO $7,861.60 ↑ +142%
Health Management Network PPO $7,861.60 ↑ +142%
Triwest VA MM $8,352.95 ↑ +158%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $8,352.95 ↑ +158%

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Augumentation percutaneous vertebral inc cavity creation ea addl thoracic/lumbar vertebral body at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $7,713.54 $1,896.00 – $10,927.51
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $9,440.57 $71.00 – $14,160.86
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $10,430.87 $71.00 – $13,038.59
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $7,713.54 $1,896.00 – $10,927.51
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $9,440.57 $85.00 – $14,160.86
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $9,440.57 $4,877.63 – $14,160.86
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $10,430.87 $71.00 – $15,646.31
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $7,713.54 $1,896.00 – $10,927.51

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