Bacterial meningitis antigen 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

$77.55

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.

$235.00

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.

$5.77 with Texas Healthspring vs $163.20 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 $5.77 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare HIX $10.39 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare All Payer $10.39 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Star Kid KM $10.47 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $10.47 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Chip KM $10.47 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Star KM $10.47 ↓ -86%
Wellcare MM $11.54 ↓ -85%
Humana Gold Choice MM $11.54 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare MM $11.54 ↓ -85%
Aetna MM $11.54 ↓ -85%
Coventry First Health MM $11.54 ↓ -85%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $11.54 ↓ -85%
Superior Chip KM $11.54 ↓ -85%
Superior Star Plus KM $11.54 ↓ -85%
Superior Foster Care KM $11.54 ↓ -85%
Superior Star KM $11.54 ↓ -85%
Community Health Choice Chip KM $11.54 ↓ -85%
Community Health Choice Dual MM $11.54 ↓ -85%
Allwell Superior Health MM $11.54 ↓ -85%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $11.54 ↓ -85%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $11.54 ↓ -85%
Triwest VA MM $11.54 ↓ -85%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $11.54 ↓ -85%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $11.89 ↓ -85%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $11.89 ↓ -85%
Molina Chip KM $12.12 ↓ -84%
Amerigroup Chip KM $12.12 ↓ -84%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $12.12 ↓ -84%
Amerigroup Star KM $12.12 ↓ -84%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $12.12 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Kids KM $12.12 ↓ -84%
Molina Star Plus KM $12.12 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $12.12 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $12.12 ↓ -84%
Molina Star KM $12.12 ↓ -84%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $12.12 ↓ -84%
Community Health Choice Star KM $12.23 ↓ -84%
US Imaging Network PPO $12.35 ↓ -84%
Amerigroup MM $12.46 ↓ -84%
Devoted Health Plan MM $12.46 ↓ -84%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $12.69 ↓ -84%
Imperial Health Plan MM $12.69 ↓ -84%
ProCare Advantage MM $12.69 ↓ -84%
Christus Health HIX $16.16 ↓ -79%
Partners Direct Health PPO $20.77 ↓ -73%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $23.08 ↓ -70%
ADV Cardiovas Specialist MM $23.08 ↓ -70%
Humana Choicecare $32.15 ↓ -59%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $44.43 ↓ -43%
Cigna New Business $47.40 ↓ -39%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $49.74 ↓ -36%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $49.74 ↓ -36%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $55.28 ↓ -29%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $58.85 ↓ -24%
Cigna PPO $60.66 ↓ -22%
Healthcare Highways PPO $86.40 ↑ +11%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $96.00 ↑ +24%
Verity HealthNet PPO $115.20 ↑ +49%
Aetna New Business $119.04 ↑ +54%
First Health PPO $124.80 ↑ +61%
Multiplan PPO $124.80 ↑ +61%
Phcs PPO $124.80 ↑ +61%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $124.80 ↑ +61%
Aetna PPO $132.48 ↑ +71%
Aetna EPO $132.48 ↑ +71%
Aetna HMO $132.48 ↑ +71%
Aetna POS $132.48 ↑ +71%
MCT Credit Union All Plans $134.40 ↑ +73%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $134.40 ↑ +73%
Provider Select PPO $153.60 ↑ +98%
Health Management Network PPO $153.60 ↑ +98%
HealthSmart PPO $153.60 ↑ +98%
Beech Street PPO $153.60 ↑ +98%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $163.20 ↑ +110%

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