Beta-2 microglobulin 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

$80.52

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.

$244.00

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.

$8.09 with Texas Healthspring vs $204.00 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 $8.09 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare HIX $14.56 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare All Payer $14.56 ↓ -82%
Superior Chip KM $16.18 ↓ -80%
Triwest VA MM $16.18 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare MM $16.18 ↓ -80%
Wellcare MM $16.18 ↓ -80%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $16.18 ↓ -80%
Humana Gold Choice MM $16.18 ↓ -80%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $16.18 ↓ -80%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $16.18 ↓ -80%
Allwell Superior Health MM $16.18 ↓ -80%
Community Health Choice Dual MM $16.18 ↓ -80%
Aetna MM $16.18 ↓ -80%
Coventry First Health MM $16.18 ↓ -80%
Community Health Choice Chip KM $16.18 ↓ -80%
Superior Foster Care KM $16.18 ↓ -80%
Superior Star KM $16.18 ↓ -80%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $16.18 ↓ -80%
Superior Star Plus KM $16.18 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $16.30 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Chip KM $16.30 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Star KM $16.30 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Star Kid KM $16.30 ↓ -80%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $16.67 ↓ -79%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $16.67 ↓ -79%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $16.99 ↓ -79%
Amerigroup Star KM $16.99 ↓ -79%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $16.99 ↓ -79%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $16.99 ↓ -79%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $16.99 ↓ -79%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Kids KM $16.99 ↓ -79%
Amerigroup Chip KM $16.99 ↓ -79%
Molina Star KM $16.99 ↓ -79%
Molina Star Plus KM $16.99 ↓ -79%
Molina Chip KM $16.99 ↓ -79%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $16.99 ↓ -79%
Community Health Choice Star KM $17.15 ↓ -79%
US Imaging Network PPO $17.31 ↓ -79%
Devoted Health Plan MM $17.47 ↓ -78%
Amerigroup MM $17.47 ↓ -78%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $17.80 ↓ -78%
Imperial Health Plan MM $17.80 ↓ -78%
ProCare Advantage MM $17.80 ↓ -78%
Christus Health HIX $22.65 ↓ -72%
Partners Direct Health PPO $29.12 ↓ -64%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $32.36 ↓ -60%
ADV Cardiovas Specialist MM $32.36 ↓ -60%
Humana Choicecare $51.04 ↓ -37%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $62.29 ↓ -23%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $69.74 ↓ -13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $69.74 ↓ -13%
Cigna New Business $75.36 ↓ -6%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $77.50 ↓ -4%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $82.52 ↑ +2%
Cigna PPO $96.45 ↑ +20%
Healthcare Highways PPO $108.00 ↑ +34%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $120.00 ↑ +49%
Verity HealthNet PPO $144.00 ↑ +79%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $156.00 ↑ +94%
Phcs PPO $156.00 ↑ +94%
Multiplan PPO $156.00 ↑ +94%
First Health PPO $156.00 ↑ +94%
Aetna PPO $165.60 ↑ +106%
Aetna EPO $165.60 ↑ +106%
Aetna POS $165.60 ↑ +106%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $168.00 ↑ +109%
MCT Credit Union All Plans $168.00 ↑ +109%
Beech Street PPO $192.00 ↑ +138%
Provider Select PPO $192.00 ↑ +138%
HealthSmart PPO $192.00 ↑ +138%
Health Management Network PPO $192.00 ↑ +138%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $204.00 ↑ +153%

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