Biliary endoscopy thru skin 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

$1,660.89

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.

$5,033.00

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.

$297.19 with United Healthcare vs $20,856.18 with Naphcare Inc. — 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 Star KM $297.19 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Star Kid KM $297.19 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Chip KM $297.19 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $297.19 ↓ -82%
Aetna New Business $2,242.00 ↑ +35%
Aetna EPO $2,492.00 ↑ +50%
Aetna PPO $2,492.00 ↑ +50%
Aetna POS $2,492.00 ↑ +50%
Aetna HMO $2,492.00 ↑ +50%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $2,516.50 ↑ +52%
Superior Chip KM $2,819.34 ↑ +70%
Community Health Choice Chip KM $2,819.34 ↑ +70%
Superior Star KM $2,819.34 ↑ +70%
Superior Foster Care KM $2,819.34 ↑ +70%
Superior Star Plus KM $2,819.34 ↑ +70%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $2,960.31 ↑ +78%
Amerigroup Star KM $2,960.31 ↑ +78%
Molina Star KM $2,960.31 ↑ +78%
Amerigroup Chip KM $2,960.31 ↑ +78%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $2,960.31 ↑ +78%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Kids KM $2,960.31 ↑ +78%
Molina Chip KM $2,960.31 ↑ +78%
Molina Star Plus KM $2,960.31 ↑ +78%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $2,960.31 ↑ +78%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $2,960.31 ↑ +78%
Community Health Choice Star KM $2,988.50 ↑ +80%
Verity HealthNet PPO $3,019.80 ↑ +82%
Phcs PPO $3,271.45 ↑ +97%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $3,271.45 ↑ +97%
First Health PPO $3,271.45 ↑ +97%
Multiplan PPO $3,271.45 ↑ +97%
MCT Credit Union All Plans $3,829.00 ↑ +131%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $4,020.00 ↑ +142%
Health Management Network PPO $4,026.40 ↑ +142%
Beech Street PPO $4,026.40 ↑ +142%
HealthSmart PPO $4,026.40 ↑ +142%
Provider Select PPO $4,026.40 ↑ +142%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $4,278.05 ↑ +158%
Partners Direct Health PPO $4,989.00 ↑ +200%
Humana Choicecare $5,703.00 ↑ +243%
Healthcare Highways PPO $5,893.00 ↑ +255%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $6,718.86 ↑ +305%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $6,718.86 ↑ +305%
United Healthcare HIX $6,809.00 ↑ +310%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $7,443.91 ↑ +348%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $7,975.62 ↑ +380%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $8,265.64 ↑ +398%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $10,428.09 ↑ +528%
Texas Healthspring MM $10,428.09 ↑ +528%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $10,428.09 ↑ +528%
Community Health Choice Dual MM $10,428.09 ↑ +528%
United Healthcare MM $10,428.09 ↑ +528%
Aetna MM $10,428.09 ↑ +528%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $10,428.09 ↑ +528%
Coventry First Health MM $10,428.09 ↑ +528%
Triwest VA MM $10,428.09 ↑ +528%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $10,428.09 ↑ +528%
Humana Gold Choice MM $10,428.09 ↑ +528%
Allwell Superior Health MM $10,428.09 ↑ +528%
Wellcare MM $10,428.09 ↑ +528%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $10,740.93 ↑ +547%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $10,740.93 ↑ +547%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $10,949.49 ↑ +559%
US Imaging Network PPO $11,158.06 ↑ +572%
Devoted Health Plan MM $11,262.34 ↑ +578%
Amerigroup MM $11,262.34 ↑ +578%
ProCare Advantage MM $11,470.90 ↑ +591%
Imperial Health Plan MM $11,470.90 ↑ +591%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $11,470.90 ↑ +591%
Cigna New Business $12,667.00 ↑ +663%
Christus Health HIX $14,599.33 ↑ +779%
United Healthcare All Payer $15,219.00 ↑ +816%
Cigna PPO $16,353.00 ↑ +885%
ADV Cardiovas Specialist MM $20,856.18 ↑ +1156%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $20,856.18 ↑ +1156%

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Biliary endoscopy thru skin at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $5,961.90 $4,833.48 – $10,295.80
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $12,366.52 $2,762.95 – $10,731.66
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $8,487.50 $5,460.00 – $24,250.00
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $1,594.60 $1,160.87 – $9,112.00
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $8,487.50 $5,460.00 – $24,250.00
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $8,487.50 $5,460.00 – $24,250.00
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $1,594.60 $5,011.60 – $9,112.00
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $8,487.50 $6,547.50 – $24,250.00

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