Biopsy skin incisional single lesion 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

$337.26

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.

$1,022.00

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.

$90.05 with United Healthcare vs $10,721.00 with Five Point Credit Union — 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 Chip KM $90.05 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Star Kid KM $90.05 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Star KM $90.05 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $90.05 ↓ -73%
Superior Chip KM $98.83 ↓ -71%
Community Health Choice Chip KM $98.83 ↓ -71%
Superior Star KM $98.83 ↓ -71%
Superior Foster Care KM $98.83 ↓ -71%
Superior Star Plus KM $98.83 ↓ -71%
Molina Star Plus KM $103.77 ↓ -69%
Molina Chip KM $103.77 ↓ -69%
Amerigroup Chip KM $103.77 ↓ -69%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Kids KM $103.77 ↓ -69%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $103.77 ↓ -69%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $103.77 ↓ -69%
Amerigroup Star KM $103.77 ↓ -69%
Molina Star KM $103.77 ↓ -69%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $103.77 ↓ -69%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $103.77 ↓ -69%
Community Health Choice Star KM $104.76 ↓ -69%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $161.53 ↓ -52%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $161.53 ↓ -52%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $178.96 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $191.75 ↓ -43%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $198.72 ↓ -41%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $511.00 ↑ +52%
Healthcare Highways PPO $511.00 ↑ +52%
Triwest VA MM $613.12 ↑ +82%
Humana Gold Choice MM $613.12 ↑ +82%
United Healthcare MM $613.12 ↑ +82%
Aetna MM $613.12 ↑ +82%
Coventry First Health MM $613.12 ↑ +82%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $613.12 ↑ +82%
Community Health Choice Dual MM $613.12 ↑ +82%
Allwell Superior Health MM $613.12 ↑ +82%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $613.12 ↑ +82%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $613.12 ↑ +82%
Wellcare MM $613.12 ↑ +82%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $613.12 ↑ +82%
Texas Healthspring MM $613.12 ↑ +82%
Verity HealthNet PPO $613.20 ↑ +82%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $631.51 ↑ +87%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $631.51 ↑ +87%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $643.78 ↑ +91%
US Imaging Network PPO $656.04 ↑ +95%
Devoted Health Plan MM $662.17 ↑ +96%
Amerigroup MM $662.17 ↑ +96%
Multiplan PPO $664.30 ↑ +97%
First Health PPO $664.30 ↑ +97%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $664.30 ↑ +97%
Phcs PPO $664.30 ↑ +97%
ProCare Advantage MM $674.43 ↑ +100%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $674.43 ↑ +100%
Imperial Health Plan MM $674.43 ↑ +100%
Health Management Network PPO $817.60 ↑ +142%
Provider Select PPO $817.60 ↑ +142%
Beech Street PPO $817.60 ↑ +142%
HealthSmart PPO $817.60 ↑ +142%
Christus Health HIX $858.37 ↑ +155%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $868.70 ↑ +158%
United Healthcare HIX $1,068.00 ↑ +217%
ADV Cardiovas Specialist MM $1,226.24 ↑ +264%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $1,226.24 ↑ +264%
Aetna New Business $1,741.00 ↑ +416%
Aetna POS $1,934.00 ↑ +473%
Aetna PPO $1,934.00 ↑ +473%
Aetna EPO $1,934.00 ↑ +473%
Aetna HMO $1,934.00 ↑ +473%
United Healthcare All Payer $2,387.00 ↑ +608%
Humana Choicecare $2,885.00 ↑ +755%
MCT Credit Union All Plans $3,829.00 ↑ +1035%
Cigna New Business $3,941.00 ↑ +1069%
Partners Direct Health PPO $4,989.00 ↑ +1379%
Cigna PPO $5,088.00 ↑ +1409%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $10,721.00 ↑ +3079%

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Biopsy skin incisional single lesion at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $645.67 $98.83 – $1,596.25
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $634.09 $71.00 – $2,975.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $789.90 $71.00 – $2,975.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $645.67 $98.83 – $1,596.25
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $634.09 $85.00 – $2,975.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $634.09 $98.83 – $1,555.84
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $789.90 $71.00 – $2,975.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $645.67 $98.83 – $1,596.25

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