Bone biopsy open superficial 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

$3,746.82

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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$11,354.00

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.

$397.93 with United Healthcare vs $9,650.90 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 Star Plus KM $397.93 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Chip KM $397.93 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Star Kid KM $397.93 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Star KM $397.93 ↓ -89%
Superior Star Plus KM $815.20 ↓ -78%
Superior Chip KM $815.20 ↓ -78%
Community Health Choice Chip KM $815.20 ↓ -78%
Superior Star KM $815.20 ↓ -78%
Superior Foster Care KM $815.20 ↓ -78%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $855.96 ↓ -77%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $855.96 ↓ -77%
Amerigroup Chip KM $855.96 ↓ -77%
Molina Star KM $855.96 ↓ -77%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $855.96 ↓ -77%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $855.96 ↓ -77%
Molina Star Plus KM $855.96 ↓ -77%
Molina Chip KM $855.96 ↓ -77%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Kids KM $855.96 ↓ -77%
Amerigroup Star KM $855.96 ↓ -77%
Community Health Choice Star KM $864.11 ↓ -77%
Aetna New Business $1,935.00 ↓ -48%
Humana Choicecare $2,040.00 ↓ -46%
Aetna POS $2,151.00 ↓ -43%
Aetna HMO $2,151.00 ↓ -43%
Aetna EPO $2,151.00 ↓ -43%
Aetna PPO $2,151.00 ↓ -43%
United Healthcare HIX $2,831.00 ↓ -24%
Triwest VA MM $2,866.69 ↓ -23%
Humana Gold Choice MM $2,866.69 ↓ -23%
United Healthcare MM $2,866.69 ↓ -23%
Aetna MM $2,866.69 ↓ -23%
Coventry First Health MM $2,866.69 ↓ -23%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $2,866.69 ↓ -23%
Community Health Choice Dual MM $2,866.69 ↓ -23%
Allwell Superior Health MM $2,866.69 ↓ -23%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $2,866.69 ↓ -23%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $2,866.69 ↓ -23%
Wellcare MM $2,866.69 ↓ -23%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $2,866.69 ↓ -23%
Texas Healthspring MM $2,866.69 ↓ -23%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $2,952.69 ↓ -21%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $2,952.69 ↓ -21%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $3,010.02 ↓ -20%
US Imaging Network PPO $3,067.36 ↓ -18%
Devoted Health Plan MM $3,096.03 ↓ -17%
Amerigroup MM $3,096.03 ↓ -17%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $3,153.36 ↓ -16%
Imperial Health Plan MM $3,153.36 ↓ -16%
ProCare Advantage MM $3,153.36 ↓ -16%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $3,223.26 ↓ -14%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $3,223.26 ↓ -14%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $3,571.09 ↓ -5%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $3,826.17 ↑ +2%
MCT Credit Union All Plans $3,829.00 ↑ +2%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $3,965.30 ↑ +6%
Christus Health HIX $4,013.37 ↑ +7%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $4,020.00 ↑ +7%
Healthcare Highways PPO $4,543.00 ↑ +21%
Partners Direct Health PPO $4,989.00 ↑ +33%
Cigna New Business $5,277.00 ↑ +41%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $5,677.00 ↑ +52%
ADV Cardiovas Specialist MM $5,733.38 ↑ +53%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $5,733.38 ↑ +53%
United Healthcare All Payer $6,327.00 ↑ +69%
Verity HealthNet PPO $6,812.40 ↑ +82%
Cigna PPO $7,171.00 ↑ +91%
Multiplan PPO $7,380.10 ↑ +97%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $7,380.10 ↑ +97%
Phcs PPO $7,380.10 ↑ +97%
First Health PPO $7,380.10 ↑ +97%
Health Management Network PPO $9,083.20 ↑ +142%
HealthSmart PPO $9,083.20 ↑ +142%
Provider Select PPO $9,083.20 ↑ +142%
Beech Street PPO $9,083.20 ↑ +142%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $9,650.90 ↑ +158%

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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $3,965.54 $71.00 – $7,039.11
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