Bundled special stain group 1 microorganisms 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

$101.31

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.

$307.00

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.

$24.80 with United Healthcare vs $309.48 with Cigna — 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 $24.80 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Star Kid KM $24.80 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Star KM $24.80 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $24.80 ↓ -76%
Texas Healthspring MM $26.76 ↓ -74%
Superior Chip KM $27.28 ↓ -73%
Community Health Choice Chip KM $27.28 ↓ -73%
Superior Star KM $27.28 ↓ -73%
Superior Foster Care KM $27.28 ↓ -73%
Superior Star Plus KM $27.28 ↓ -73%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $29.76 ↓ -71%
Amerigroup Star KM $29.76 ↓ -71%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $29.76 ↓ -71%
Community Health Choice Star KM $29.76 ↓ -71%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $29.76 ↓ -71%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $29.76 ↓ -71%
Amerigroup Chip KM $29.76 ↓ -71%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Kids KM $29.76 ↓ -71%
United Healthcare All Payer $46.47 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare HIX $46.47 ↓ -54%
Triwest VA MM $53.52 ↓ -47%
Humana Gold Choice MM $53.52 ↓ -47%
United Healthcare MM $53.52 ↓ -47%
Aetna MM $53.52 ↓ -47%
Coventry First Health MM $53.52 ↓ -47%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $53.52 ↓ -47%
Community Health Choice Dual MM $53.52 ↓ -47%
Allwell Superior Health MM $53.52 ↓ -47%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $53.52 ↓ -47%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $53.52 ↓ -47%
Wellcare MM $53.52 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $53.52 ↓ -47%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $55.13 ↓ -46%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $55.13 ↓ -46%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $56.20 ↓ -45%
US Imaging Network PPO $57.27 ↓ -43%
Devoted Health Plan MM $57.80 ↓ -43%
Amerigroup MM $57.80 ↓ -43%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $58.87 ↓ -42%
ProCare Advantage MM $58.87 ↓ -42%
Imperial Health Plan MM $58.87 ↓ -42%
Molina Star Plus KM $74.40 ↓ -27%
Molina Star KM $74.40 ↓ -27%
Molina Chip KM $74.40 ↓ -27%
Christus Health HIX $74.93 ↓ -26%
ADV Cardiovas Specialist MM $107.04 ↑ +6%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $107.04 ↑ +6%
Healthcare Highways PPO $111.60 ↑ +10%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $124.00 ↑ +22%
Verity HealthNet PPO $148.80 ↑ +47%
Aetna New Business $153.76 ↑ +52%
Phcs PPO $161.20 ↑ +59%
First Health PPO $161.20 ↑ +59%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $161.20 ↑ +59%
Multiplan PPO $161.20 ↑ +59%
Aetna EPO $171.12 ↑ +69%
Aetna POS $171.12 ↑ +69%
Aetna PPO $171.12 ↑ +69%
Aetna HMO $171.12 ↑ +69%
MCT Credit Union All Plans $173.60 ↑ +71%
Partners Direct Health PPO $173.60 ↑ +71%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $173.60 ↑ +71%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $190.46 ↑ +88%
Provider Select PPO $198.40 ↑ +96%
Health Management Network PPO $198.40 ↑ +96%
HealthSmart PPO $198.40 ↑ +96%
Beech Street PPO $198.40 ↑ +96%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $210.80 ↑ +108%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $213.22 ↑ +110%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $213.22 ↑ +110%
Humana Choicecare $216.15 ↑ +113%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $236.96 ↑ +134%
Cigna New Business $241.84 ↑ +139%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $252.30 ↑ +149%
Cigna PPO $309.48 ↑ +205%

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