Bundled special stain group 2 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

$83.16

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.

$252.00

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.

$20.40 with United Healthcare vs $258.22 with ADV Cardiovas Specialist — 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 $20.40 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare Star Kid KM $20.40 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare Chip KM $20.40 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $20.40 ↓ -75%
Community Health Choice Chip KM $22.44 ↓ -73%
Superior Star KM $22.44 ↓ -73%
Superior Chip KM $22.44 ↓ -73%
Superior Star Plus KM $22.44 ↓ -73%
Superior Foster Care KM $22.44 ↓ -73%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $24.48 ↓ -71%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $24.48 ↓ -71%
Amerigroup Star KM $24.48 ↓ -71%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $24.48 ↓ -71%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Kids KM $24.48 ↓ -71%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $24.48 ↓ -71%
Amerigroup Chip KM $24.48 ↓ -71%
Community Health Choice Star KM $24.48 ↓ -71%
United Healthcare All Payer $52.45 ↓ -37%
United Healthcare HIX $52.45 ↓ -37%
Molina Star Plus KM $61.20 ↓ -26%
Molina Star KM $61.20 ↓ -26%
Molina Chip KM $61.20 ↓ -26%
Texas Healthspring MM $64.56 ↓ -22%
Healthcare Highways PPO $91.80 ↑ +10%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $102.00 ↑ +23%
Verity HealthNet PPO $122.40 ↑ +47%
Aetna New Business $126.48 ↑ +52%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $128.71 ↑ +55%
Triwest VA MM $129.11 ↑ +55%
Humana Gold Choice MM $129.11 ↑ +55%
United Healthcare MM $129.11 ↑ +55%
Aetna MM $129.11 ↑ +55%
Coventry First Health MM $129.11 ↑ +55%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $129.11 ↑ +55%
Community Health Choice Dual MM $129.11 ↑ +55%
Allwell Superior Health MM $129.11 ↑ +55%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $129.11 ↑ +55%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $129.11 ↑ +55%
Wellcare MM $129.11 ↑ +55%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $129.11 ↑ +55%
Multiplan PPO $132.60 ↑ +59%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $132.60 ↑ +59%
Phcs PPO $132.60 ↑ +59%
First Health PPO $132.60 ↑ +59%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $132.98 ↑ +60%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $132.98 ↑ +60%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $135.57 ↑ +63%
US Imaging Network PPO $138.15 ↑ +66%
Devoted Health Plan MM $139.44 ↑ +68%
Amerigroup MM $139.44 ↑ +68%
Aetna PPO $140.76 ↑ +69%
Aetna POS $140.76 ↑ +69%
Aetna HMO $140.76 ↑ +69%
Aetna EPO $140.76 ↑ +69%
ProCare Advantage MM $142.02 ↑ +71%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $142.02 ↑ +71%
Imperial Health Plan MM $142.02 ↑ +71%
Partners Direct Health PPO $142.80 ↑ +72%
MCT Credit Union All Plans $142.80 ↑ +72%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $142.80 ↑ +72%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $144.08 ↑ +73%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $144.08 ↑ +73%
Humana Choicecare $152.28 ↑ +83%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $160.13 ↑ +93%
Provider Select PPO $163.20 ↑ +96%
Health Management Network PPO $163.20 ↑ +96%
HealthSmart PPO $163.20 ↑ +96%
Beech Street PPO $163.20 ↑ +96%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $170.49 ↑ +105%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $173.40 ↑ +109%
Christus Health HIX $180.75 ↑ +117%
Cigna New Business $196.85 ↑ +137%
Cigna PPO $251.92 ↑ +203%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $258.22 ↑ +211%
ADV Cardiovas Specialist MM $258.22 ↑ +211%

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