Bx/exc lymph node/open/superfic 38500 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

$3,339.27

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.

$10,119.00

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 $8,601.15 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 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Chip KM $397.93 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Star Kid KM $397.93 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Star KM $397.93 ↓ -88%
Superior Star Plus KM $963.66 ↓ -71%
Superior Chip KM $963.66 ↓ -71%
Community Health Choice Chip KM $963.66 ↓ -71%
Superior Star KM $963.66 ↓ -71%
Superior Foster Care KM $963.66 ↓ -71%
Molina Star KM $1,011.84 ↓ -70%
Amerigroup Star KM $1,011.84 ↓ -70%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $1,011.84 ↓ -70%
Amerigroup Chip KM $1,011.84 ↓ -70%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $1,011.84 ↓ -70%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $1,011.84 ↓ -70%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $1,011.84 ↓ -70%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Kids KM $1,011.84 ↓ -70%
Molina Star Plus KM $1,011.84 ↓ -70%
Molina Chip KM $1,011.84 ↓ -70%
Community Health Choice Star KM $1,021.48 ↓ -69%
Aetna New Business $1,935.00 ↓ -42%
Humana Choicecare $2,040.00 ↓ -39%
Aetna HMO $2,151.00 ↓ -36%
Aetna PPO $2,151.00 ↓ -36%
Aetna POS $2,151.00 ↓ -36%
Aetna EPO $2,151.00 ↓ -36%
United Healthcare HIX $2,831.00 ↓ -15%
MCT Credit Union All Plans $3,829.00 ↑ +15%
Aetna MM $3,835.48 ↑ +15%
Wellcare MM $3,835.48 ↑ +15%
Humana Gold Choice MM $3,835.48 ↑ +15%
United Healthcare MM $3,835.48 ↑ +15%
Coventry First Health MM $3,835.48 ↑ +15%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $3,835.48 ↑ +15%
Community Health Choice Dual MM $3,835.48 ↑ +15%
Allwell Superior Health MM $3,835.48 ↑ +15%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $3,835.48 ↑ +15%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $3,835.48 ↑ +15%
Triwest VA MM $3,835.48 ↑ +15%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $3,835.48 ↑ +15%
Texas Healthspring MM $3,835.48 ↑ +15%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $3,950.54 ↑ +18%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $3,950.54 ↑ +18%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $4,020.00 ↑ +20%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $4,027.25 ↑ +21%
US Imaging Network PPO $4,103.96 ↑ +23%
Amerigroup MM $4,142.32 ↑ +24%
Devoted Health Plan MM $4,142.32 ↑ +24%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $4,211.07 ↑ +26%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $4,211.07 ↑ +26%
Imperial Health Plan MM $4,219.03 ↑ +26%
ProCare Advantage MM $4,219.03 ↑ +26%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $4,219.03 ↑ +26%
Healthcare Highways PPO $4,543.00 ↑ +36%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $4,665.51 ↑ +40%
Partners Direct Health PPO $4,989.00 ↑ +49%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $4,998.76 ↑ +50%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $5,059.50 ↑ +52%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $5,180.53 ↑ +55%
Cigna New Business $5,277.00 ↑ +58%
Christus Health HIX $5,369.67 ↑ +61%
Verity HealthNet PPO $6,071.40 ↑ +82%
United Healthcare All Payer $6,327.00 ↑ +89%
First Health PPO $6,577.35 ↑ +97%
Phcs PPO $6,577.35 ↑ +97%
Multiplan PPO $6,577.35 ↑ +97%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $6,577.35 ↑ +97%
Cigna PPO $7,171.00 ↑ +115%
ADV Cardiovas Specialist MM $7,670.96 ↑ +130%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $7,670.96 ↑ +130%
HealthSmart PPO $8,095.20 ↑ +142%
Health Management Network PPO $8,095.20 ↑ +142%
Provider Select PPO $8,095.20 ↑ +142%
Beech Street PPO $8,095.20 ↑ +142%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $8,601.15 ↑ +158%

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