Bx skin punch ea sep/ addl les 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

$157.08

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.

$476.00

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.

$47.60 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 $47.60 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $47.60 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare Star KM $47.60 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare Star Kid KM $47.60 ↓ -70%
Superior Star Plus KM $52.36 ↓ -67%
Superior Foster Care KM $52.36 ↓ -67%
Superior Chip KM $52.36 ↓ -67%
Community Health Choice Chip KM $52.36 ↓ -67%
Superior Star KM $52.36 ↓ -67%
Amerigroup Chip KM $57.12 ↓ -64%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Kids KM $57.12 ↓ -64%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $57.12 ↓ -64%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $57.12 ↓ -64%
Community Health Choice Star KM $57.12 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star KM $57.12 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $57.12 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $57.12 ↓ -64%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $71.40 ↓ -55%
Christus Health HIX $99.96 ↓ -36%
Aetna MM $114.24 ↓ -27%
Molina Star KM $142.80 ↓ -9%
Molina Chip KM $142.80 ↓ -9%
Molina Star Plus KM $142.80 ↓ -9%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $145.00 ↓ -8%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $161.00 ↑ +2%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $161.00 ↑ +2%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $181.00 ↑ +15%
Cigna New Business $185.64 ↑ +18%
Amerigroup MM $190.40 ↑ +21%
Imperial Health Plan MM $190.40 ↑ +21%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $192.00 ↑ +22%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $238.00 ↑ +52%
Devoted Health Plan MM $238.00 ↑ +52%
ADV Cardiovas Specialist MM $238.00 ↑ +52%
Healthcare Highways PPO $238.00 ↑ +52%
Cigna PPO $285.60 ↑ +82%
Verity HealthNet PPO $285.60 ↑ +82%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $285.60 ↑ +82%
Multiplan PPO $309.40 ↑ +97%
First Health PPO $309.40 ↑ +97%
Phcs PPO $309.40 ↑ +97%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $309.40 ↑ +97%
HealthSmart PPO $380.80 ↑ +142%
Provider Select PPO $380.80 ↑ +142%
Health Management Network PPO $380.80 ↑ +142%
Beech Street PPO $380.80 ↑ +142%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $404.60 ↑ +158%
Triwest VA MM $404.60 ↑ +158%
United Healthcare HIX $599.00 ↑ +281%
United Healthcare All Payer $1,338.00 ↑ +752%
Humana Choicecare $1,414.00 ↑ +800%
Aetna New Business $1,741.00 ↑ +1008%
Aetna EPO $1,934.00 ↑ +1131%
Aetna HMO $1,934.00 ↑ +1131%
Aetna POS $1,934.00 ↑ +1131%
Aetna PPO $1,934.00 ↑ +1131%
MCT Credit Union All Plans $3,829.00 ↑ +2338%
Partners Direct Health PPO $4,989.00 ↑ +3076%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $10,721.00 ↑ +6725%

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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $227.13 $64.35 – $321.77
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $249.40 $128.86 – $374.10
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