C-reactive protein, quantitative 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

$95.37

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.

$289.00

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.

$5.32 with Texas Healthspring vs $204.85 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
Texas Healthspring MM $5.32 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare HIX $9.58 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare All Payer $9.58 ↓ -90%
Superior Chip KM $10.64 ↓ -89%
Triwest VA MM $10.64 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare MM $10.64 ↓ -89%
Wellcare MM $10.64 ↓ -89%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $10.64 ↓ -89%
Humana Gold Choice MM $10.64 ↓ -89%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $10.64 ↓ -89%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $10.64 ↓ -89%
Allwell Superior Health MM $10.64 ↓ -89%
Community Health Choice Dual MM $10.64 ↓ -89%
Aetna MM $10.64 ↓ -89%
Coventry First Health MM $10.64 ↓ -89%
Community Health Choice Chip KM $10.64 ↓ -89%
Superior Foster Care KM $10.64 ↓ -89%
Superior Star KM $10.64 ↓ -89%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $10.64 ↓ -89%
Superior Star Plus KM $10.64 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $10.72 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Chip KM $10.72 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Star KM $10.72 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Star Kid KM $10.72 ↓ -89%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $10.96 ↓ -89%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $10.96 ↓ -89%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $11.17 ↓ -88%
Amerigroup Star KM $11.17 ↓ -88%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $11.17 ↓ -88%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $11.17 ↓ -88%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $11.17 ↓ -88%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Kids KM $11.17 ↓ -88%
Amerigroup Chip KM $11.17 ↓ -88%
Molina Star KM $11.17 ↓ -88%
Molina Star Plus KM $11.17 ↓ -88%
Molina Chip KM $11.17 ↓ -88%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $11.17 ↓ -88%
Community Health Choice Star KM $11.28 ↓ -88%
US Imaging Network PPO $11.38 ↓ -88%
Devoted Health Plan MM $11.49 ↓ -88%
Amerigroup MM $11.49 ↓ -88%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $11.70 ↓ -88%
Imperial Health Plan MM $11.70 ↓ -88%
ProCare Advantage MM $11.70 ↓ -88%
Christus Health HIX $14.90 ↓ -84%
Partners Direct Health PPO $19.15 ↓ -80%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $21.28 ↓ -78%
ADV Cardiovas Specialist MM $21.28 ↓ -78%
Humana Choicecare $28.34 ↓ -70%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $40.96 ↓ -57%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $45.86 ↓ -52%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $45.86 ↓ -52%
Cigna New Business $49.85 ↓ -48%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $50.97 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $54.26 ↓ -43%
Cigna PPO $63.80 ↓ -33%
Healthcare Highways PPO $108.45 ↑ +14%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $120.50 ↑ +26%
Verity HealthNet PPO $144.60 ↑ +52%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $156.65 ↑ +64%
Phcs PPO $156.65 ↑ +64%
Multiplan PPO $156.65 ↑ +64%
First Health PPO $156.65 ↑ +64%
Aetna PPO $166.29 ↑ +74%
Aetna EPO $166.29 ↑ +74%
Aetna POS $166.29 ↑ +74%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $168.70 ↑ +77%
MCT Credit Union All Plans $168.70 ↑ +77%
Beech Street PPO $192.80 ↑ +102%
Provider Select PPO $192.80 ↑ +102%
HealthSmart PPO $192.80 ↑ +102%
Health Management Network PPO $192.80 ↑ +102%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $204.85 ↑ +115%

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