Car seat/bed test 60 minutes 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

$133.98

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.

$406.00

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.

$39.31 with Community Health Choice vs $345.10 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
Community Health Choice Dual MM $39.31 ↓ -71%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $39.31 ↓ -71%
Aetna MM $39.31 ↓ -71%
Coventry First Health MM $39.31 ↓ -71%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $39.31 ↓ -71%
Allwell Superior Health MM $39.31 ↓ -71%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $39.31 ↓ -71%
Triwest VA MM $39.31 ↓ -71%
United Healthcare MM $39.31 ↓ -71%
Wellcare MM $39.31 ↓ -71%
Texas Healthspring MM $39.31 ↓ -71%
Humana Gold Choice MM $39.31 ↓ -71%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $39.31 ↓ -71%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $40.49 ↓ -70%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $40.49 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $40.60 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare Chip KM $40.60 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare Star KM $40.60 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare Star Kid KM $40.60 ↓ -70%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $41.28 ↓ -69%
US Imaging Network PPO $42.06 ↓ -69%
Amerigroup MM $42.45 ↓ -68%
Devoted Health Plan MM $42.45 ↓ -68%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $43.24 ↓ -68%
Imperial Health Plan MM $43.24 ↓ -68%
ProCare Advantage MM $43.24 ↓ -68%
Superior Foster Care KM $44.66 ↓ -67%
Superior Star Plus KM $44.66 ↓ -67%
Superior Chip KM $44.66 ↓ -67%
Superior Star KM $44.66 ↓ -67%
Community Health Choice Chip KM $44.66 ↓ -67%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $48.72 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Chip KM $48.72 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $48.72 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star KM $48.72 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $48.72 ↓ -64%
Community Health Choice Star KM $48.72 ↓ -64%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Kids KM $48.72 ↓ -64%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $48.72 ↓ -64%
Christus Health HIX $55.03 ↓ -59%
United Healthcare HIX $74.00 ↓ -45%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $78.62 ↓ -41%
ADV Cardiovas Specialist MM $78.62 ↓ -41%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $120.68 ↓ -10%
Molina Chip KM $121.80 ↓ -9%
Molina Star KM $121.80 ↓ -9%
Molina Star Plus KM $121.80 ↓ -9%
Humana Choicecare $131.35 ↓ -2%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $135.06 ↑ +1%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $135.06 ↑ +1%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $150.10 ↑ +12%
Cigna New Business $158.34 ↑ +18%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $159.46 ↑ +19%
Healthcare Highways PPO $182.70 ↑ +36%
United Healthcare All Payer $185.00 ↑ +38%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $203.00 ↑ +52%
Cigna PPO $243.60 ↑ +82%
Verity HealthNet PPO $243.60 ↑ +82%
Aetna New Business $251.72 ↑ +88%
First Health PPO $263.90 ↑ +97%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $263.90 ↑ +97%
Phcs PPO $263.90 ↑ +97%
Multiplan PPO $263.90 ↑ +97%
Aetna HMO $280.14 ↑ +109%
Aetna POS $280.14 ↑ +109%
Aetna EPO $280.14 ↑ +109%
Aetna PPO $280.14 ↑ +109%
Partners Direct Health PPO $284.20 ↑ +112%
MCT Credit Union All Plans $284.20 ↑ +112%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $284.20 ↑ +112%
Provider Select PPO $324.80 ↑ +142%
HealthSmart PPO $324.80 ↑ +142%
Health Management Network PPO $324.80 ↑ +142%
Beech Street PPO $324.80 ↑ +142%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $345.10 ↑ +158%

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