Cardiac drug stress test 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

$476.52

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.

$1,444.00

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.

$144.40 with United Healthcare vs $1,734.32 with Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas — 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 $144.40 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare Star Kid KM $144.40 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare Star KM $144.40 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $144.40 ↓ -70%
Superior Chip KM $158.84 ↓ -67%
Community Health Choice Chip KM $158.84 ↓ -67%
Superior Star KM $158.84 ↓ -67%
Superior Foster Care KM $158.84 ↓ -67%
Superior Star Plus KM $158.84 ↓ -67%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $173.28 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star KM $173.28 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $173.28 ↓ -64%
Community Health Choice Star KM $173.28 ↓ -64%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Kids KM $173.28 ↓ -64%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $173.28 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Chip KM $173.28 ↓ -64%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $173.28 ↓ -64%
Humana Choicecare $248.58 ↓ -48%
United Healthcare HIX $258.00 ↓ -46%
Triwest VA MM $399.69 ↓ -16%
Humana Gold Choice MM $399.69 ↓ -16%
United Healthcare MM $399.69 ↓ -16%
Aetna MM $399.69 ↓ -16%
Coventry First Health MM $399.69 ↓ -16%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $399.69 ↓ -16%
Community Health Choice Dual MM $399.69 ↓ -16%
Allwell Superior Health MM $399.69 ↓ -16%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $399.69 ↓ -16%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $399.69 ↓ -16%
Wellcare MM $399.69 ↓ -16%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $399.69 ↓ -16%
Texas Healthspring MM $399.69 ↓ -16%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $411.68 ↓ -14%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $411.68 ↓ -14%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $419.67 ↓ -12%
US Imaging Network PPO $427.67 ↓ -10%
Amerigroup MM $431.67 ↓ -9%
Devoted Health Plan MM $431.67 ↓ -9%
Molina Star KM $433.20 ↓ -9%
Molina Star Plus KM $433.20 ↓ -9%
Molina Chip KM $433.20 ↓ -9%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $439.66 ↓ -8%
ProCare Advantage MM $439.66 ↓ -8%
Imperial Health Plan MM $439.66 ↓ -8%
Christus Health HIX $559.57 ↑ +17%
Cigna New Business $563.16 ↑ +18%
Healthcare Highways PPO $649.80 ↑ +36%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $722.00 ↑ +52%
United Healthcare All Payer $740.00 ↑ +55%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $799.38 ↑ +68%
ADV Cardiovas Specialist MM $799.38 ↑ +68%
Verity HealthNet PPO $866.40 ↑ +82%
Cigna PPO $866.40 ↑ +82%
Aetna New Business $895.28 ↑ +88%
First Health PPO $938.60 ↑ +97%
Phcs PPO $938.60 ↑ +97%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $938.60 ↑ +97%
Multiplan PPO $938.60 ↑ +97%
Aetna HMO $996.36 ↑ +109%
Aetna POS $996.36 ↑ +109%
Aetna EPO $996.36 ↑ +109%
Aetna PPO $996.36 ↑ +109%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $1,010.80 ↑ +112%
MCT Credit Union All Plans $1,010.80 ↑ +112%
Partners Direct Health PPO $1,010.80 ↑ +112%
Provider Select PPO $1,155.20 ↑ +142%
Health Management Network PPO $1,155.20 ↑ +142%
Beech Street PPO $1,155.20 ↑ +142%
HealthSmart PPO $1,155.20 ↑ +142%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $1,227.40 ↑ +158%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $1,312.56 ↑ +175%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $1,468.90 ↑ +208%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $1,468.90 ↑ +208%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $1,632.52 ↑ +243%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $1,734.32 ↑ +264%

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