Cerebrospinal fld flw imag 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

$972.18

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.

$2,946.00

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.

$269.57 with Texas Healthspring vs $2,504.10 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
Texas Healthspring MM $269.57 ↓ -72%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $313.08 ↓ -68%
United Healthcare Chip KM $313.08 ↓ -68%
United Healthcare Star Kid KM $313.08 ↓ -68%
United Healthcare Star KM $313.08 ↓ -68%
United Healthcare HIX $477.00 ↓ -51%
Wellcare MM $539.14 ↓ -45%
Humana Gold Choice MM $539.14 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare MM $539.14 ↓ -45%
Aetna MM $539.14 ↓ -45%
Coventry First Health MM $539.14 ↓ -45%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $539.14 ↓ -45%
Community Health Choice Dual MM $539.14 ↓ -45%
Allwell Superior Health MM $539.14 ↓ -45%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $539.14 ↓ -45%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $539.14 ↓ -45%
Triwest VA MM $539.14 ↓ -45%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $539.14 ↓ -45%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $555.31 ↓ -43%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $555.31 ↓ -43%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $566.10 ↓ -42%
US Imaging Network PPO $576.88 ↓ -41%
Devoted Health Plan MM $582.27 ↓ -40%
Amerigroup MM $582.27 ↓ -40%
Imperial Health Plan MM $593.05 ↓ -39%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $593.05 ↓ -39%
ProCare Advantage MM $593.05 ↓ -39%
Community Health Choice Chip KM $635.67 ↓ -35%
Superior Chip KM $635.67 ↓ -35%
Superior Foster Care KM $635.67 ↓ -35%
Superior Star KM $635.67 ↓ -35%
Superior Star Plus KM $635.67 ↓ -35%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $667.45 ↓ -31%
Molina Chip KM $667.45 ↓ -31%
Molina Star Plus KM $667.45 ↓ -31%
Molina Star KM $667.45 ↓ -31%
Amerigroup Chip KM $667.45 ↓ -31%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $667.45 ↓ -31%
Amerigroup Star KM $667.45 ↓ -31%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $667.45 ↓ -31%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Kids KM $667.45 ↓ -31%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $667.45 ↓ -31%
Community Health Choice Star KM $673.81 ↓ -31%
Humana Choicecare $730.37 ↓ -25%
Christus Health HIX $754.80 ↓ -22%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $890.55 ↓ -8%
Cigna New Business $1,057.32 ↑ +9%
ADV Cardiovas Specialist MM $1,078.28 ↑ +11%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $1,078.28 ↑ +11%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $1,249.25 ↑ +28%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $1,249.25 ↑ +28%
Healthcare Highways PPO $1,325.70 ↑ +36%
Cigna PPO $1,353.07 ↑ +39%
United Healthcare All Payer $1,370.00 ↑ +41%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $1,388.40 ↑ +43%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $1,473.00 ↑ +52%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $1,474.98 ↑ +52%
Verity HealthNet PPO $1,767.60 ↑ +82%
Aetna New Business $1,826.52 ↑ +88%
Multiplan PPO $1,914.90 ↑ +97%
First Health PPO $1,914.90 ↑ +97%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $1,914.90 ↑ +97%
Phcs PPO $1,914.90 ↑ +97%
Aetna PPO $2,032.74 ↑ +109%
Aetna HMO $2,032.74 ↑ +109%
Aetna EPO $2,032.74 ↑ +109%
Aetna POS $2,032.74 ↑ +109%
MCT Credit Union All Plans $2,062.20 ↑ +112%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $2,062.20 ↑ +112%
Partners Direct Health PPO $2,062.20 ↑ +112%
Provider Select PPO $2,356.80 ↑ +142%
HealthSmart PPO $2,356.80 ↑ +142%
Beech Street PPO $2,356.80 ↑ +142%
Health Management Network PPO $2,356.80 ↑ +142%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $2,504.10 ↑ +158%

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