Change of windpipe airway 31502 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

$1,860.87

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.

$5,639.00

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.

$87.58 with Superior vs $4,989.00 with Partners Direct Health — 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
Superior Star KM $87.58 ↓ -95%
Superior Chip KM $87.58 ↓ -95%
Superior Star Plus KM $87.58 ↓ -95%
Superior Foster Care KM $87.58 ↓ -95%
Community Health Choice Chip KM $87.58 ↓ -95%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Kids KM $91.96 ↓ -95%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $91.96 ↓ -95%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $91.96 ↓ -95%
Molina Chip KM $91.96 ↓ -95%
Molina Star KM $91.96 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup Star KM $91.96 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $91.96 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup Chip KM $91.96 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $91.96 ↓ -95%
Molina Star Plus KM $91.96 ↓ -95%
Community Health Choice Star KM $92.83 ↓ -95%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $145.00 ↓ -92%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $161.00 ↓ -91%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $161.00 ↓ -91%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $181.00 ↓ -90%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $192.00 ↓ -90%
Humana Choicecare $217.00 ↓ -88%
Triwest VA MM $232.60 ↓ -88%
Humana Gold Choice MM $232.60 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare MM $232.60 ↓ -88%
Aetna MM $232.60 ↓ -88%
Coventry First Health MM $232.60 ↓ -88%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $232.60 ↓ -88%
Community Health Choice Dual MM $232.60 ↓ -88%
Allwell Superior Health MM $232.60 ↓ -88%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $232.60 ↓ -88%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $232.60 ↓ -88%
Wellcare MM $232.60 ↓ -88%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $232.60 ↓ -88%
Texas Healthspring MM $232.60 ↓ -88%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $239.58 ↓ -87%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $239.58 ↓ -87%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $244.23 ↓ -87%
US Imaging Network PPO $248.88 ↓ -87%
Devoted Health Plan MM $251.21 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MM $251.21 ↓ -87%
Imperial Health Plan MM $255.86 ↓ -86%
ProCare Advantage MM $255.86 ↓ -86%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $255.86 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Chip KM $297.19 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Star Kid KM $297.19 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Star KM $297.19 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $297.19 ↓ -84%
Christus Health HIX $325.64 ↓ -83%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $465.20 ↓ -75%
ADV Cardiovas Specialist MM $465.20 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare HIX $599.00 ↓ -68%
United Healthcare All Payer $1,338.00 ↓ -28%
Aetna New Business $1,741.00 ↓ -6%
Aetna EPO $1,934.00 ↑ +4%
Aetna POS $1,934.00 ↑ +4%
Aetna PPO $1,934.00 ↑ +4%
Aetna HMO $1,934.00 ↑ +4%
Cigna New Business $1,979.25 ↑ +6%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $2,537.50 ↑ +36%
Healthcare Highways PPO $2,537.50 ↑ +36%
Verity HealthNet PPO $3,045.00 ↑ +64%
Cigna PPO $3,045.00 ↑ +64%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $3,298.75 ↑ +77%
First Health PPO $3,298.75 ↑ +77%
Multiplan PPO $3,298.75 ↑ +77%
Phcs PPO $3,298.75 ↑ +77%
MCT Credit Union All Plans $3,829.00 ↑ +106%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $4,020.00 ↑ +116%
Health Management Network PPO $4,060.00 ↑ +118%
HealthSmart PPO $4,060.00 ↑ +118%
Provider Select PPO $4,060.00 ↑ +118%
Beech Street PPO $4,060.00 ↑ +118%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $4,313.75 ↑ +132%
Partners Direct Health PPO $4,989.00 ↑ +168%

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