Chest CT scan (with contrast) 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

$470.25

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.

$1,425.00

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.

$89.16 with Texas Healthspring vs $1,996.00 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
Texas Healthspring MM $89.16 ↓ -81%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $178.31 ↓ -62%
Aetna MM $178.31 ↓ -62%
Coventry First Health MM $178.31 ↓ -62%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $178.31 ↓ -62%
Triwest VA MM $178.31 ↓ -62%
Community Health Choice Dual MM $178.31 ↓ -62%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $178.31 ↓ -62%
Allwell Superior Health MM $178.31 ↓ -62%
United Healthcare MM $178.31 ↓ -62%
Wellcare MM $178.31 ↓ -62%
Humana Gold Choice MM $178.31 ↓ -62%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $178.31 ↓ -62%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $183.66 ↓ -61%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $183.66 ↓ -61%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $185.78 ↓ -60%
United Healthcare Chip KM $185.78 ↓ -60%
United Healthcare Star KM $185.78 ↓ -60%
United Healthcare Star Kid KM $185.78 ↓ -60%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $187.23 ↓ -60%
Devoted Health Plan MM $192.57 ↓ -59%
Amerigroup MM $192.57 ↓ -59%
Imperial Health Plan MM $196.14 ↓ -58%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $196.14 ↓ -58%
ProCare Advantage MM $196.14 ↓ -58%
Community Health Choice Chip KM $227.23 ↓ -52%
Superior Chip KM $227.23 ↓ -52%
Superior Star Plus KM $227.23 ↓ -52%
Superior Foster Care KM $227.23 ↓ -52%
Superior Star KM $227.23 ↓ -52%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $238.59 ↓ -49%
Amerigroup Star KM $238.59 ↓ -49%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $238.59 ↓ -49%
Molina Star Plus KM $238.59 ↓ -49%
Molina Chip KM $238.59 ↓ -49%
Amerigroup Chip KM $238.59 ↓ -49%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $238.59 ↓ -49%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Kids KM $238.59 ↓ -49%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $238.59 ↓ -49%
Molina Star KM $238.59 ↓ -49%
Community Health Choice Star KM $240.86 ↓ -49%
Christus Health HIX $249.63 ↓ -47%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $356.62 ↓ -24%
ADV Cardiovas Specialist MM $356.62 ↓ -24%
United Healthcare HIX $425.00 ↓ -10%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $694.50 ↑ +48%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $832.75 ↑ +77%
Verity HealthNet PPO $833.40 ↑ +77%
Aetna New Business $847.00 ↑ +80%
Cigna New Business $858.00 ↑ +82%
Phcs PPO $902.85 ↑ +92%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $902.85 ↑ +92%
Multiplan PPO $902.85 ↑ +92%
First Health PPO $902.85 ↑ +92%
US Imaging Network PPO $915.00 ↑ +95%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $932.97 ↑ +98%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $932.97 ↑ +98%
Aetna EPO $940.00 ↑ +100%
Aetna HMO $940.00 ↑ +100%
Aetna PPO $940.00 ↑ +100%
Aetna POS $940.00 ↑ +100%
Healthcare Highways PPO $988.00 ↑ +110%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $1,036.83 ↑ +120%
Cigna PPO $1,098.00 ↑ +133%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $1,102.43 ↑ +134%
HealthSmart PPO $1,111.20 ↑ +136%
Health Management Network PPO $1,111.20 ↑ +136%
Provider Select PPO $1,111.20 ↑ +136%
Beech Street PPO $1,111.20 ↑ +136%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $1,180.65 ↑ +151%
Humana Choicecare $1,187.00 ↑ +152%
United Healthcare All Payer $1,221.00 ↑ +160%
MCT Credit Union All Plans $1,429.00 ↑ +204%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $1,500.00 ↑ +219%
Partners Direct Health PPO $1,996.00 ↑ +324%

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Chest CT scan (with contrast) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $4,293.93 $849.15 – $849.15
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,003.90 $167.39 – $2,504.88
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,167.00 $236.02 – $3,250.49
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,659.49 $167.39 – $3,324.36
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,003.90 $167.39 – $2,504.88
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $2,167.00 $167.39 – $3,250.49
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $2,167.00 $171.74 – $3,250.49
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $2,659.49 $167.39 – $3,989.23

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