Chest X-ray 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

$361.68

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.

$1,096.00

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.

$28.74 with United Healthcare vs $886.55 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
United Healthcare Star KM $28.74 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $28.74 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Star Kid KM $28.74 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Chip KM $28.74 ↓ -92%
Texas Healthspring MM $44.10 ↓ -88%
Allwell Superior Health MM $88.19 ↓ -76%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $88.19 ↓ -76%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $88.19 ↓ -76%
Humana Gold Choice MM $88.19 ↓ -76%
Coventry First Health MM $88.19 ↓ -76%
Wellcare MM $88.19 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare MM $88.19 ↓ -76%
Community Health Choice Dual MM $88.19 ↓ -76%
Triwest VA MM $88.19 ↓ -76%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $88.19 ↓ -76%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $88.19 ↓ -76%
Aetna MM $88.19 ↓ -76%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $90.84 ↓ -75%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $90.84 ↓ -75%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $92.60 ↓ -74%
US Imaging Network PPO $94.36 ↓ -74%
Amerigroup MM $95.25 ↓ -74%
Devoted Health Plan MM $95.25 ↓ -74%
Imperial Health Plan MM $97.01 ↓ -73%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $97.01 ↓ -73%
ProCare Advantage MM $97.01 ↓ -73%
Superior Chip KM $109.47 ↓ -70%
Superior Star Plus KM $109.47 ↓ -70%
Superior Foster Care KM $109.47 ↓ -70%
Community Health Choice Chip KM $109.47 ↓ -70%
Superior Star KM $109.47 ↓ -70%
Molina Star Plus KM $114.94 ↓ -68%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Kids KM $114.94 ↓ -68%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $114.94 ↓ -68%
Amerigroup Chip KM $114.94 ↓ -68%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $114.94 ↓ -68%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $114.94 ↓ -68%
Amerigroup Star KM $114.94 ↓ -68%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $114.94 ↓ -68%
Molina Chip KM $114.94 ↓ -68%
Molina Star KM $114.94 ↓ -68%
Community Health Choice Star KM $116.04 ↓ -68%
Christus Health HIX $123.47 ↓ -66%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $176.38 ↓ -51%
ADV Cardiovas Specialist MM $176.38 ↓ -51%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $229.85 ↓ -36%
United Healthcare HIX $312.90 ↓ -13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $322.43 ↓ -11%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $322.43 ↓ -11%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $358.35 ↓ -1%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $380.69 ↑ +5%
Cigna New Business $406.77 ↑ +12%
United Healthcare All Payer $438.06 ↑ +21%
Healthcare Highways PPO $469.35 ↑ +30%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $521.50 ↑ +44%
Humana Choicecare $625.80 ↑ +73%
Verity HealthNet PPO $625.80 ↑ +73%
Cigna PPO $625.80 ↑ +73%
Aetna New Business $646.66 ↑ +79%
Phcs PPO $677.95 ↑ +87%
First Health PPO $677.95 ↑ +87%
Multiplan PPO $677.95 ↑ +87%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $677.95 ↑ +87%
Aetna HMO $719.67 ↑ +99%
Aetna EPO $719.67 ↑ +99%
Aetna PPO $719.67 ↑ +99%
Aetna POS $719.67 ↑ +99%
MCT Credit Union All Plans $730.10 ↑ +102%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $730.10 ↑ +102%
Partners Direct Health PPO $730.10 ↑ +102%
HealthSmart PPO $834.40 ↑ +131%
Health Management Network PPO $834.40 ↑ +131%
Beech Street PPO $834.40 ↑ +131%
Provider Select PPO $834.40 ↑ +131%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $886.55 ↑ +145%

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