Chromosome karyotype study 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

$75.24

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.

$228.00

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.

$16.74 with Texas Healthspring vs $193.80 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 $16.74 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare HIX $30.12 ↓ -60%
United Healthcare All Payer $30.12 ↓ -60%
United Healthcare Star Kid KM $30.36 ↓ -60%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $30.36 ↓ -60%
United Healthcare Chip KM $30.36 ↓ -60%
United Healthcare Star KM $30.36 ↓ -60%
Wellcare MM $33.47 ↓ -56%
Humana Gold Choice MM $33.47 ↓ -56%
United Healthcare MM $33.47 ↓ -56%
Aetna MM $33.47 ↓ -56%
Coventry First Health MM $33.47 ↓ -56%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $33.47 ↓ -56%
Superior Chip KM $33.47 ↓ -56%
Superior Star Plus KM $33.47 ↓ -56%
Superior Foster Care KM $33.47 ↓ -56%
Superior Star KM $33.47 ↓ -56%
Community Health Choice Chip KM $33.47 ↓ -56%
Community Health Choice Dual MM $33.47 ↓ -56%
Allwell Superior Health MM $33.47 ↓ -56%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $33.47 ↓ -56%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $33.47 ↓ -56%
Triwest VA MM $33.47 ↓ -56%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $33.47 ↓ -56%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $34.47 ↓ -54%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $34.47 ↓ -54%
Molina Chip KM $35.14 ↓ -53%
Amerigroup Chip KM $35.14 ↓ -53%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $35.14 ↓ -53%
Amerigroup Star KM $35.14 ↓ -53%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $35.14 ↓ -53%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Kids KM $35.14 ↓ -53%
Molina Star Plus KM $35.14 ↓ -53%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $35.14 ↓ -53%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $35.14 ↓ -53%
Molina Star KM $35.14 ↓ -53%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $35.14 ↓ -53%
Community Health Choice Star KM $35.48 ↓ -53%
US Imaging Network PPO $35.81 ↓ -52%
Amerigroup MM $36.15 ↓ -52%
Devoted Health Plan MM $36.15 ↓ -52%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $36.82 ↓ -51%
Imperial Health Plan MM $36.82 ↓ -51%
ProCare Advantage MM $36.82 ↓ -51%
Christus Health HIX $46.86 ↓ -38%
Partners Direct Health PPO $60.25 ↓ -20%
ADV Cardiovas Specialist MM $66.94 ↓ -11%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $66.94 ↓ -11%
Humana Choicecare $79.17 ↑ +5%
Healthcare Highways PPO $102.60 ↑ +36%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $114.00 ↑ +52%
Cigna New Business $116.69 ↑ +55%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $128.86 ↑ +71%
Verity HealthNet PPO $136.80 ↑ +82%
Aetna New Business $141.36 ↑ +88%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $144.26 ↑ +92%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $144.26 ↑ +92%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $148.20 ↑ +97%
Multiplan PPO $148.20 ↑ +97%
First Health PPO $148.20 ↑ +97%
Phcs PPO $148.20 ↑ +97%
Cigna PPO $149.33 ↑ +98%
Aetna POS $157.32 ↑ +109%
Aetna EPO $157.32 ↑ +109%
Aetna HMO $157.32 ↑ +109%
Aetna PPO $157.32 ↑ +109%
MCT Credit Union All Plans $159.60 ↑ +112%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $159.60 ↑ +112%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $160.32 ↑ +113%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $170.70 ↑ +127%
Provider Select PPO $182.40 ↑ +142%
Health Management Network PPO $182.40 ↑ +142%
HealthSmart PPO $182.40 ↑ +142%
Beech Street PPO $182.40 ↑ +142%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $193.80 ↑ +158%

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