Clearance of airways 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

$176.55

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.

$535.00

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.

$32.10 with United Healthcare vs $5,088.00 with Cigna — 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 $32.10 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Star Kid KM $32.10 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Chip KM $32.10 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $32.10 ↓ -82%
Superior Foster Care KM $35.31 ↓ -80%
Superior Chip KM $35.31 ↓ -80%
Superior Star Plus KM $35.31 ↓ -80%
Community Health Choice Chip KM $35.31 ↓ -80%
Superior Star KM $35.31 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $38.52 ↓ -78%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $38.52 ↓ -78%
Amerigroup Star KM $38.52 ↓ -78%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $38.52 ↓ -78%
Amerigroup Chip KM $38.52 ↓ -78%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Kids KM $38.52 ↓ -78%
Community Health Choice Star KM $38.52 ↓ -78%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $38.52 ↓ -78%
Molina Star KM $96.30 ↓ -45%
Molina Star Plus KM $96.30 ↓ -45%
Molina Chip KM $96.30 ↓ -45%
Healthcare Highways PPO $160.50 ↓ -9%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $160.50 ↓ -9%
Verity HealthNet PPO $192.60 ↑ +9%
Triwest VA MM $203.72 ↑ +15%
Humana Gold Choice MM $203.72 ↑ +15%
United Healthcare MM $203.72 ↑ +15%
Aetna MM $203.72 ↑ +15%
Coventry First Health MM $203.72 ↑ +15%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $203.72 ↑ +15%
Community Health Choice Dual MM $203.72 ↑ +15%
Allwell Superior Health MM $203.72 ↑ +15%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $203.72 ↑ +15%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $203.72 ↑ +15%
Wellcare MM $203.72 ↑ +15%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $203.72 ↑ +15%
Texas Healthspring MM $203.72 ↑ +15%
First Health PPO $208.65 ↑ +18%
Phcs PPO $208.65 ↑ +18%
Multiplan PPO $208.65 ↑ +18%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $208.65 ↑ +18%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $209.83 ↑ +19%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $209.83 ↑ +19%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $213.91 ↑ +21%
Humana Choicecare $217.00 ↑ +23%
US Imaging Network PPO $217.98 ↑ +23%
Devoted Health Plan MM $220.02 ↑ +25%
Amerigroup MM $220.02 ↑ +25%
ProCare Advantage MM $224.09 ↑ +27%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $224.09 ↑ +27%
Imperial Health Plan MM $224.09 ↑ +27%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $255.70 ↑ +45%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $255.70 ↑ +45%
HealthSmart PPO $256.80 ↑ +45%
Provider Select PPO $256.80 ↑ +45%
Beech Street PPO $256.80 ↑ +45%
Health Management Network PPO $256.80 ↑ +45%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $272.85 ↑ +55%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $283.30 ↑ +60%
Christus Health HIX $285.21 ↑ +62%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $303.53 ↑ +72%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $314.57 ↑ +78%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $407.44 ↑ +131%
ADV Cardiovas Specialist MM $407.44 ↑ +131%
United Healthcare HIX $599.00 ↑ +239%
United Healthcare All Payer $1,338.00 ↑ +658%
Aetna New Business $1,741.00 ↑ +886%
Aetna HMO $1,934.00 ↑ +995%
Aetna POS $1,934.00 ↑ +995%
Aetna EPO $1,934.00 ↑ +995%
Aetna PPO $1,934.00 ↑ +995%
MCT Credit Union All Plans $3,829.00 ↑ +2069%
Cigna New Business $3,941.00 ↑ +2132%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $4,020.00 ↑ +2177%
Partners Direct Health PPO $4,989.00 ↑ +2726%
Cigna PPO $5,088.00 ↑ +2782%

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