Collection blood specimen from completely implantable venous access device 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

$176.22

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$534.00

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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.

$11.80 with United Healthcare 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

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

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 Chip KM $11.80 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Star Kid KM $11.80 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Star KM $11.80 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $11.80 ↓ -93%
Superior Chip KM $12.98 ↓ -93%
Community Health Choice Chip KM $12.98 ↓ -93%
Superior Star KM $12.98 ↓ -93%
Superior Foster Care KM $12.98 ↓ -93%
Superior Star Plus KM $12.98 ↓ -93%
Amerigroup Chip KM $14.16 ↓ -92%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $14.16 ↓ -92%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $14.16 ↓ -92%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Kids KM $14.16 ↓ -92%
Amerigroup Star KM $14.16 ↓ -92%
Community Health Choice Star KM $14.16 ↓ -92%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $14.16 ↓ -92%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $14.16 ↓ -92%
Molina Star KM $35.40 ↓ -80%
Molina Chip KM $35.40 ↓ -80%
Molina Star Plus KM $35.40 ↓ -80%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $59.00 ↓ -67%
Healthcare Highways PPO $59.00 ↓ -67%
Verity HealthNet PPO $70.80 ↓ -60%
Aetna New Business $73.16 ↓ -58%
Phcs PPO $76.70 ↓ -56%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $76.70 ↓ -56%
First Health PPO $76.70 ↓ -56%
Multiplan PPO $76.70 ↓ -56%
Aetna HMO $81.42 ↓ -54%
Aetna EPO $81.42 ↓ -54%
Aetna PPO $81.42 ↓ -54%
Aetna POS $81.42 ↓ -54%
HealthSmart PPO $94.40 ↓ -46%
Beech Street PPO $94.40 ↓ -46%
Provider Select PPO $94.40 ↓ -46%
Health Management Network PPO $94.40 ↓ -46%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $100.30 ↓ -43%
Cigna New Business $122.00 ↓ -31%
Allwell Superior Health MM $129.11 ↓ -27%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $129.11 ↓ -27%
Coventry First Health MM $129.11 ↓ -27%
Aetna MM $129.11 ↓ -27%
Wellcare MM $129.11 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare MM $129.11 ↓ -27%
Community Health Choice Dual MM $129.11 ↓ -27%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $129.11 ↓ -27%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $129.11 ↓ -27%
Humana Gold Choice MM $129.11 ↓ -27%
Triwest VA MM $129.11 ↓ -27%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $129.11 ↓ -27%
Texas Healthspring MM $129.11 ↓ -27%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $132.98 ↓ -25%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $132.98 ↓ -25%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $135.57 ↓ -23%
US Imaging Network PPO $138.15 ↓ -22%
Devoted Health Plan MM $139.44 ↓ -21%
Amerigroup MM $139.44 ↓ -21%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $142.02 ↓ -19%
Imperial Health Plan MM $142.02 ↓ -19%
ProCare Advantage MM $142.02 ↓ -19%
Cigna PPO $159.00 ↓ -10%
Christus Health HIX $180.75 ↑ +3%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $258.22 ↑ +47%
ADV Cardiovas Specialist MM $258.22 ↑ +47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $419.77 ↑ +138%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $469.92 ↑ +167%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $469.92 ↑ +167%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $522.25 ↑ +196%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $556.05 ↑ +216%
United Healthcare HIX $599.00 ↑ +240%
United Healthcare All Payer $1,338.00 ↑ +659%
Humana Choicecare $2,885.00 ↑ +1537%
MCT Credit Union All Plans $3,829.00 ↑ +2073%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $4,020.00 ↑ +2181%
Partners Direct Health PPO $4,989.00 ↑ +2731%

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Collection blood specimen from completely implantable venous access device at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $270.06 $419.77 – $419.77
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $202.31 $10.00 – $316.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $186.73 $12.00 – $316.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $181.55 $12.00 – $316.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $202.31 $10.00 – $316.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $186.73 $12.00 – $316.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $186.73 $8.00 – $316.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $181.55 $12.00 – $316.45

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