Collection of venous blood by venipuncture 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

$22.11

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$67.00

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.

$4.55 with Texas Healthspring 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
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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 $4.55 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Chip KM $6.00 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Star Kid KM $6.00 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Star KM $6.00 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $6.00 ↓ -73%
Cigna New Business $6.55 ↓ -70%
Community Health Choice Chip KM $6.60 ↓ -70%
Superior Star KM $6.60 ↓ -70%
Superior Chip KM $6.60 ↓ -70%
Superior Foster Care KM $6.60 ↓ -70%
Superior Star Plus KM $6.60 ↓ -70%
Humana Choicecare $6.90 ↓ -69%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $7.20 ↓ -67%
Community Health Choice Star KM $7.20 ↓ -67%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Kids KM $7.20 ↓ -67%
Amerigroup Chip KM $7.20 ↓ -67%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $7.20 ↓ -67%
Amerigroup Star KM $7.20 ↓ -67%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $7.20 ↓ -67%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $7.20 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare HIX $7.95 ↓ -64%
United Healthcare All Payer $7.95 ↓ -64%
Cigna PPO $8.38 ↓ -62%
Wellcare MM $9.09 ↓ -59%
Humana Gold Choice MM $9.09 ↓ -59%
United Healthcare MM $9.09 ↓ -59%
Aetna MM $9.09 ↓ -59%
Coventry First Health MM $9.09 ↓ -59%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $9.09 ↓ -59%
Community Health Choice Dual MM $9.09 ↓ -59%
Allwell Superior Health MM $9.09 ↓ -59%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $9.09 ↓ -59%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $9.09 ↓ -59%
Triwest VA MM $9.09 ↓ -59%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $9.09 ↓ -59%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $9.36 ↓ -58%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $9.36 ↓ -58%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $9.54 ↓ -57%
US Imaging Network PPO $9.73 ↓ -56%
Devoted Health Plan MM $9.82 ↓ -56%
Amerigroup MM $9.82 ↓ -56%
Imperial Health Plan MM $10.00 ↓ -55%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $10.00 ↓ -55%
ProCare Advantage MM $10.00 ↓ -55%
Christus Health HIX $12.73 ↓ -42%
Molina Star Plus KM $18.00 ↓ -19%
Molina Chip KM $18.00 ↓ -19%
Molina Star KM $18.00 ↓ -19%
ADV Cardiovas Specialist MM $18.18 ↓ -18%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $18.18 ↓ -18%
Healthcare Highways PPO $27.00 ↑ +22%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $30.00 ↑ +36%
Verity HealthNet PPO $36.00 ↑ +63%
Aetna New Business $37.20 ↑ +68%
Multiplan PPO $39.00 ↑ +76%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $39.00 ↑ +76%
Phcs PPO $39.00 ↑ +76%
First Health PPO $39.00 ↑ +76%
Aetna EPO $41.40 ↑ +87%
Aetna HMO $41.40 ↑ +87%
Aetna PPO $41.40 ↑ +87%
Aetna POS $41.40 ↑ +87%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $42.00 ↑ +90%
MCT Credit Union All Plans $42.00 ↑ +90%
HealthSmart PPO $48.00 ↑ +117%
Health Management Network PPO $48.00 ↑ +117%
Provider Select PPO $48.00 ↑ +117%
Beech Street PPO $48.00 ↑ +117%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $51.00 ↑ +131%
Partners Direct Health PPO $4,989.00 ↑ +22464%

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