Contrast x-ray of wrist 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

$1,334.19

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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$4,043.00

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.

$100.91 with United Healthcare vs $3,436.55 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 Kid KM $100.91 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $100.91 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Star KM $100.91 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Chip KM $100.91 ↓ -92%
Texas Healthspring MM $178.86 ↓ -87%
Humana Choicecare $232.71 ↓ -83%
Cigna New Business $266.14 ↓ -80%
Cigna PPO $340.59 ↓ -74%
Wellcare MM $357.71 ↓ -73%
Humana Gold Choice MM $357.71 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare MM $357.71 ↓ -73%
Aetna MM $357.71 ↓ -73%
Coventry First Health MM $357.71 ↓ -73%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $357.71 ↓ -73%
Community Health Choice Dual MM $357.71 ↓ -73%
Allwell Superior Health MM $357.71 ↓ -73%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $357.71 ↓ -73%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $357.71 ↓ -73%
Triwest VA MM $357.71 ↓ -73%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $357.71 ↓ -73%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $368.44 ↓ -72%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $368.44 ↓ -72%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $375.60 ↓ -72%
US Imaging Network PPO $382.75 ↓ -71%
Devoted Health Plan MM $386.33 ↓ -71%
Amerigroup MM $386.33 ↓ -71%
Imperial Health Plan MM $393.48 ↓ -71%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $393.48 ↓ -71%
ProCare Advantage MM $393.48 ↓ -71%
Superior Foster Care KM $464.22 ↓ -65%
Superior Star KM $464.22 ↓ -65%
Community Health Choice Chip KM $464.22 ↓ -65%
Superior Star Plus KM $464.22 ↓ -65%
Superior Chip KM $464.22 ↓ -65%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $487.43 ↓ -63%
Molina Star KM $487.43 ↓ -63%
Molina Chip KM $487.43 ↓ -63%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $487.43 ↓ -63%
Amerigroup Chip KM $487.43 ↓ -63%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $487.43 ↓ -63%
Amerigroup Star KM $487.43 ↓ -63%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $487.43 ↓ -63%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Kids KM $487.43 ↓ -63%
Molina Star Plus KM $487.43 ↓ -63%
Community Health Choice Star KM $492.07 ↓ -63%
Christus Health HIX $500.79 ↓ -62%
ADV Cardiovas Specialist MM $715.42 ↓ -46%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $715.42 ↓ -46%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $1,099.73 ↓ -18%
United Healthcare HIX $1,212.90 ↓ -9%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $1,542.67 ↑ +16%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $1,542.67 ↑ +16%
United Healthcare All Payer $1,698.06 ↑ +27%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $1,714.51 ↑ +29%
Healthcare Highways PPO $1,819.35 ↑ +36%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $1,821.42 ↑ +37%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $2,021.50 ↑ +52%
Verity HealthNet PPO $2,425.80 ↑ +82%
Aetna New Business $2,506.66 ↑ +88%
First Health PPO $2,627.95 ↑ +97%
Multiplan PPO $2,627.95 ↑ +97%
Phcs PPO $2,627.95 ↑ +97%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $2,627.95 ↑ +97%
Aetna POS $2,789.67 ↑ +109%
Aetna PPO $2,789.67 ↑ +109%
Aetna EPO $2,789.67 ↑ +109%
Aetna HMO $2,789.67 ↑ +109%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $2,830.10 ↑ +112%
Partners Direct Health PPO $2,830.10 ↑ +112%
MCT Credit Union All Plans $2,830.10 ↑ +112%
Provider Select PPO $3,234.40 ↑ +142%
Health Management Network PPO $3,234.40 ↑ +142%
Beech Street PPO $3,234.40 ↑ +142%
HealthSmart PPO $3,234.40 ↑ +142%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $3,436.55 ↑ +158%

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