Counseling visit to discuss need for ldct g0296 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

$127.05

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.

$385.00

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.

$38.50 with United Healthcare vs $327.25 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 KM $38.50 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare Star Kid KM $38.50 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare Chip KM $38.50 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $38.50 ↓ -70%
Superior Star Plus KM $42.35 ↓ -67%
Superior Chip KM $42.35 ↓ -67%
Community Health Choice Chip KM $42.35 ↓ -67%
Superior Star KM $42.35 ↓ -67%
Superior Foster Care KM $42.35 ↓ -67%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Kids KM $46.20 ↓ -64%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $46.20 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star KM $46.20 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $46.20 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Chip KM $46.20 ↓ -64%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $46.20 ↓ -64%
Community Health Choice Star KM $46.20 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $46.20 ↓ -64%
Humana Choicecare $64.10 ↓ -50%
Triwest VA MM $92.65 ↓ -27%
Humana Gold Choice MM $92.65 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare MM $92.65 ↓ -27%
Aetna MM $92.65 ↓ -27%
Coventry First Health MM $92.65 ↓ -27%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $92.65 ↓ -27%
Community Health Choice Dual MM $92.65 ↓ -27%
Allwell Superior Health MM $92.65 ↓ -27%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $92.65 ↓ -27%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $92.65 ↓ -27%
Wellcare MM $92.65 ↓ -27%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $92.65 ↓ -27%
Texas Healthspring MM $92.65 ↓ -27%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $95.43 ↓ -25%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $95.43 ↓ -25%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $97.28 ↓ -23%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $97.58 ↓ -23%
US Imaging Network PPO $99.14 ↓ -22%
Amerigroup MM $100.06 ↓ -21%
Devoted Health Plan MM $100.06 ↓ -21%
Imperial Health Plan MM $101.92 ↓ -20%
ProCare Advantage MM $101.92 ↓ -20%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $101.92 ↓ -20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $109.20 ↓ -14%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $109.20 ↓ -14%
Molina Chip KM $115.50 ↓ -9%
United Healthcare HIX $115.50 ↓ -9%
Molina Star KM $115.50 ↓ -9%
Molina Star Plus KM $115.50 ↓ -9%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $121.36 ↓ -4%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $128.93 ↑ +1%
Christus Health HIX $129.71 ↑ +2%
Cigna New Business $150.15 ↑ +18%
United Healthcare All Payer $161.70 ↑ +27%
Healthcare Highways PPO $173.25 ↑ +36%
ADV Cardiovas Specialist MM $185.30 ↑ +46%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $185.30 ↑ +46%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $192.50 ↑ +52%
Cigna PPO $231.00 ↑ +82%
Verity HealthNet PPO $231.00 ↑ +82%
Aetna New Business $238.70 ↑ +88%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $250.25 ↑ +97%
Phcs PPO $250.25 ↑ +97%
Multiplan PPO $250.25 ↑ +97%
First Health PPO $250.25 ↑ +97%
Aetna POS $265.65 ↑ +109%
Aetna PPO $265.65 ↑ +109%
Aetna EPO $265.65 ↑ +109%
Aetna HMO $265.65 ↑ +109%
MCT Credit Union All Plans $269.50 ↑ +112%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $269.50 ↑ +112%
Partners Direct Health PPO $269.50 ↑ +112%
HealthSmart PPO $308.00 ↑ +142%
Beech Street PPO $308.00 ↑ +142%
Health Management Network PPO $308.00 ↑ +142%
Provider Select PPO $308.00 ↑ +142%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $327.25 ↑ +158%

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