CT thoracic spine without contrast 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

$527.01

Cash price

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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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$1,597.00

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.

$53.26 with Texas Healthspring vs $1,996.00 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 $53.26 ↓ -90%
Aetna MM $106.51 ↓ -80%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $106.51 ↓ -80%
Coventry First Health MM $106.51 ↓ -80%
Allwell Superior Health MM $106.51 ↓ -80%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $106.51 ↓ -80%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $106.51 ↓ -80%
Community Health Choice Dual MM $106.51 ↓ -80%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $106.51 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare MM $106.51 ↓ -80%
Wellcare MM $106.51 ↓ -80%
Humana Gold Choice MM $106.51 ↓ -80%
Triwest VA MM $106.51 ↓ -80%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $109.71 ↓ -79%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $109.71 ↓ -79%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $111.84 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $114.46 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Chip KM $114.46 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Star KM $114.46 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Star Kid KM $114.46 ↓ -78%
Amerigroup MM $115.03 ↓ -78%
Devoted Health Plan MM $115.03 ↓ -78%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $117.16 ↓ -78%
Imperial Health Plan MM $117.16 ↓ -78%
ProCare Advantage MM $117.16 ↓ -78%
Superior Star KM $134.67 ↓ -74%
Community Health Choice Chip KM $134.67 ↓ -74%
Superior Chip KM $134.67 ↓ -74%
Superior Star Plus KM $134.67 ↓ -74%
Superior Foster Care KM $134.67 ↓ -74%
Molina Star Plus KM $141.40 ↓ -73%
Amerigroup Star KM $141.40 ↓ -73%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $141.40 ↓ -73%
Molina Chip KM $141.40 ↓ -73%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $141.40 ↓ -73%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Kids KM $141.40 ↓ -73%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $141.40 ↓ -73%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $141.40 ↓ -73%
Molina Star KM $141.40 ↓ -73%
Amerigroup Chip KM $141.40 ↓ -73%
Community Health Choice Star KM $142.75 ↓ -73%
Christus Health HIX $149.11 ↓ -72%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $213.02 ↓ -60%
ADV Cardiovas Specialist MM $213.02 ↓ -60%
United Healthcare HIX $425.00 ↓ -19%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $512.21 ↓ -3%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $573.85 ↑ +9%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $573.85 ↑ +9%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $637.74 ↑ +21%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $678.08 ↑ +29%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $700.00 ↑ +33%
Verity HealthNet PPO $840.00 ↑ +59%
Aetna New Business $847.00 ↑ +61%
Cigna New Business $858.00 ↑ +63%
Phcs PPO $910.00 ↑ +73%
First Health PPO $910.00 ↑ +73%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $910.00 ↑ +73%
Multiplan PPO $910.00 ↑ +73%
US Imaging Network PPO $915.00 ↑ +74%
Aetna POS $940.00 ↑ +78%
Aetna HMO $940.00 ↑ +78%
Aetna EPO $940.00 ↑ +78%
Aetna PPO $940.00 ↑ +78%
Healthcare Highways PPO $988.00 ↑ +87%
Cigna PPO $1,098.00 ↑ +108%
Provider Select PPO $1,120.00 ↑ +113%
Health Management Network PPO $1,120.00 ↑ +113%
Beech Street PPO $1,120.00 ↑ +113%
HealthSmart PPO $1,120.00 ↑ +113%
Humana Choicecare $1,187.00 ↑ +125%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $1,190.00 ↑ +126%
United Healthcare All Payer $1,221.00 ↑ +132%
MCT Credit Union All Plans $1,429.00 ↑ +171%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $1,500.00 ↑ +185%
Partners Direct Health PPO $1,996.00 ↑ +279%

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