Culture aerobic additional method definitive id each 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

$232.98

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.

$706.00

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.

$4.04 with Texas Healthspring vs $600.10 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
Texas Healthspring MM $4.04 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare HIX $7.27 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare All Payer $7.27 ↓ -97%
Superior Chip KM $8.08 ↓ -97%
Triwest VA MM $8.08 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare MM $8.08 ↓ -97%
Wellcare MM $8.08 ↓ -97%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $8.08 ↓ -97%
Humana Gold Choice MM $8.08 ↓ -97%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $8.08 ↓ -97%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $8.08 ↓ -97%
Allwell Superior Health MM $8.08 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice Dual MM $8.08 ↓ -97%
Aetna MM $8.08 ↓ -97%
Coventry First Health MM $8.08 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice Chip KM $8.08 ↓ -97%
Superior Foster Care KM $8.08 ↓ -97%
Superior Star KM $8.08 ↓ -97%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $8.08 ↓ -97%
Superior Star Plus KM $8.08 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $8.13 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Chip KM $8.13 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Star KM $8.13 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Star Kid KM $8.13 ↓ -97%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $8.32 ↓ -96%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $8.32 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $8.48 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup Star KM $8.48 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $8.48 ↓ -96%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $8.48 ↓ -96%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $8.48 ↓ -96%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Kids KM $8.48 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup Chip KM $8.48 ↓ -96%
Molina Star KM $8.48 ↓ -96%
Molina Star Plus KM $8.48 ↓ -96%
Molina Chip KM $8.48 ↓ -96%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $8.48 ↓ -96%
Community Health Choice Star KM $8.56 ↓ -96%
US Imaging Network PPO $8.65 ↓ -96%
Devoted Health Plan MM $8.73 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup MM $8.73 ↓ -96%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $8.89 ↓ -96%
Imperial Health Plan MM $8.89 ↓ -96%
ProCare Advantage MM $8.89 ↓ -96%
Christus Health HIX $11.31 ↓ -95%
Partners Direct Health PPO $14.54 ↓ -94%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $16.16 ↓ -93%
ADV Cardiovas Specialist MM $16.16 ↓ -93%
Humana Choicecare $25.48 ↓ -89%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $31.11 ↓ -87%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $34.82 ↓ -85%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $34.82 ↓ -85%
Cigna New Business $37.70 ↓ -84%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $38.70 ↓ -83%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $41.21 ↓ -82%
Cigna PPO $48.24 ↓ -79%
Healthcare Highways PPO $317.70 ↑ +36%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $353.00 ↑ +52%
Verity HealthNet PPO $423.60 ↑ +82%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $458.90 ↑ +97%
Phcs PPO $458.90 ↑ +97%
Multiplan PPO $458.90 ↑ +97%
First Health PPO $458.90 ↑ +97%
Aetna PPO $487.14 ↑ +109%
Aetna EPO $487.14 ↑ +109%
Aetna POS $487.14 ↑ +109%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $494.20 ↑ +112%
MCT Credit Union All Plans $494.20 ↑ +112%
Beech Street PPO $564.80 ↑ +142%
Provider Select PPO $564.80 ↑ +142%
HealthSmart PPO $564.80 ↑ +142%
Health Management Network PPO $564.80 ↑ +142%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $600.10 ↑ +158%

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