Culture screening strep group a 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

$223.08

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$676.00

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.

$3.32 with Texas Healthspring vs $477.70 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 $3.32 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare HIX $5.97 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare All Payer $5.97 ↓ -97%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $6.63 ↓ -97%
Triwest VA MM $6.63 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare MM $6.63 ↓ -97%
Wellcare MM $6.63 ↓ -97%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $6.63 ↓ -97%
Humana Gold Choice MM $6.63 ↓ -97%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $6.63 ↓ -97%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $6.63 ↓ -97%
Allwell Superior Health MM $6.63 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice Dual MM $6.63 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice Chip KM $6.63 ↓ -97%
Aetna MM $6.63 ↓ -97%
Superior Star KM $6.63 ↓ -97%
Superior Foster Care KM $6.63 ↓ -97%
Coventry First Health MM $6.63 ↓ -97%
Superior Star Plus KM $6.63 ↓ -97%
Superior Chip KM $6.63 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $6.67 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Chip KM $6.67 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Star KM $6.67 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Star Kid KM $6.67 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $6.83 ↓ -97%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $6.83 ↓ -97%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $6.96 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup Chip KM $6.96 ↓ -97%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $6.96 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $6.96 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup Star KM $6.96 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $6.96 ↓ -97%
Molina Chip KM $6.96 ↓ -97%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $6.96 ↓ -97%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Kids KM $6.96 ↓ -97%
Molina Star Plus KM $6.96 ↓ -97%
Molina Star KM $6.96 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice Star KM $7.03 ↓ -97%
US Imaging Network PPO $7.09 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health Plan MM $7.16 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MM $7.16 ↓ -97%
Imperial Health Plan MM $7.29 ↓ -97%
ProCare Advantage MM $7.29 ↓ -97%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $7.29 ↓ -97%
Christus Health HIX $9.28 ↓ -96%
Partners Direct Health PPO $11.93 ↓ -95%
ADV Cardiovas Specialist MM $13.26 ↓ -94%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $13.26 ↓ -94%
Humana Choicecare $20.91 ↓ -91%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $25.53 ↓ -89%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $28.58 ↓ -87%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $28.58 ↓ -87%
Cigna New Business $30.38 ↓ -86%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $31.76 ↓ -86%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $33.81 ↓ -85%
Cigna PPO $38.88 ↓ -83%
Healthcare Highways PPO $252.90 ↑ +13%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $281.00 ↑ +26%
Verity HealthNet PPO $337.20 ↑ +51%
Aetna New Business $348.44 ↑ +56%
Multiplan PPO $365.30 ↑ +64%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $365.30 ↑ +64%
First Health PPO $365.30 ↑ +64%
Phcs PPO $365.30 ↑ +64%
Aetna HMO $387.78 ↑ +74%
Aetna EPO $387.78 ↑ +74%
Aetna POS $387.78 ↑ +74%
Aetna PPO $387.78 ↑ +74%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $393.40 ↑ +76%
MCT Credit Union All Plans $393.40 ↑ +76%
Health Management Network PPO $449.60 ↑ +102%
Provider Select PPO $449.60 ↑ +102%
Beech Street PPO $449.60 ↑ +102%
HealthSmart PPO $449.60 ↑ +102%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $477.70 ↑ +114%

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