Culture typing nucleic acid probe amplified per culture/isolate 6 or more targets 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

$179.85

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.

$545.00

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.

$54.50 with United Healthcare vs $1,112.11 with Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas — 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 Chip KM $54.50 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $54.50 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare Star KM $54.50 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare Star Kid KM $54.50 ↓ -70%
Texas Healthspring MM $109.03 ↓ -39%
United Healthcare HIX $196.25 ↑ +9%
United Healthcare All Payer $196.25 ↑ +9%
Cigna New Business $212.55 ↑ +18%
Wellcare MM $218.06 ↑ +21%
Humana Gold Choice MM $218.06 ↑ +21%
United Healthcare MM $218.06 ↑ +21%
Aetna MM $218.06 ↑ +21%
Coventry First Health MM $218.06 ↑ +21%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $218.06 ↑ +21%
Superior Chip KM $218.06 ↑ +21%
Superior Star Plus KM $218.06 ↑ +21%
Superior Foster Care KM $218.06 ↑ +21%
Superior Star KM $218.06 ↑ +21%
Community Health Choice Chip KM $218.06 ↑ +21%
Community Health Choice Dual MM $218.06 ↑ +21%
Allwell Superior Health MM $218.06 ↑ +21%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $218.06 ↑ +21%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $218.06 ↑ +21%
Triwest VA MM $218.06 ↑ +21%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $218.06 ↑ +21%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $224.60 ↑ +25%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $224.60 ↑ +25%
Amerigroup Star KM $228.96 ↑ +27%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $228.96 ↑ +27%
Molina Star KM $228.96 ↑ +27%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Kids KM $228.96 ↑ +27%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $228.96 ↑ +27%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $228.96 ↑ +27%
Amerigroup Chip KM $228.96 ↑ +27%
Molina Star Plus KM $228.96 ↑ +27%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $228.96 ↑ +27%
Molina Chip KM $228.96 ↑ +27%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $228.96 ↑ +27%
Community Health Choice Star KM $231.14 ↑ +29%
US Imaging Network PPO $233.32 ↑ +30%
Devoted Health Plan MM $235.50 ↑ +31%
Amerigroup MM $235.50 ↑ +31%
Imperial Health Plan MM $239.87 ↑ +33%
ProCare Advantage MM $239.87 ↑ +33%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $239.87 ↑ +33%
Healthcare Highways PPO $245.25 ↑ +36%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $272.50 ↑ +52%
Christus Health HIX $305.28 ↑ +70%
Humana Choicecare $327.00 ↑ +82%
Cigna PPO $327.00 ↑ +82%
Verity HealthNet PPO $327.00 ↑ +82%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $354.25 ↑ +97%
Phcs PPO $354.25 ↑ +97%
First Health PPO $354.25 ↑ +97%
Multiplan PPO $354.25 ↑ +97%
Aetna PPO $376.05 ↑ +109%
Aetna EPO $376.05 ↑ +109%
Aetna POS $376.05 ↑ +109%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $381.50 ↑ +112%
MCT Credit Union All Plans $381.50 ↑ +112%
Partners Direct Health PPO $381.50 ↑ +112%
Health Management Network PPO $436.00 ↑ +142%
Provider Select PPO $436.00 ↑ +142%
HealthSmart PPO $436.00 ↑ +142%
Beech Street PPO $436.00 ↑ +142%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $436.12 ↑ +142%
ADV Cardiovas Specialist MM $436.12 ↑ +142%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $463.25 ↑ +158%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $839.53 ↑ +367%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $939.84 ↑ +423%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $939.84 ↑ +423%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $1,044.51 ↑ +481%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $1,112.11 ↑ +518%

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