Culture typing nucleic acid probe amplified per culture/isolate each organism 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

$788.37

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.

$2,389.00

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.

$17.55 with Texas Healthspring vs $208.48 with Cigna — 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 $17.55 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare HIX $31.58 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare All Payer $31.58 ↓ -96%
Superior Chip KM $35.09 ↓ -96%
Triwest VA MM $35.09 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare MM $35.09 ↓ -96%
Wellcare MM $35.09 ↓ -96%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $35.09 ↓ -96%
Humana Gold Choice MM $35.09 ↓ -96%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $35.09 ↓ -96%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $35.09 ↓ -96%
Allwell Superior Health MM $35.09 ↓ -96%
Community Health Choice Dual MM $35.09 ↓ -96%
Aetna MM $35.09 ↓ -96%
Coventry First Health MM $35.09 ↓ -96%
Community Health Choice Chip KM $35.09 ↓ -96%
Superior Foster Care KM $35.09 ↓ -96%
Superior Star KM $35.09 ↓ -96%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $35.09 ↓ -96%
Superior Star Plus KM $35.09 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $35.37 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Chip KM $35.37 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Star KM $35.37 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Star Kid KM $35.37 ↓ -96%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $36.14 ↓ -95%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $36.14 ↓ -95%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Kids KM $36.84 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $36.84 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup Star KM $36.84 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $36.84 ↓ -95%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $36.84 ↓ -95%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $36.84 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup Chip KM $36.84 ↓ -95%
Molina Star KM $36.84 ↓ -95%
Molina Star Plus KM $36.84 ↓ -95%
Molina Chip KM $36.84 ↓ -95%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $36.84 ↓ -95%
Community Health Choice Star KM $37.20 ↓ -95%
US Imaging Network PPO $37.55 ↓ -95%
Devoted Health Plan MM $37.90 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup MM $37.90 ↓ -95%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $38.60 ↓ -95%
Imperial Health Plan MM $38.60 ↓ -95%
ProCare Advantage MM $38.60 ↓ -95%
Christus Health HIX $49.13 ↓ -94%
Partners Direct Health PPO $63.16 ↓ -92%
ADV Cardiovas Specialist MM $70.18 ↓ -91%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $70.18 ↓ -91%
Healthcare Highways PPO $72.45 ↓ -91%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $80.50 ↓ -90%
Verity HealthNet PPO $96.60 ↓ -88%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $104.65 ↓ -87%
Phcs PPO $104.65 ↓ -87%
Multiplan PPO $104.65 ↓ -87%
First Health PPO $104.65 ↓ -87%
Humana Choicecare $110.72 ↓ -86%
Aetna POS $111.09 ↓ -86%
Aetna EPO $111.09 ↓ -86%
Aetna PPO $111.09 ↓ -86%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $112.70 ↓ -86%
MCT Credit Union All Plans $112.70 ↓ -86%
Beech Street PPO $128.80 ↓ -84%
HealthSmart PPO $128.80 ↓ -84%
Health Management Network PPO $128.80 ↓ -84%
Provider Select PPO $128.80 ↓ -84%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $135.10 ↓ -83%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $136.85 ↓ -83%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $151.24 ↓ -81%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $151.24 ↓ -81%
Cigna New Business $162.92 ↓ -79%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $168.08 ↓ -79%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $178.96 ↓ -77%
Cigna PPO $208.48 ↓ -74%

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