Decalcification 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

$40.26

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.

$122.00

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.

$7.66 with United Healthcare vs $84.15 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
United Healthcare HIX $7.66 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare All Payer $7.66 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $9.90 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare Star KM $9.90 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare Star Kid KM $9.90 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare Chip KM $9.90 ↓ -75%
Superior Chip KM $10.89 ↓ -73%
Community Health Choice Chip KM $10.89 ↓ -73%
Superior Star KM $10.89 ↓ -73%
Superior Foster Care KM $10.89 ↓ -73%
Superior Star Plus KM $10.89 ↓ -73%
Amerigroup Chip KM $11.88 ↓ -70%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Kids KM $11.88 ↓ -70%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $11.88 ↓ -70%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $11.88 ↓ -70%
Community Health Choice Star KM $11.88 ↓ -70%
Amerigroup Star KM $11.88 ↓ -70%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $11.88 ↓ -70%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $11.88 ↓ -70%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $14.85 ↓ -63%
Christus Health HIX $20.79 ↓ -48%
Aetna MM $23.76 ↓ -41%
Molina Star KM $29.70 ↓ -26%
Molina Star Plus KM $29.70 ↓ -26%
Molina Chip KM $29.70 ↓ -26%
Cigna New Business $31.52 ↓ -22%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $34.69 ↓ -14%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $38.83 ↓ -4%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $38.83 ↓ -4%
Amerigroup MM $39.60 ↓ -2%
Imperial Health Plan MM $39.60 ↓ -2%
Cigna PPO $40.34 ↑ +0%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $43.16 ↑ +7%
Healthcare Highways PPO $44.55 ↑ +11%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $45.95 ↑ +14%
ADV Cardiovas Specialist MM $49.50 ↑ +23%
Devoted Health Plan MM $49.50 ↑ +23%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $49.50 ↑ +23%
Humana Choicecare $49.52 ↑ +23%
Verity HealthNet PPO $59.40 ↑ +48%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $59.40 ↑ +48%
Aetna New Business $61.38 ↑ +52%
Multiplan PPO $64.35 ↑ +60%
Phcs PPO $64.35 ↑ +60%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $64.35 ↑ +60%
First Health PPO $64.35 ↑ +60%
Aetna HMO $68.31 ↑ +70%
Aetna EPO $68.31 ↑ +70%
Aetna PPO $68.31 ↑ +70%
Aetna POS $68.31 ↑ +70%
Partners Direct Health PPO $69.30 ↑ +72%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $69.30 ↑ +72%
MCT Credit Union All Plans $69.30 ↑ +72%
Provider Select PPO $79.20 ↑ +97%
Health Management Network PPO $79.20 ↑ +97%
HealthSmart PPO $79.20 ↑ +97%
Beech Street PPO $79.20 ↑ +97%
Triwest VA MM $84.15 ↑ +109%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $84.15 ↑ +109%

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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $94.87 $12.00 – $142.31
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