Dexamethasone 4 mg tablet 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

$47.52

Cash price

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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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$144.00

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.

$0.04 with Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas vs $6.05 with Triwest — 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
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $0.04 ↓ -100%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $0.05 ↓ -100%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $0.05 ↓ -100%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $0.05 ↓ -100%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $0.06 ↓ -100%
United Healthcare HIX $0.06 ↓ -100%
United Healthcare All Payer $0.06 ↓ -100%
Aetna New Business $0.11 ↓ -100%
Aetna EPO $0.12 ↓ -100%
Aetna POS $0.12 ↓ -100%
Aetna PPO $0.12 ↓ -100%
Aetna HMO $0.12 ↓ -100%
Humana Choicecare $0.18 ↓ -100%
United Healthcare Star Kid KM $0.71 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare Star KM $0.71 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $0.71 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare Chip KM $0.71 ↓ -99%
Superior Chip KM $0.78 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice Chip KM $0.78 ↓ -98%
Superior Star KM $0.78 ↓ -98%
Superior Foster Care KM $0.78 ↓ -98%
Superior Star Plus KM $0.78 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $0.85 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup Chip KM $0.85 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $0.85 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup Star KM $0.85 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $0.85 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice Star KM $0.85 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $0.85 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Kids KM $0.85 ↓ -98%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $1.06 ↓ -98%
Christus Health HIX $1.49 ↓ -97%
Aetna MM $1.70 ↓ -96%
Molina Star KM $2.13 ↓ -96%
Molina Star Plus KM $2.13 ↓ -96%
Molina Chip KM $2.13 ↓ -96%
Cigna New Business $2.77 ↓ -94%
Imperial Health Plan MM $2.84 ↓ -94%
Amerigroup MM $2.84 ↓ -94%
Healthcare Highways PPO $3.20 ↓ -93%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $3.56 ↓ -93%
Devoted Health Plan MM $3.56 ↓ -93%
ADV Cardiovas Specialist MM $3.56 ↓ -93%
Verity HealthNet PPO $4.27 ↓ -91%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $4.27 ↓ -91%
Cigna PPO $4.27 ↓ -91%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $4.62 ↓ -90%
First Health PPO $4.62 ↓ -90%
Phcs PPO $4.98 ↓ -90%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $4.98 ↓ -90%
Partners Direct Health PPO $4.98 ↓ -90%
MCT Credit Union All Plans $4.98 ↓ -90%
Multiplan PPO $4.98 ↓ -90%
Provider Select PPO $5.69 ↓ -88%
HealthSmart PPO $5.69 ↓ -88%
Beech Street PPO $5.69 ↓ -88%
Health Management Network PPO $5.69 ↓ -88%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $6.05 ↓ -87%
Triwest VA MM $6.05 ↓ -87%

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