Doppler echo complete 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

$691.35

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.

$2,095.00

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.

$119.46 with Humana vs $1,583.55 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
Humana Choicecare $119.46 ↓ -83%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $128.80 ↓ -81%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $144.15 ↓ -79%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $144.15 ↓ -79%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $160.20 ↓ -77%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $170.19 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare Chip KM $186.30 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $186.30 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Star KM $186.30 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Star Kid KM $186.30 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare HIX $195.00 ↓ -72%
Superior Chip KM $204.93 ↓ -70%
Community Health Choice Chip KM $204.93 ↓ -70%
Superior Star KM $204.93 ↓ -70%
Superior Foster Care KM $204.93 ↓ -70%
Superior Star Plus KM $204.93 ↓ -70%
Amerigroup Star KM $223.56 ↓ -68%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Kids KM $223.56 ↓ -68%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $223.56 ↓ -68%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $223.56 ↓ -68%
Community Health Choice Star KM $223.56 ↓ -68%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $223.56 ↓ -68%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $223.56 ↓ -68%
Amerigroup Chip KM $223.56 ↓ -68%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $279.45 ↓ -60%
Christus Health HIX $391.23 ↓ -43%
Aetna MM $447.12 ↓ -35%
Molina Star KM $558.90 ↓ -19%
Molina Chip KM $558.90 ↓ -19%
Molina Star Plus KM $558.90 ↓ -19%
United Healthcare All Payer $559.00 ↓ -19%
Imperial Health Plan MM $745.20 ↑ +8%
Amerigroup MM $745.20 ↑ +8%
Healthcare Highways PPO $838.35 ↑ +21%
ADV Cardiovas Specialist MM $931.50 ↑ +35%
Devoted Health Plan MM $931.50 ↑ +35%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $931.50 ↑ +35%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $1,117.80 ↑ +62%
Verity HealthNet PPO $1,117.80 ↑ +62%
Aetna New Business $1,155.06 ↑ +67%
First Health PPO $1,210.95 ↑ +75%
Phcs PPO $1,210.95 ↑ +75%
Multiplan PPO $1,210.95 ↑ +75%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $1,210.95 ↑ +75%
Aetna POS $1,285.47 ↑ +86%
Aetna EPO $1,285.47 ↑ +86%
Aetna PPO $1,285.47 ↑ +86%
Aetna HMO $1,285.47 ↑ +86%
Partners Direct Health PPO $1,304.10 ↑ +89%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $1,304.10 ↑ +89%
MCT Credit Union All Plans $1,304.10 ↑ +89%
Provider Select PPO $1,490.40 ↑ +116%
Health Management Network PPO $1,490.40 ↑ +116%
Beech Street PPO $1,490.40 ↑ +116%
HealthSmart PPO $1,490.40 ↑ +116%
Triwest VA MM $1,583.55 ↑ +129%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $1,583.55 ↑ +129%

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