Drainage ext aud canal abscess 69020 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

$655.71

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.

$1,987.00

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.

$122.00 with Cigna vs $4,989.00 with Partners Direct Health — 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
Cigna New Business $122.00 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare Star Kid KM $139.28 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Star KM $139.28 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Chip KM $139.28 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $139.28 ↓ -79%
Superior Star Plus KM $147.56 ↓ -77%
Community Health Choice Chip KM $147.56 ↓ -77%
Superior Foster Care KM $147.56 ↓ -77%
Superior Star KM $147.56 ↓ -77%
Superior Chip KM $147.56 ↓ -77%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $154.94 ↓ -76%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $154.94 ↓ -76%
Amerigroup Star KM $154.94 ↓ -76%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $154.94 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Kids KM $154.94 ↓ -76%
Amerigroup Chip KM $154.94 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $154.94 ↓ -76%
Molina Chip KM $154.94 ↓ -76%
Molina Star Plus KM $154.94 ↓ -76%
Molina Star KM $154.94 ↓ -76%
Community Health Choice Star KM $156.41 ↓ -76%
Cigna PPO $159.00 ↓ -76%
Humana Choicecare $217.00 ↓ -67%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $240.79 ↓ -63%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $240.79 ↓ -63%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $266.77 ↓ -59%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $285.83 ↓ -56%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $296.22 ↓ -55%
Triwest VA MM $704.73 ↑ +7%
Humana Gold Choice MM $704.73 ↑ +7%
United Healthcare MM $704.73 ↑ +7%
Aetna MM $704.73 ↑ +7%
Coventry First Health MM $704.73 ↑ +7%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $704.73 ↑ +7%
Community Health Choice Dual MM $704.73 ↑ +7%
Allwell Superior Health MM $704.73 ↑ +7%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $704.73 ↑ +7%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $704.73 ↑ +7%
Wellcare MM $704.73 ↑ +7%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $704.73 ↑ +7%
Texas Healthspring MM $704.73 ↑ +7%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $725.87 ↑ +11%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $725.87 ↑ +11%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $739.97 ↑ +13%
US Imaging Network PPO $754.06 ↑ +15%
Amerigroup MM $761.11 ↑ +16%
Devoted Health Plan MM $761.11 ↑ +16%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $775.20 ↑ +18%
ProCare Advantage MM $775.20 ↑ +18%
Imperial Health Plan MM $775.20 ↑ +18%
Christus Health HIX $986.62 ↑ +50%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $993.50 ↑ +52%
United Healthcare HIX $1,068.00 ↑ +63%
Verity HealthNet PPO $1,192.20 ↑ +82%
First Health PPO $1,291.55 ↑ +97%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $1,291.55 ↑ +97%
Phcs PPO $1,291.55 ↑ +97%
Multiplan PPO $1,291.55 ↑ +97%
ADV Cardiovas Specialist MM $1,409.46 ↑ +115%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $1,409.46 ↑ +115%
HealthSmart PPO $1,589.60 ↑ +142%
Provider Select PPO $1,589.60 ↑ +142%
Health Management Network PPO $1,589.60 ↑ +142%
Beech Street PPO $1,589.60 ↑ +142%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $1,688.95 ↑ +158%
Aetna New Business $1,741.00 ↑ +166%
Aetna HMO $1,934.00 ↑ +195%
Aetna POS $1,934.00 ↑ +195%
Aetna PPO $1,934.00 ↑ +195%
Aetna EPO $1,934.00 ↑ +195%
United Healthcare All Payer $2,387.00 ↑ +264%
Healthcare Highways PPO $2,963.00 ↑ +352%
MCT Credit Union All Plans $3,829.00 ↑ +484%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $4,020.00 ↑ +513%
Partners Direct Health PPO $4,989.00 ↑ +661%

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