Drng of hydrocele 55000 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

$633.27

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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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$1,919.00

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.

$50.47 with United Healthcare 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
United Healthcare Star KM $50.47 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Star Kid KM $50.47 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Chip KM $50.47 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $50.47 ↓ -92%
Superior Foster Care KM $54.26 ↓ -91%
Superior Star KM $54.26 ↓ -91%
Community Health Choice Chip KM $54.26 ↓ -91%
Superior Chip KM $54.26 ↓ -91%
Superior Star Plus KM $54.26 ↓ -91%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $56.97 ↓ -91%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $56.97 ↓ -91%
Amerigroup Star KM $56.97 ↓ -91%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $56.97 ↓ -91%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Kids KM $56.97 ↓ -91%
Amerigroup Chip KM $56.97 ↓ -91%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $56.97 ↓ -91%
Molina Chip KM $56.97 ↓ -91%
Molina Star Plus KM $56.97 ↓ -91%
Molina Star KM $56.97 ↓ -91%
Community Health Choice Star KM $57.52 ↓ -91%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $89.29 ↓ -86%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $89.29 ↓ -86%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $98.93 ↓ -84%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $106.00 ↓ -83%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $109.85 ↓ -83%
Cigna New Business $122.00 ↓ -81%
Cigna PPO $159.00 ↓ -75%
Humana Choicecare $331.00 ↓ -48%
Triwest VA MM $704.73 ↑ +11%
Humana Gold Choice MM $704.73 ↑ +11%
United Healthcare MM $704.73 ↑ +11%
Aetna MM $704.73 ↑ +11%
Coventry First Health MM $704.73 ↑ +11%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $704.73 ↑ +11%
Community Health Choice Dual MM $704.73 ↑ +11%
Allwell Superior Health MM $704.73 ↑ +11%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $704.73 ↑ +11%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $704.73 ↑ +11%
Wellcare MM $704.73 ↑ +11%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $704.73 ↑ +11%
Texas Healthspring MM $704.73 ↑ +11%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $725.87 ↑ +15%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $725.87 ↑ +15%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $739.97 ↑ +17%
US Imaging Network PPO $754.06 ↑ +19%
Amerigroup MM $761.11 ↑ +20%
Devoted Health Plan MM $761.11 ↑ +20%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $775.20 ↑ +22%
ProCare Advantage MM $775.20 ↑ +22%
Imperial Health Plan MM $775.20 ↑ +22%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $959.50 ↑ +52%
Christus Health HIX $986.62 ↑ +56%
United Healthcare HIX $1,068.00 ↑ +69%
Verity HealthNet PPO $1,151.40 ↑ +82%
First Health PPO $1,247.35 ↑ +97%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $1,247.35 ↑ +97%
Phcs PPO $1,247.35 ↑ +97%
Multiplan PPO $1,247.35 ↑ +97%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $1,409.46 ↑ +123%
ADV Cardiovas Specialist MM $1,409.46 ↑ +123%
Health Management Network PPO $1,535.20 ↑ +142%
HealthSmart PPO $1,535.20 ↑ +142%
Beech Street PPO $1,535.20 ↑ +142%
Provider Select PPO $1,535.20 ↑ +142%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $1,631.15 ↑ +158%
United Healthcare All Payer $2,387.00 ↑ +277%
Healthcare Highways PPO $2,963.00 ↑ +368%
Aetna New Business $3,719.00 ↑ +487%
MCT Credit Union All Plans $3,829.00 ↑ +505%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $4,020.00 ↑ +535%
Aetna HMO $4,132.00 ↑ +552%
Aetna POS $4,132.00 ↑ +552%
Aetna PPO $4,132.00 ↑ +552%
Aetna EPO $4,132.00 ↑ +552%
Partners Direct Health PPO $4,989.00 ↑ +688%

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