Echo exam of fetal heart 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

$220.11

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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.

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$667.00

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.

$50.79 with United Healthcare vs $970.00 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 Plus KM $50.79 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Chip KM $50.79 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Star Kid KM $50.79 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Star KM $50.79 ↓ -77%
Texas Healthspring MM $53.26 ↓ -76%
Cigna New Business $87.45 ↓ -60%
Wellcare MM $106.51 ↓ -52%
Humana Gold Choice MM $106.51 ↓ -52%
United Healthcare MM $106.51 ↓ -52%
Aetna MM $106.51 ↓ -52%
Coventry First Health MM $106.51 ↓ -52%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $106.51 ↓ -52%
Community Health Choice Dual MM $106.51 ↓ -52%
Allwell Superior Health MM $106.51 ↓ -52%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $106.51 ↓ -52%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $106.51 ↓ -52%
Triwest VA MM $106.51 ↓ -52%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $106.51 ↓ -52%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $109.71 ↓ -50%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $109.71 ↓ -50%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $111.84 ↓ -49%
Cigna PPO $111.91 ↓ -49%
US Imaging Network PPO $113.97 ↓ -48%
Devoted Health Plan MM $115.03 ↓ -48%
Amerigroup MM $115.03 ↓ -48%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $117.16 ↓ -47%
Imperial Health Plan MM $117.16 ↓ -47%
ProCare Advantage MM $117.16 ↓ -47%
Humana Choicecare $120.89 ↓ -45%
Community Health Choice Chip KM $134.67 ↓ -39%
Superior Chip KM $134.67 ↓ -39%
Superior Star Plus KM $134.67 ↓ -39%
Superior Foster Care KM $134.67 ↓ -39%
Superior Star KM $134.67 ↓ -39%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Kids KM $141.40 ↓ -36%
Molina Star KM $141.40 ↓ -36%
Amerigroup Chip KM $141.40 ↓ -36%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $141.40 ↓ -36%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $141.40 ↓ -36%
Amerigroup Star KM $141.40 ↓ -36%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $141.40 ↓ -36%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $141.40 ↓ -36%
Molina Star Plus KM $141.40 ↓ -36%
Molina Chip KM $141.40 ↓ -36%
Community Health Choice Star KM $142.75 ↓ -35%
Christus Health HIX $149.11 ↓ -32%
United Healthcare HIX $195.00 ↓ -11%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $213.02 ↓ -3%
ADV Cardiovas Specialist MM $213.02 ↓ -3%
Healthcare Highways PPO $300.15 ↑ +36%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $322.79 ↑ +47%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $333.50 ↑ +52%
Verity HealthNet PPO $400.20 ↑ +82%
Aetna New Business $413.54 ↑ +88%
Multiplan PPO $433.55 ↑ +97%
First Health PPO $433.55 ↑ +97%
Phcs PPO $433.55 ↑ +97%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $433.55 ↑ +97%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $452.80 ↑ +106%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $452.80 ↑ +106%
Aetna PPO $460.23 ↑ +109%
Aetna EPO $460.23 ↑ +109%
Aetna POS $460.23 ↑ +109%
Aetna HMO $460.23 ↑ +109%
MCT Credit Union All Plans $466.90 ↑ +112%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $466.90 ↑ +112%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $503.24 ↑ +129%
Beech Street PPO $533.60 ↑ +142%
Provider Select PPO $533.60 ↑ +142%
Health Management Network PPO $533.60 ↑ +142%
HealthSmart PPO $533.60 ↑ +142%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $534.62 ↑ +143%
United Healthcare All Payer $559.00 ↑ +154%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $566.95 ↑ +158%
Partners Direct Health PPO $970.00 ↑ +341%

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