Echo guide for amniocentesis at CHRISTUS Health - West Beaumont
6025 Metropolitan Drive, Beaumont, TX · Christushealth · · NPI 1679557888
$794.31
Cash price 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.
$2,407.00
Gross charge 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.
$38.39 with Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas vs $1,678.75 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas | Blue Advantage HMO | $38.39 | ↓ -95% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas | HMO | $53.85 | ↓ -93% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas | HEB | $53.85 | ↓ -93% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas | PPO | $59.85 | ↓ -92% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas | Traditional | $63.58 | ↓ -92% |
| Humana | Choicecare | $73.14 | ↓ -91% |
| United Healthcare | HIX | $113.00 | ↓ -86% |
| United Healthcare | Star Kid KM | $197.50 | ↓ -75% |
| United Healthcare | Chip KM | $197.50 | ↓ -75% |
| United Healthcare | Star Plus KM | $197.50 | ↓ -75% |
| United Healthcare | Star KM | $197.50 | ↓ -75% |
| Superior | Star Plus KM | $217.25 | ↓ -73% |
| Superior | Star KM | $217.25 | ↓ -73% |
| Community Health Choice | Chip KM | $217.25 | ↓ -73% |
| Superior | Chip KM | $217.25 | ↓ -73% |
| Superior | Foster Care KM | $217.25 | ↓ -73% |
| Amerigroup | Star Kids KM | $237.00 | ↓ -70% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plan | Star Kids KM | $237.00 | ↓ -70% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plan | Star Plus KM | $237.00 | ↓ -70% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plan | Chip KM | $237.00 | ↓ -70% |
| Community Health Choice | Star KM | $237.00 | ↓ -70% |
| Amerigroup | Chip KM | $237.00 | ↓ -70% |
| Amerigroup | Star Plus KM | $237.00 | ↓ -70% |
| Amerigroup | Star KM | $237.00 | ↓ -70% |
| Christus Health | Med Adv MM | $296.25 | ↓ -63% |
| United Healthcare | All Payer | $326.00 | ↓ -59% |
| Christus Health | HIX | $414.75 | ↓ -48% |
| Aetna | MM | $474.00 | ↓ -40% |
| Molina | Star KM | $592.50 | ↓ -25% |
| Molina | Chip KM | $592.50 | ↓ -25% |
| Molina | Star Plus KM | $592.50 | ↓ -25% |
| Imperial Health Plan | MM | $790.00 | ↓ -1% |
| Amerigroup | MM | $790.00 | ↓ -1% |
| Healthcare Highways | PPO | $888.75 | ↑ +12% |
| Partners Direct Health | PPO | $970.00 | ↑ +22% |
| Devoted Health Plan | MM | $987.50 | ↑ +24% |
| ADV Cardiovas Specialist | MM | $987.50 | ↑ +24% |
| LSU First Choice Verity | PPO | $987.50 | ↑ +24% |
| Naphcare Inc. | RRMB | $1,185.00 | ↑ +49% |
| Verity HealthNet | PPO | $1,185.00 | ↑ +49% |
| Aetna | New Business | $1,224.50 | ↑ +54% |
| Multiplan | PPO | $1,283.75 | ↑ +62% |
| First Health | PPO | $1,283.75 | ↑ +62% |
| Healthsmart | Accel PPO | $1,283.75 | ↑ +62% |
| Phcs | PPO | $1,283.75 | ↑ +62% |
| Aetna | POS | $1,362.75 | ↑ +72% |
| Aetna | HMO | $1,362.75 | ↑ +72% |
| Aetna | EPO | $1,362.75 | ↑ +72% |
| Aetna | PPO | $1,362.75 | ↑ +72% |
| Five Point Credit Union | PPO | $1,382.50 | ↑ +74% |
| MCT Credit Union | All Plans | $1,382.50 | ↑ +74% |
| Health Management Network | PPO | $1,580.00 | ↑ +99% |
| HealthSmart | PPO | $1,580.00 | ↑ +99% |
| Provider Select | PPO | $1,580.00 | ↑ +99% |
| Beech Street | PPO | $1,580.00 | ↑ +99% |
| Verity Healthnet National | PPO | $1,678.75 | ↑ +111% |
| Triwest | VA MM | $1,678.75 | ↑ +111% |
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Echo guide for amniocentesis at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $304.49 | $26.66 – $431.37 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $377.11 | $44.79 – $565.67 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $61.82 | $12.36 – $77.27 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $304.49 | $30.53 – $431.37 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $377.11 | $54.52 – $565.67 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $377.11 | $194.84 – $565.67 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $61.82 | $20.61 – $92.73 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $304.49 | $26.66 – $431.37 |