Echo tee probe placement image acquisition interpretation & report 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

$3,020.49

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.

$9,153.00

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.

$195.00 with United Healthcare vs $6,919.85 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
United Healthcare HIX $195.00 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Star KM $232.89 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $232.89 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Chip KM $232.89 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Star Kid KM $232.89 ↓ -92%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $502.19 ↓ -83%
Humana Choicecare $546.11 ↓ -82%
Wellcare MM $549.19 ↓ -82%
Humana Gold Choice MM $549.19 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare MM $549.19 ↓ -82%
Aetna MM $549.19 ↓ -82%
Coventry First Health MM $549.19 ↓ -82%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $549.19 ↓ -82%
Community Health Choice Dual MM $549.19 ↓ -82%
Allwell Superior Health MM $549.19 ↓ -82%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $549.19 ↓ -82%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $549.19 ↓ -82%
Triwest VA MM $549.19 ↓ -82%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $549.19 ↓ -82%
Texas Healthspring MM $549.19 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare All Payer $559.00 ↓ -81%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $562.00 ↓ -81%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $562.00 ↓ -81%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $565.67 ↓ -81%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $565.67 ↓ -81%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $576.65 ↓ -81%
US Imaging Network PPO $587.63 ↓ -81%
Devoted Health Plan MM $593.13 ↓ -80%
Amerigroup MM $593.13 ↓ -80%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $604.11 ↓ -80%
ProCare Advantage MM $604.11 ↓ -80%
Imperial Health Plan MM $604.11 ↓ -80%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $624.60 ↓ -79%
Superior Star Plus KM $633.94 ↓ -79%
Community Health Choice Chip KM $633.94 ↓ -79%
Superior Star KM $633.94 ↓ -79%
Superior Foster Care KM $633.94 ↓ -79%
Superior Chip KM $633.94 ↓ -79%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $663.55 ↓ -78%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Kids KM $665.64 ↓ -78%
Molina Star KM $665.64 ↓ -78%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $665.64 ↓ -78%
Amerigroup Star KM $665.64 ↓ -78%
Amerigroup Chip KM $665.64 ↓ -78%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $665.64 ↓ -78%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $665.64 ↓ -78%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $665.64 ↓ -78%
Molina Chip KM $665.64 ↓ -78%
Molina Star Plus KM $665.64 ↓ -78%
Community Health Choice Star KM $671.98 ↓ -78%
Christus Health HIX $768.87 ↓ -75%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $1,098.38 ↓ -64%
ADV Cardiovas Specialist MM $1,098.38 ↓ -64%
Cigna New Business $3,174.99 ↑ +5%
Healthcare Highways PPO $3,663.45 ↑ +21%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $4,070.50 ↑ +35%
Verity HealthNet PPO $4,884.60 ↑ +62%
Cigna PPO $4,884.60 ↑ +62%
Aetna New Business $5,047.42 ↑ +67%
Multiplan PPO $5,291.65 ↑ +75%
Phcs PPO $5,291.65 ↑ +75%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $5,291.65 ↑ +75%
First Health PPO $5,291.65 ↑ +75%
Aetna HMO $5,617.29 ↑ +86%
Aetna POS $5,617.29 ↑ +86%
Aetna PPO $5,617.29 ↑ +86%
Aetna EPO $5,617.29 ↑ +86%
Partners Direct Health PPO $5,698.70 ↑ +89%
MCT Credit Union All Plans $5,698.70 ↑ +89%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $5,698.70 ↑ +89%
Health Management Network PPO $6,512.80 ↑ +116%
HealthSmart PPO $6,512.80 ↑ +116%
Beech Street PPO $6,512.80 ↑ +116%
Provider Select PPO $6,512.80 ↑ +116%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $6,919.85 ↑ +129%

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