Echo transthoracic at CHRISTUS Health - West Beaumont
6025 Metropolitan Drive, Beaumont, TX · Christushealth · · NPI 1679557888
$1,708.74
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.
$5,178.00
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.
$151.36 with United Healthcare vs $3,914.25 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Healthcare | Star KM | $151.36 | ↓ -91% |
| United Healthcare | Star Kid KM | $151.36 | ↓ -91% |
| United Healthcare | Star Plus KM | $151.36 | ↓ -91% |
| United Healthcare | Chip KM | $151.36 | ↓ -91% |
| United Healthcare | HIX | $195.00 | ↓ -89% |
| Humana | Choicecare | $340.63 | ↓ -80% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas | Blue Advantage HMO | $454.07 | ↓ -73% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas | HMO | $508.15 | ↓ -70% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas | HEB | $508.15 | ↓ -70% |
| Wellcare | MM | $549.19 | ↓ -68% |
| Humana | Gold Choice MM | $549.19 | ↓ -68% |
| United Healthcare | MM | $549.19 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | MM | $549.19 | ↓ -68% |
| Coventry | First Health MM | $549.19 | ↓ -68% |
| Molina | Medicare Adv MM | $549.19 | ↓ -68% |
| Community Health Choice | Dual MM | $549.19 | ↓ -68% |
| Allwell | Superior Health MM | $549.19 | ↓ -68% |
| Arcadian Health Plan | MM | $549.19 | ↓ -68% |
| Christus Health | Med Adv MM | $549.19 | ↓ -68% |
| Triwest | VA MM | $549.19 | ↓ -68% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | MM | $549.19 | ↓ -68% |
| Texas Healthspring | MM | $549.19 | ↓ -68% |
| United Healthcare | All Payer | $559.00 | ↓ -67% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas | PPO | $564.75 | ↓ -67% |
| Texas Independence Health Plan | MM | $565.67 | ↓ -67% |
| Provider Partners Health Plan | MM | $565.67 | ↓ -67% |
| Shared Health Insurance Company | MM | $576.65 | ↓ -66% |
| US Imaging Network | PPO | $587.63 | ↓ -66% |
| Amerigroup | MM | $593.13 | ↓ -65% |
| Devoted Health Plan | MM | $593.13 | ↓ -65% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas | Traditional | $599.97 | ↓ -65% |
| Imperial Health Plan | MM | $604.11 | ↓ -65% |
| ProCare Advantage | MM | $604.11 | ↓ -65% |
| American Health Medicare | Advantage MM | $604.11 | ↓ -65% |
| Superior | Chip KM | $633.94 | ↓ -63% |
| Superior | Foster Care KM | $633.94 | ↓ -63% |
| Superior | Star KM | $633.94 | ↓ -63% |
| Community Health Choice | Chip KM | $633.94 | ↓ -63% |
| Superior | Star Plus KM | $633.94 | ↓ -63% |
| Molina | Chip KM | $665.64 | ↓ -61% |
| Molina | Star KM | $665.64 | ↓ -61% |
| Amerigroup | Chip KM | $665.64 | ↓ -61% |
| Amerigroup | Star Plus KM | $665.64 | ↓ -61% |
| Amerigroup | Star KM | $665.64 | ↓ -61% |
| Amerigroup | Star Kids KM | $665.64 | ↓ -61% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plan | Chip KM | $665.64 | ↓ -61% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plan | Star Plus KM | $665.64 | ↓ -61% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plan | Star Kids KM | $665.64 | ↓ -61% |
| Molina | Star Plus KM | $665.64 | ↓ -61% |
| Community Health Choice | Star KM | $671.98 | ↓ -61% |
| Christus Health | HIX | $768.87 | ↓ -55% |
| Naphcare Inc. | RRMB | $1,098.38 | ↓ -36% |
| ADV Cardiovas Specialist | MM | $1,098.38 | ↓ -36% |
| Cigna | New Business | $1,795.95 | ↑ +5% |
| Healthcare Highways | PPO | $2,072.25 | ↑ +21% |
| LSU First Choice Verity | PPO | $2,302.50 | ↑ +35% |
| Cigna | PPO | $2,763.00 | ↑ +62% |
| Verity HealthNet | PPO | $2,763.00 | ↑ +62% |
| Aetna | New Business | $2,855.10 | ↑ +67% |
| Healthsmart | Accel PPO | $2,993.25 | ↑ +75% |
| Multiplan | PPO | $2,993.25 | ↑ +75% |
| First Health | PPO | $2,993.25 | ↑ +75% |
| Phcs | PPO | $2,993.25 | ↑ +75% |
| Aetna | EPO | $3,177.45 | ↑ +86% |
| Aetna | PPO | $3,177.45 | ↑ +86% |
| Aetna | HMO | $3,177.45 | ↑ +86% |
| Aetna | POS | $3,177.45 | ↑ +86% |
| Five Point Credit Union | PPO | $3,223.50 | ↑ +89% |
| MCT Credit Union | All Plans | $3,223.50 | ↑ +89% |
| Partners Direct Health | PPO | $3,223.50 | ↑ +89% |
| Provider Select | PPO | $3,684.00 | ↑ +116% |
| Health Management Network | PPO | $3,684.00 | ↑ +116% |
| Beech Street | PPO | $3,684.00 | ↑ +116% |
| HealthSmart | PPO | $3,684.00 | ↑ +116% |
| Verity Healthnet National | PPO | $3,914.25 | ↑ +129% |
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Echo transthoracic at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $1,413.63 | $151.70 – $1,767.04 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,470.53 | $302.68 – $2,205.80 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,408.73 | $151.70 – $1,760.92 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $1,413.63 | $151.70 – $1,767.04 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $1,470.53 | $162.32 – $2,205.80 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $1,470.53 | $151.70 – $2,205.80 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $1,408.73 | $151.70 – $2,113.10 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $1,413.63 | $151.70 – $1,767.04 |