Echocardiography transthoracic 2d complete w/contrast or without & w/contrast with doppler 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

$3,072.96

Cash price

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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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$9,312.00

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 $4,512.65 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 Kid KM $530.90 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Star KM $530.90 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $530.90 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Chip KM $530.90 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare All Payer $559.00 ↓ -82%
Superior Chip KM $583.99 ↓ -81%
Community Health Choice Chip KM $583.99 ↓ -81%
Superior Star KM $583.99 ↓ -81%
Superior Foster Care KM $583.99 ↓ -81%
Superior Star Plus KM $583.99 ↓ -81%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $637.08 ↓ -79%
Community Health Choice Star KM $637.08 ↓ -79%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Kids KM $637.08 ↓ -79%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $637.08 ↓ -79%
Amerigroup Chip KM $637.08 ↓ -79%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $637.08 ↓ -79%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $637.08 ↓ -79%
Amerigroup Star KM $637.08 ↓ -79%
Triwest VA MM $791.34 ↓ -74%
Humana Gold Choice MM $791.34 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare MM $791.34 ↓ -74%
Aetna MM $791.34 ↓ -74%
Coventry First Health MM $791.34 ↓ -74%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $791.34 ↓ -74%
Community Health Choice Dual MM $791.34 ↓ -74%
Allwell Superior Health MM $791.34 ↓ -74%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $791.34 ↓ -74%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $791.34 ↓ -74%
Wellcare MM $791.34 ↓ -74%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $791.34 ↓ -74%
Texas Healthspring MM $791.34 ↓ -74%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $815.08 ↓ -73%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $815.08 ↓ -73%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $830.91 ↓ -73%
US Imaging Network PPO $846.73 ↓ -72%
Devoted Health Plan MM $854.65 ↓ -72%
Amerigroup MM $854.65 ↓ -72%
Imperial Health Plan MM $870.47 ↓ -72%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $870.47 ↓ -72%
ProCare Advantage MM $870.47 ↓ -72%
Christus Health HIX $1,107.88 ↓ -64%
ADV Cardiovas Specialist MM $1,582.68 ↓ -48%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $1,582.68 ↓ -48%
Molina Chip KM $1,592.70 ↓ -48%
Molina Star Plus KM $1,592.70 ↓ -48%
Molina Star KM $1,592.70 ↓ -48%
Cigna New Business $2,070.51 ↓ -33%
Healthcare Highways PPO $2,389.05 ↓ -22%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $2,457.76 ↓ -20%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $2,654.50 ↓ -14%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $2,750.51 ↓ -10%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $2,750.51 ↓ -10%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $3,056.88 ↓ -1%
Cigna PPO $3,185.40 ↑ +4%
Humana Choicecare $3,185.40 ↑ +4%
Verity HealthNet PPO $3,185.40 ↑ +4%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $3,247.51 ↑ +6%
Aetna New Business $3,291.58 ↑ +7%
First Health PPO $3,450.85 ↑ +12%
Phcs PPO $3,450.85 ↑ +12%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $3,450.85 ↑ +12%
Multiplan PPO $3,450.85 ↑ +12%
Aetna PPO $3,663.21 ↑ +19%
Aetna EPO $3,663.21 ↑ +19%
Aetna HMO $3,663.21 ↑ +19%
Aetna POS $3,663.21 ↑ +19%
MCT Credit Union All Plans $3,716.30 ↑ +21%
Partners Direct Health PPO $3,716.30 ↑ +21%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $3,716.30 ↑ +21%
Provider Select PPO $4,247.20 ↑ +38%
Health Management Network PPO $4,247.20 ↑ +38%
Beech Street PPO $4,247.20 ↑ +38%
HealthSmart PPO $4,247.20 ↑ +38%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $4,512.65 ↑ +47%

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Echocardiography transthoracic 2d complete w/contrast or without & w/contrast with doppler at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $12,383.32 $1,593.12 – $1,593.12
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $4,974.84 $1,593.12 – $1,593.12
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