Electrolyte panel 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

$130.02

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.

$394.00

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.

$3.51 with Texas Healthspring vs $333.20 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
Texas Healthspring MM $3.51 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare HIX $6.31 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare All Payer $6.31 ↓ -95%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $7.01 ↓ -95%
Triwest VA MM $7.01 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare MM $7.01 ↓ -95%
Wellcare MM $7.01 ↓ -95%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $7.01 ↓ -95%
Humana Gold Choice MM $7.01 ↓ -95%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $7.01 ↓ -95%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $7.01 ↓ -95%
Allwell Superior Health MM $7.01 ↓ -95%
Community Health Choice Dual MM $7.01 ↓ -95%
Community Health Choice Chip KM $7.01 ↓ -95%
Aetna MM $7.01 ↓ -95%
Superior Star KM $7.01 ↓ -95%
Superior Foster Care KM $7.01 ↓ -95%
Coventry First Health MM $7.01 ↓ -95%
Superior Star Plus KM $7.01 ↓ -95%
Superior Chip KM $7.01 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $7.06 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Chip KM $7.06 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Star KM $7.06 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Star Kid KM $7.06 ↓ -95%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $7.22 ↓ -94%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $7.22 ↓ -94%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $7.36 ↓ -94%
Amerigroup Chip KM $7.36 ↓ -94%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $7.36 ↓ -94%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $7.36 ↓ -94%
Amerigroup Star KM $7.36 ↓ -94%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $7.36 ↓ -94%
Molina Chip KM $7.36 ↓ -94%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $7.36 ↓ -94%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Kids KM $7.36 ↓ -94%
Molina Star Plus KM $7.36 ↓ -94%
Molina Star KM $7.36 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice Star KM $7.43 ↓ -94%
US Imaging Network PPO $7.50 ↓ -94%
Devoted Health Plan MM $7.57 ↓ -94%
Amerigroup MM $7.57 ↓ -94%
Imperial Health Plan MM $7.71 ↓ -94%
ProCare Advantage MM $7.71 ↓ -94%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $7.71 ↓ -94%
Christus Health HIX $9.81 ↓ -92%
Partners Direct Health PPO $12.62 ↓ -90%
ADV Cardiovas Specialist MM $14.02 ↓ -89%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $14.02 ↓ -89%
Humana Choicecare $22.13 ↓ -83%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $26.99 ↓ -79%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $30.21 ↓ -77%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $30.21 ↓ -77%
Cigna New Business $32.83 ↓ -75%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $33.58 ↓ -74%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $35.75 ↓ -73%
Cigna PPO $42.01 ↓ -68%
Healthcare Highways PPO $176.40 ↑ +36%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $196.00 ↑ +51%
Verity HealthNet PPO $235.20 ↑ +81%
Aetna New Business $243.04 ↑ +87%
Multiplan PPO $254.80 ↑ +96%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $254.80 ↑ +96%
First Health PPO $254.80 ↑ +96%
Phcs PPO $254.80 ↑ +96%
Aetna HMO $270.48 ↑ +108%
Aetna EPO $270.48 ↑ +108%
Aetna POS $270.48 ↑ +108%
Aetna PPO $270.48 ↑ +108%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $274.40 ↑ +111%
MCT Credit Union All Plans $274.40 ↑ +111%
Health Management Network PPO $313.60 ↑ +141%
Provider Select PPO $313.60 ↑ +141%
Beech Street PPO $313.60 ↑ +141%
HealthSmart PPO $313.60 ↑ +141%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $333.20 ↑ +156%

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