ER Visit (level 5, high severity) 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

$1,455.96

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.

$4,412.00

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.

$55.20 with United Healthcare vs $6,160.00 with Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas — 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 Star Plus KM $55.20 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Star KM $55.20 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Chip KM $55.20 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Star Kid KM $55.20 ↓ -96%
Superior Star KM $60.72 ↓ -96%
Community Health Choice Chip KM $60.72 ↓ -96%
Superior Foster Care KM $60.72 ↓ -96%
Superior Star Plus KM $60.72 ↓ -96%
Superior Chip KM $60.72 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup Star KM $66.24 ↓ -95%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $66.24 ↓ -95%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $66.24 ↓ -95%
Community Health Choice Star KM $66.24 ↓ -95%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Kids KM $66.24 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup Chip KM $66.24 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $66.24 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $66.24 ↓ -95%
Molina Chip KM $165.60 ↓ -89%
Molina Star KM $165.60 ↓ -89%
Molina Star Plus KM $165.60 ↓ -89%
Healthcare Highways PPO $248.40 ↓ -83%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $276.00 ↓ -81%
Verity HealthNet PPO $331.20 ↓ -77%
First Health PPO $358.80 ↓ -75%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $358.80 ↓ -75%
Phcs PPO $386.40 ↓ -73%
Multiplan PPO $386.40 ↓ -73%
Provider Select PPO $441.60 ↓ -70%
Health Management Network PPO $441.60 ↓ -70%
HealthSmart PPO $441.60 ↓ -70%
Beech Street PPO $441.60 ↓ -70%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $469.20 ↓ -68%
Triwest VA MM $614.09 ↓ -58%
Humana Gold Choice MM $614.09 ↓ -58%
United Healthcare MM $614.09 ↓ -58%
Aetna MM $614.09 ↓ -58%
Coventry First Health MM $614.09 ↓ -58%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $614.09 ↓ -58%
Community Health Choice Dual MM $614.09 ↓ -58%
Allwell Superior Health MM $614.09 ↓ -58%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $614.09 ↓ -58%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $614.09 ↓ -58%
Wellcare MM $614.09 ↓ -58%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $614.09 ↓ -58%
Texas Healthspring MM $614.09 ↓ -58%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $632.51 ↓ -57%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $632.51 ↓ -57%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $644.79 ↓ -56%
US Imaging Network PPO $657.08 ↓ -55%
Amerigroup MM $663.22 ↓ -54%
Devoted Health Plan MM $663.22 ↓ -54%
Imperial Health Plan MM $675.50 ↓ -54%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $675.50 ↓ -54%
ProCare Advantage MM $675.50 ↓ -54%
Christus Health HIX $859.73 ↓ -41%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $1,228.18 ↓ -16%
ADV Cardiovas Specialist MM $1,228.18 ↓ -16%
United Healthcare HIX $1,231.00 ↓ -15%
Humana Choicecare $1,553.00 ↑ +7%
Cigna New Business $1,592.00 ↑ +9%
Cigna PPO $2,096.00 ↑ +44%
United Healthcare All Payer $2,252.00 ↑ +55%
Partners Direct Health PPO $3,215.00 ↑ +121%
MCT Credit Union All Plans $3,380.00 ↑ +132%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $3,549.00 ↑ +144%
Aetna New Business $4,021.00 ↑ +176%
Aetna HMO $4,468.00 ↑ +207%
Aetna EPO $4,468.00 ↑ +207%
Aetna PPO $4,468.00 ↑ +207%
Aetna POS $4,468.00 ↑ +207%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $4,880.00 ↑ +235%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $5,280.00 ↑ +263%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $5,400.00 ↑ +271%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $6,160.00 ↑ +323%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $6,160.00 ↑ +323%

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