Esophagoscopy balloon <30mm 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

$1,732.17

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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$5,249.00

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.

$297.19 with United Healthcare vs $5,088.00 with Cigna — 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 KM $297.19 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Star Kid KM $297.19 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Chip KM $297.19 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $297.19 ↓ -83%
Superior Star Plus KM $564.97 ↓ -67%
Superior Chip KM $564.97 ↓ -67%
Community Health Choice Chip KM $564.97 ↓ -67%
Superior Star KM $564.97 ↓ -67%
Superior Foster Care KM $564.97 ↓ -67%
Amerigroup Star KM $593.22 ↓ -66%
Molina Star Plus KM $593.22 ↓ -66%
Molina Star KM $593.22 ↓ -66%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $593.22 ↓ -66%
Amerigroup Chip KM $593.22 ↓ -66%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $593.22 ↓ -66%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $593.22 ↓ -66%
Molina Chip KM $593.22 ↓ -66%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Kids KM $593.22 ↓ -66%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $593.22 ↓ -66%
Community Health Choice Star KM $598.87 ↓ -65%
United Healthcare HIX $1,863.00 ↑ +8%
Triwest VA MM $1,900.06 ↑ +10%
Humana Gold Choice MM $1,900.06 ↑ +10%
United Healthcare MM $1,900.06 ↑ +10%
Aetna MM $1,900.06 ↑ +10%
Coventry First Health MM $1,900.06 ↑ +10%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $1,900.06 ↑ +10%
Community Health Choice Dual MM $1,900.06 ↑ +10%
Allwell Superior Health MM $1,900.06 ↑ +10%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $1,900.06 ↑ +10%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $1,900.06 ↑ +10%
Wellcare MM $1,900.06 ↑ +10%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $1,900.06 ↑ +10%
Texas Healthspring MM $1,900.06 ↑ +10%
Aetna New Business $1,935.00 ↑ +12%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $1,957.06 ↑ +13%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $1,957.06 ↑ +13%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $1,995.06 ↑ +15%
US Imaging Network PPO $2,033.06 ↑ +17%
Devoted Health Plan MM $2,052.06 ↑ +18%
Amerigroup MM $2,052.06 ↑ +18%
Imperial Health Plan MM $2,090.07 ↑ +21%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $2,090.07 ↑ +21%
ProCare Advantage MM $2,090.07 ↑ +21%
Aetna PPO $2,151.00 ↑ +24%
Aetna EPO $2,151.00 ↑ +24%
Aetna HMO $2,151.00 ↑ +24%
Aetna POS $2,151.00 ↑ +24%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $2,164.79 ↑ +25%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $2,164.79 ↑ +25%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $2,398.40 ↑ +38%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $2,569.71 ↑ +48%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $2,624.50 ↑ +52%
Christus Health HIX $2,660.08 ↑ +54%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $2,663.15 ↑ +54%
Verity HealthNet PPO $3,149.40 ↑ +82%
Partners Direct Health PPO $3,215.00 ↑ +86%
Phcs PPO $3,411.85 ↑ +97%
Multiplan PPO $3,411.85 ↑ +97%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $3,411.85 ↑ +97%
First Health PPO $3,411.85 ↑ +97%
Humana Choicecare $3,654.00 ↑ +111%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $3,800.12 ↑ +119%
ADV Cardiovas Specialist MM $3,800.12 ↑ +119%
Cigna New Business $3,941.00 ↑ +128%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $4,020.00 ↑ +132%
Healthcare Highways PPO $4,115.00 ↑ +138%
United Healthcare All Payer $4,164.00 ↑ +140%
Provider Select PPO $4,199.20 ↑ +142%
HealthSmart PPO $4,199.20 ↑ +142%
Health Management Network PPO $4,199.20 ↑ +142%
Beech Street PPO $4,199.20 ↑ +142%
MCT Credit Union All Plans $4,429.00 ↑ +156%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $4,461.65 ↑ +158%
Cigna PPO $5,088.00 ↑ +194%

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Esophagoscopy balloon <30mm at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Allen Allen $1,138.20 $564.97 – $610.17
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Alliance Fort Worth $1,138.20 $564.97 – $621.47
Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital Arlington $1,138.20 $564.97 – $621.47
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Denton Denton $1,138.20 $564.97 – $621.47
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Plano Plano $1,138.20 $564.97 – $610.17
Texas Health Hospital Rockwall Rockwall $1,138.20 $564.97 – $610.17
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Azle Azle $1,138.20 $564.97 – $621.47
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas $1,138.20 $564.97 – $610.17

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