Esophagoscopy/flex/diagnostic 43200 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

$474.54

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.

$1,438.00

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 Chip KM $297.19 ↓ -37%
United Healthcare Star Kid KM $297.19 ↓ -37%
United Healthcare Star KM $297.19 ↓ -37%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $297.19 ↓ -37%
Superior Star Plus KM $334.95 ↓ -29%
Superior Chip KM $334.95 ↓ -29%
Community Health Choice Chip KM $334.95 ↓ -29%
Superior Star KM $334.95 ↓ -29%
Superior Foster Care KM $334.95 ↓ -29%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $351.70 ↓ -26%
Amerigroup Chip KM $351.70 ↓ -26%
Molina Star KM $351.70 ↓ -26%
Molina Star Plus KM $351.70 ↓ -26%
Molina Chip KM $351.70 ↓ -26%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $351.70 ↓ -26%
Amerigroup Star KM $351.70 ↓ -26%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $351.70 ↓ -26%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $351.70 ↓ -26%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Kids KM $351.70 ↓ -26%
Community Health Choice Star KM $355.05 ↓ -25%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $719.00 ↑ +52%
Verity HealthNet PPO $862.80 ↑ +82%
First Health PPO $934.70 ↑ +97%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $934.70 ↑ +97%
Phcs PPO $934.70 ↑ +97%
Multiplan PPO $934.70 ↑ +97%
Triwest VA MM $939.08 ↑ +98%
Humana Gold Choice MM $939.08 ↑ +98%
United Healthcare MM $939.08 ↑ +98%
Aetna MM $939.08 ↑ +98%
Coventry First Health MM $939.08 ↑ +98%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $939.08 ↑ +98%
Community Health Choice Dual MM $939.08 ↑ +98%
Allwell Superior Health MM $939.08 ↑ +98%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $939.08 ↑ +98%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $939.08 ↑ +98%
Wellcare MM $939.08 ↑ +98%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $939.08 ↑ +98%
Texas Healthspring MM $939.08 ↑ +98%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $967.25 ↑ +104%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $967.25 ↑ +104%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $986.03 ↑ +108%
US Imaging Network PPO $1,004.82 ↑ +112%
Devoted Health Plan MM $1,014.21 ↑ +114%
Amerigroup MM $1,014.21 ↑ +114%
ProCare Advantage MM $1,032.99 ↑ +118%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $1,032.99 ↑ +118%
Imperial Health Plan MM $1,032.99 ↑ +118%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $1,092.43 ↑ +130%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $1,092.43 ↑ +130%
HealthSmart PPO $1,150.40 ↑ +142%
Health Management Network PPO $1,150.40 ↑ +142%
Provider Select PPO $1,150.40 ↑ +142%
Beech Street PPO $1,150.40 ↑ +142%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $1,210.32 ↑ +155%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $1,222.30 ↑ +158%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $1,296.77 ↑ +173%
Christus Health HIX $1,314.71 ↑ +177%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $1,343.92 ↑ +183%
Aetna New Business $1,741.00 ↑ +267%
United Healthcare HIX $1,863.00 ↑ +293%
ADV Cardiovas Specialist MM $1,878.16 ↑ +296%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $1,878.16 ↑ +296%
Aetna POS $1,934.00 ↑ +308%
Aetna PPO $1,934.00 ↑ +308%
Aetna EPO $1,934.00 ↑ +308%
Aetna HMO $1,934.00 ↑ +308%
Partners Direct Health PPO $3,215.00 ↑ +577%
Humana Choicecare $3,654.00 ↑ +670%
Cigna New Business $3,941.00 ↑ +730%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $4,020.00 ↑ +747%
Healthcare Highways PPO $4,115.00 ↑ +767%
United Healthcare All Payer $4,164.00 ↑ +777%
MCT Credit Union All Plans $4,429.00 ↑ +833%
Cigna PPO $5,088.00 ↑ +972%

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