External cannula declotting 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

$461.34

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.

$1,398.00

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.

$397.93 with United Healthcare vs $7,171.00 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 Kid KM $397.93 ↓ -14%
United Healthcare Chip KM $397.93 ↓ -14%
United Healthcare Star KM $397.93 ↓ -14%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $397.93 ↓ -14%
Superior Star KM $446.27 ↓ -3%
Community Health Choice Chip KM $446.27 ↓ -3%
Superior Star Plus KM $446.27 ↓ -3%
Superior Chip KM $446.27 ↓ -3%
Superior Foster Care KM $446.27 ↓ -3%
Amerigroup Chip KM $468.58 ↑ +2%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Kids KM $468.58 ↑ +2%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $468.58 ↑ +2%
Molina Star Plus KM $468.58 ↑ +2%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $468.58 ↑ +2%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $468.58 ↑ +2%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $468.58 ↑ +2%
Amerigroup Star KM $468.58 ↑ +2%
Molina Star KM $468.58 ↑ +2%
Molina Chip KM $468.58 ↑ +2%
Community Health Choice Star KM $473.05 ↑ +3%
Humana Choicecare $585.00 ↑ +27%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $699.00 ↑ +52%
Verity HealthNet PPO $838.80 ↑ +82%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $876.41 ↑ +90%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $876.41 ↑ +90%
Phcs PPO $908.70 ↑ +97%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $908.70 ↑ +97%
First Health PPO $908.70 ↑ +97%
Multiplan PPO $908.70 ↑ +97%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $970.99 ↑ +110%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $1,040.34 ↑ +126%
United Healthcare HIX $1,068.00 ↑ +131%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $1,078.17 ↑ +134%
Beech Street PPO $1,118.40 ↑ +142%
Provider Select PPO $1,118.40 ↑ +142%
HealthSmart PPO $1,118.40 ↑ +142%
Health Management Network PPO $1,118.40 ↑ +142%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $1,188.30 ↑ +158%
Triwest VA MM $1,555.96 ↑ +237%
Humana Gold Choice MM $1,555.96 ↑ +237%
United Healthcare MM $1,555.96 ↑ +237%
Aetna MM $1,555.96 ↑ +237%
Coventry First Health MM $1,555.96 ↑ +237%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $1,555.96 ↑ +237%
Community Health Choice Dual MM $1,555.96 ↑ +237%
Allwell Superior Health MM $1,555.96 ↑ +237%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $1,555.96 ↑ +237%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $1,555.96 ↑ +237%
Wellcare MM $1,555.96 ↑ +237%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $1,555.96 ↑ +237%
Texas Healthspring MM $1,555.96 ↑ +237%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $1,602.64 ↑ +247%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $1,602.64 ↑ +247%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $1,633.76 ↑ +254%
US Imaging Network PPO $1,664.88 ↑ +261%
Devoted Health Plan MM $1,680.44 ↑ +264%
Amerigroup MM $1,680.44 ↑ +264%
Imperial Health Plan MM $1,711.56 ↑ +271%
ProCare Advantage MM $1,711.56 ↑ +271%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $1,711.56 ↑ +271%
Aetna New Business $1,935.00 ↑ +319%
Aetna HMO $2,151.00 ↑ +366%
Aetna EPO $2,151.00 ↑ +366%
Aetna PPO $2,151.00 ↑ +366%
Aetna POS $2,151.00 ↑ +366%
Christus Health HIX $2,178.34 ↑ +372%
United Healthcare All Payer $2,387.00 ↑ +417%
Healthcare Highways PPO $2,963.00 ↑ +542%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $3,111.92 ↑ +575%
ADV Cardiovas Specialist MM $3,111.92 ↑ +575%
MCT Credit Union All Plans $3,829.00 ↑ +730%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $4,020.00 ↑ +771%
Partners Direct Health PPO $4,989.00 ↑ +981%
Cigna New Business $5,277.00 ↑ +1044%
Cigna PPO $7,171.00 ↑ +1454%

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