Ghs insertion of needle - bone 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

$449.79

Cash price

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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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$1,363.00

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.

$122.00 with Cigna vs $4,989.00 with Partners Direct Health — 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
Cigna New Business $122.00 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Star KM $136.30 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare Chip KM $136.30 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare Star Kid KM $136.30 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $136.30 ↓ -70%
Superior Star KM $149.93 ↓ -67%
Community Health Choice Chip KM $149.93 ↓ -67%
Superior Chip KM $149.93 ↓ -67%
Superior Star Plus KM $149.93 ↓ -67%
Superior Foster Care KM $149.93 ↓ -67%
Cigna PPO $159.00 ↓ -65%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $163.56 ↓ -64%
Community Health Choice Star KM $163.56 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Chip KM $163.56 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $163.56 ↓ -64%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $163.56 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star KM $163.56 ↓ -64%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Kids KM $163.56 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $163.56 ↓ -64%
Humana Choicecare $173.00 ↓ -62%
Triwest VA MM $399.69 ↓ -11%
Humana Gold Choice MM $399.69 ↓ -11%
United Healthcare MM $399.69 ↓ -11%
Aetna MM $399.69 ↓ -11%
Coventry First Health MM $399.69 ↓ -11%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $399.69 ↓ -11%
Community Health Choice Dual MM $399.69 ↓ -11%
Allwell Superior Health MM $399.69 ↓ -11%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $399.69 ↓ -11%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $399.69 ↓ -11%
Wellcare MM $399.69 ↓ -11%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $399.69 ↓ -11%
Texas Healthspring MM $399.69 ↓ -11%
Molina Star Plus KM $408.90 ↓ -9%
Molina Star KM $408.90 ↓ -9%
Molina Chip KM $408.90 ↓ -9%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $411.68 ↓ -8%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $411.68 ↓ -8%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $419.67 ↓ -7%
US Imaging Network PPO $427.67 ↓ -5%
Devoted Health Plan MM $431.67 ↓ -4%
Amerigroup MM $431.67 ↓ -4%
Imperial Health Plan MM $439.66 ↓ -2%
ProCare Advantage MM $439.66 ↓ -2%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $439.66 ↓ -2%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $505.39 ↑ +12%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $505.39 ↑ +12%
Christus Health HIX $559.57 ↑ +24%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $559.93 ↑ +24%
United Healthcare HIX $599.00 ↑ +33%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $599.92 ↑ +33%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $621.74 ↑ +38%
Healthcare Highways PPO $681.50 ↑ +52%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $681.50 ↑ +52%
ADV Cardiovas Specialist MM $799.38 ↑ +78%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $799.38 ↑ +78%
Verity HealthNet PPO $817.80 ↑ +82%
Multiplan PPO $885.95 ↑ +97%
First Health PPO $885.95 ↑ +97%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $885.95 ↑ +97%
Phcs PPO $885.95 ↑ +97%
Provider Select PPO $1,090.40 ↑ +142%
Beech Street PPO $1,090.40 ↑ +142%
Health Management Network PPO $1,090.40 ↑ +142%
HealthSmart PPO $1,090.40 ↑ +142%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $1,158.55 ↑ +158%
United Healthcare All Payer $1,338.00 ↑ +197%
Aetna New Business $1,741.00 ↑ +287%
Aetna POS $1,934.00 ↑ +330%
Aetna PPO $1,934.00 ↑ +330%
Aetna EPO $1,934.00 ↑ +330%
Aetna HMO $1,934.00 ↑ +330%
MCT Credit Union All Plans $3,829.00 ↑ +751%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $4,020.00 ↑ +794%
Partners Direct Health PPO $4,989.00 ↑ +1009%

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