Ghs protoporphyrins fract 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

$7.59

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.

$23.00

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.

$7.18 with Texas Healthspring vs $85.58 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
Texas Healthspring MM $7.18 ↓ -5%
Healthcare Highways PPO $10.35 ↑ +36%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $11.50 ↑ +52%
United Healthcare All Payer $12.92 ↑ +70%
United Healthcare HIX $12.92 ↑ +70%
Verity HealthNet PPO $13.80 ↑ +82%
Humana Gold Choice MM $14.35 ↑ +89%
Triwest VA MM $14.35 ↑ +89%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $14.35 ↑ +89%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $14.35 ↑ +89%
Aetna MM $14.35 ↑ +89%
Coventry First Health MM $14.35 ↑ +89%
Allwell Superior Health MM $14.35 ↑ +89%
Community Health Choice Dual MM $14.35 ↑ +89%
Community Health Choice Chip KM $14.35 ↑ +89%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $14.35 ↑ +89%
Superior Foster Care KM $14.35 ↑ +89%
Superior Star KM $14.35 ↑ +89%
Superior Star Plus KM $14.35 ↑ +89%
Superior Chip KM $14.35 ↑ +89%
United Healthcare MM $14.35 ↑ +89%
Wellcare MM $14.35 ↑ +89%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $14.35 ↑ +89%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $14.46 ↑ +91%
United Healthcare Chip KM $14.46 ↑ +91%
United Healthcare Star KM $14.46 ↑ +91%
United Healthcare Star Kid KM $14.46 ↑ +91%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $14.78 ↑ +95%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $14.78 ↑ +95%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $14.95 ↑ +97%
Phcs PPO $14.95 ↑ +97%
First Health PPO $14.95 ↑ +97%
Multiplan PPO $14.95 ↑ +97%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $15.07 ↑ +99%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $15.07 ↑ +99%
Amerigroup Chip KM $15.07 ↑ +99%
Molina Star KM $15.07 ↑ +99%
Molina Star Plus KM $15.07 ↑ +99%
Molina Chip KM $15.07 ↑ +99%
Amerigroup Star KM $15.07 ↑ +99%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $15.07 ↑ +99%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $15.07 ↑ +99%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Kids KM $15.07 ↑ +99%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $15.07 ↑ +99%
Community Health Choice Star KM $15.21 ↑ +100%
US Imaging Network PPO $15.35 ↑ +102%
Amerigroup MM $15.50 ↑ +104%
Devoted Health Plan MM $15.50 ↑ +104%
Imperial Health Plan MM $15.79 ↑ +108%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $15.79 ↑ +108%
ProCare Advantage MM $15.79 ↑ +108%
Aetna EPO $15.87 ↑ +109%
Aetna PPO $15.87 ↑ +109%
Aetna POS $15.87 ↑ +109%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $16.10 ↑ +112%
MCT Credit Union All Plans $16.10 ↑ +112%
HealthSmart PPO $18.40 ↑ +142%
Beech Street PPO $18.40 ↑ +142%
Health Management Network PPO $18.40 ↑ +142%
Provider Select PPO $18.40 ↑ +142%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $19.55 ↑ +158%
Christus Health HIX $20.09 ↑ +165%
Partners Direct Health PPO $25.83 ↑ +240%
Humana Choicecare $27.85 ↑ +267%
ADV Cardiovas Specialist MM $28.70 ↑ +278%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $28.70 ↑ +278%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $55.25 ↑ +628%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $61.85 ↑ +715%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $61.85 ↑ +715%
Cigna New Business $66.87 ↑ +781%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $68.74 ↑ +806%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $73.19 ↑ +864%
Cigna PPO $85.58 ↑ +1028%

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