Ghs removal pharyngeal foreign body 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

$383.79

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.

$1,163.00

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.

$116.30 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 $116.30 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare Star Kid KM $116.30 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare Chip KM $116.30 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $116.30 ↓ -70%
Superior Chip KM $127.93 ↓ -67%
Superior Foster Care KM $127.93 ↓ -67%
Community Health Choice Chip KM $127.93 ↓ -67%
Superior Star KM $127.93 ↓ -67%
Superior Star Plus KM $127.93 ↓ -67%
Amerigroup Star KM $139.56 ↓ -64%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $139.56 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $139.56 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Chip KM $139.56 ↓ -64%
Community Health Choice Star KM $139.56 ↓ -64%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Kids KM $139.56 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $139.56 ↓ -64%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $139.56 ↓ -64%
Humana Choicecare $173.00 ↓ -55%
Molina Chip KM $348.90 ↓ -9%
Molina Star KM $348.90 ↓ -9%
Molina Star Plus KM $348.90 ↓ -9%
Triwest VA MM $399.69 ↑ +4%
Humana Gold Choice MM $399.69 ↑ +4%
United Healthcare MM $399.69 ↑ +4%
Aetna MM $399.69 ↑ +4%
Coventry First Health MM $399.69 ↑ +4%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $399.69 ↑ +4%
Community Health Choice Dual MM $399.69 ↑ +4%
Allwell Superior Health MM $399.69 ↑ +4%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $399.69 ↑ +4%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $399.69 ↑ +4%
Wellcare MM $399.69 ↑ +4%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $399.69 ↑ +4%
Texas Healthspring MM $399.69 ↑ +4%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $411.68 ↑ +7%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $411.68 ↑ +7%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $419.67 ↑ +9%
US Imaging Network PPO $427.67 ↑ +11%
Devoted Health Plan MM $431.67 ↑ +12%
Amerigroup MM $431.67 ↑ +12%
ProCare Advantage MM $439.66 ↑ +15%
Imperial Health Plan MM $439.66 ↑ +15%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $439.66 ↑ +15%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $505.39 ↑ +32%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $505.39 ↑ +32%
Christus Health HIX $559.57 ↑ +46%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $559.93 ↑ +46%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $581.50 ↑ +52%
Healthcare Highways PPO $581.50 ↑ +52%
United Healthcare HIX $599.00 ↑ +56%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $599.92 ↑ +56%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $621.74 ↑ +62%
Verity HealthNet PPO $697.80 ↑ +82%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $755.95 ↑ +97%
First Health PPO $755.95 ↑ +97%
Phcs PPO $755.95 ↑ +97%
Multiplan PPO $755.95 ↑ +97%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $799.38 ↑ +108%
ADV Cardiovas Specialist MM $799.38 ↑ +108%
Beech Street PPO $930.40 ↑ +142%
Health Management Network PPO $930.40 ↑ +142%
Provider Select PPO $930.40 ↑ +142%
HealthSmart PPO $930.40 ↑ +142%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $988.55 ↑ +158%
United Healthcare All Payer $1,338.00 ↑ +249%
Aetna New Business $1,741.00 ↑ +354%
Aetna EPO $1,934.00 ↑ +404%
Aetna PPO $1,934.00 ↑ +404%
Aetna HMO $1,934.00 ↑ +404%
Aetna POS $1,934.00 ↑ +404%
MCT Credit Union All Plans $3,829.00 ↑ +898%
Cigna New Business $3,941.00 ↑ +927%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $4,020.00 ↑ +947%
Partners Direct Health PPO $4,989.00 ↑ +1200%
Cigna PPO $5,088.00 ↑ +1226%

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