Heparin bolus from bag 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

$130.27

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.

$394.77

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.

$0.22 with United Healthcare vs $11.71 with Triwest — 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 HIX $0.22 ↓ -100%
United Healthcare All Payer $0.22 ↓ -100%
Aetna New Business $0.36 ↓ -100%
Aetna POS $0.40 ↓ -100%
Aetna PPO $0.40 ↓ -100%
Aetna EPO $0.40 ↓ -100%
Aetna HMO $0.40 ↓ -100%
Humana Choicecare $0.46 ↓ -100%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $0.55 ↓ -100%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $0.68 ↓ -99%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $0.68 ↓ -99%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $0.75 ↓ -99%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $0.80 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare Star Kid KM $1.37 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare Chip KM $1.37 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $1.37 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare Star KM $1.37 ↓ -99%
Superior Star Plus KM $1.51 ↓ -99%
Superior Chip KM $1.51 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice Chip KM $1.51 ↓ -99%
Superior Star KM $1.51 ↓ -99%
Superior Foster Care KM $1.51 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $1.65 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup Chip KM $1.65 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $1.65 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup Star KM $1.65 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $1.65 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice Star KM $1.65 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $1.65 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Kids KM $1.65 ↓ -99%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $2.06 ↓ -98%
Christus Health HIX $2.89 ↓ -98%
Aetna MM $3.30 ↓ -97%
Molina Star KM $4.13 ↓ -97%
Molina Star Plus KM $4.13 ↓ -97%
Molina Chip KM $4.13 ↓ -97%
Cigna New Business $5.37 ↓ -96%
Imperial Health Plan MM $5.51 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup MM $5.51 ↓ -96%
Healthcare Highways PPO $6.20 ↓ -95%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $6.89 ↓ -95%
Devoted Health Plan MM $6.89 ↓ -95%
ADV Cardiovas Specialist MM $6.89 ↓ -95%
Verity HealthNet PPO $8.26 ↓ -94%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $8.26 ↓ -94%
Cigna PPO $8.26 ↓ -94%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $8.95 ↓ -93%
First Health PPO $8.95 ↓ -93%
Phcs PPO $9.64 ↓ -93%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $9.64 ↓ -93%
Partners Direct Health PPO $9.64 ↓ -93%
MCT Credit Union All Plans $9.64 ↓ -93%
Multiplan PPO $9.64 ↓ -93%
Provider Select PPO $11.02 ↓ -92%
HealthSmart PPO $11.02 ↓ -92%
Beech Street PPO $11.02 ↓ -92%
Health Management Network PPO $11.02 ↓ -92%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $11.71 ↓ -91%
Triwest VA MM $11.71 ↓ -91%

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