Homovanillic acid (hva) 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

$94.38

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.

$286.00

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.

$11.21 with Texas Healthspring vs $238.85 with Verity Healthnet National — 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 $11.21 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare HIX $20.17 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare All Payer $20.17 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Star Kid KM $20.33 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $20.33 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Chip KM $20.33 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Star KM $20.33 ↓ -78%
Wellcare MM $22.41 ↓ -76%
Humana Gold Choice MM $22.41 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare MM $22.41 ↓ -76%
Aetna MM $22.41 ↓ -76%
Coventry First Health MM $22.41 ↓ -76%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $22.41 ↓ -76%
Superior Chip KM $22.41 ↓ -76%
Superior Star Plus KM $22.41 ↓ -76%
Superior Foster Care KM $22.41 ↓ -76%
Superior Star KM $22.41 ↓ -76%
Community Health Choice Chip KM $22.41 ↓ -76%
Community Health Choice Dual MM $22.41 ↓ -76%
Allwell Superior Health MM $22.41 ↓ -76%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $22.41 ↓ -76%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $22.41 ↓ -76%
Triwest VA MM $22.41 ↓ -76%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $22.41 ↓ -76%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $23.08 ↓ -76%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $23.08 ↓ -76%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $23.53 ↓ -75%
Amerigroup Star KM $23.53 ↓ -75%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $23.53 ↓ -75%
Molina Star KM $23.53 ↓ -75%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $23.53 ↓ -75%
Amerigroup Chip KM $23.53 ↓ -75%
Molina Star Plus KM $23.53 ↓ -75%
Molina Chip KM $23.53 ↓ -75%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $23.53 ↓ -75%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Kids KM $23.53 ↓ -75%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $23.53 ↓ -75%
Community Health Choice Star KM $23.75 ↓ -75%
US Imaging Network PPO $23.98 ↓ -75%
Amerigroup MM $24.20 ↓ -74%
Devoted Health Plan MM $24.20 ↓ -74%
ProCare Advantage MM $24.65 ↓ -74%
Imperial Health Plan MM $24.65 ↓ -74%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $24.65 ↓ -74%
Christus Health HIX $31.37 ↓ -67%
Humana Choicecare $32.87 ↓ -65%
Partners Direct Health PPO $40.34 ↓ -57%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $44.82 ↓ -53%
ADV Cardiovas Specialist MM $44.82 ↓ -53%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $86.28 ↓ -9%
Cigna New Business $89.97 ↓ -5%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $96.59 ↑ +2%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $96.59 ↑ +2%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $107.34 ↑ +14%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $114.29 ↑ +21%
Cigna PPO $115.13 ↑ +22%
Healthcare Highways PPO $126.45 ↑ +34%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $140.50 ↑ +49%
Verity HealthNet PPO $168.60 ↑ +79%
Phcs PPO $182.65 ↑ +94%
Multiplan PPO $182.65 ↑ +94%
First Health PPO $182.65 ↑ +94%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $182.65 ↑ +94%
Aetna EPO $193.89 ↑ +105%
Aetna PPO $193.89 ↑ +105%
Aetna POS $193.89 ↑ +105%
MCT Credit Union All Plans $196.70 ↑ +108%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $196.70 ↑ +108%
Provider Select PPO $224.80 ↑ +138%
Health Management Network PPO $224.80 ↑ +138%
Beech Street PPO $224.80 ↑ +138%
HealthSmart PPO $224.80 ↑ +138%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $238.85 ↑ +153%

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