Immunofixation electrophoresis serum 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

$312.18

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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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$946.00

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.

$11.17 with Texas Healthspring vs $375.70 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 $11.17 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare HIX $20.11 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare All Payer $20.11 ↓ -94%
Superior Chip KM $22.34 ↓ -93%
Triwest VA MM $22.34 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare MM $22.34 ↓ -93%
Wellcare MM $22.34 ↓ -93%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $22.34 ↓ -93%
Humana Gold Choice MM $22.34 ↓ -93%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $22.34 ↓ -93%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $22.34 ↓ -93%
Allwell Superior Health MM $22.34 ↓ -93%
Community Health Choice Dual MM $22.34 ↓ -93%
Aetna MM $22.34 ↓ -93%
Coventry First Health MM $22.34 ↓ -93%
Community Health Choice Chip KM $22.34 ↓ -93%
Superior Foster Care KM $22.34 ↓ -93%
Superior Star KM $22.34 ↓ -93%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $22.34 ↓ -93%
Superior Star Plus KM $22.34 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $22.53 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Chip KM $22.53 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Star KM $22.53 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Star Kid KM $22.53 ↓ -93%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $23.01 ↓ -93%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $23.01 ↓ -93%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $23.46 ↓ -92%
Amerigroup Star KM $23.46 ↓ -92%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $23.46 ↓ -92%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $23.46 ↓ -92%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $23.46 ↓ -92%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Kids KM $23.46 ↓ -92%
Amerigroup Chip KM $23.46 ↓ -92%
Molina Star KM $23.46 ↓ -92%
Molina Star Plus KM $23.46 ↓ -92%
Molina Chip KM $23.46 ↓ -92%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $23.46 ↓ -92%
Community Health Choice Star KM $23.68 ↓ -92%
US Imaging Network PPO $23.90 ↓ -92%
Devoted Health Plan MM $24.13 ↓ -92%
Amerigroup MM $24.13 ↓ -92%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $24.57 ↓ -92%
Imperial Health Plan MM $24.57 ↓ -92%
ProCare Advantage MM $24.57 ↓ -92%
Christus Health HIX $31.28 ↓ -90%
Partners Direct Health PPO $40.21 ↓ -87%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $44.68 ↓ -86%
ADV Cardiovas Specialist MM $44.68 ↓ -86%
Humana Choicecare $70.50 ↓ -77%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $86.01 ↓ -72%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $96.29 ↓ -69%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $96.29 ↓ -69%
Cigna New Business $103.33 ↓ -67%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $107.01 ↓ -66%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $113.93 ↓ -64%
Cigna PPO $132.23 ↓ -58%
Healthcare Highways PPO $198.90 ↓ -36%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $221.00 ↓ -29%
Verity HealthNet PPO $265.20 ↓ -15%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $287.30 ↓ -8%
Phcs PPO $287.30 ↓ -8%
Multiplan PPO $287.30 ↓ -8%
First Health PPO $287.30 ↓ -8%
Aetna PPO $304.98 ↓ -2%
Aetna EPO $304.98 ↓ -2%
Aetna POS $304.98 ↓ -2%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $309.40 ↓ -1%
MCT Credit Union All Plans $309.40 ↓ -1%
Beech Street PPO $353.60 ↑ +13%
Provider Select PPO $353.60 ↑ +13%
HealthSmart PPO $353.60 ↑ +13%
Health Management Network PPO $353.60 ↑ +13%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $375.70 ↑ +20%

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