Incision of achilles tendon 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

$1,485.99

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.

$4,503.00

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.

$145.00 with Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas vs $6,327.00 with United Healthcare — 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
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $145.00 ↓ -90%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $161.00 ↓ -89%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $161.00 ↓ -89%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $181.00 ↓ -88%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $192.00 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Star Kid KM $297.19 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Star KM $297.19 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Chip KM $297.19 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $297.19 ↓ -80%
Superior Star Plus KM $593.04 ↓ -60%
Superior Chip KM $593.04 ↓ -60%
Community Health Choice Chip KM $593.04 ↓ -60%
Superior Star KM $593.04 ↓ -60%
Superior Foster Care KM $593.04 ↓ -60%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Kids KM $622.69 ↓ -58%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $622.69 ↓ -58%
Amerigroup Star KM $622.69 ↓ -58%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $622.69 ↓ -58%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $622.69 ↓ -58%
Amerigroup Chip KM $622.69 ↓ -58%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $622.69 ↓ -58%
Molina Star KM $622.69 ↓ -58%
Molina Chip KM $622.69 ↓ -58%
Molina Star Plus KM $622.69 ↓ -58%
Community Health Choice Star KM $628.62 ↓ -58%
Humana Choicecare $1,414.00 ↓ -5%
Triwest VA MM $1,603.00 ↑ +8%
Humana Gold Choice MM $1,603.00 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare MM $1,603.00 ↑ +8%
Aetna MM $1,603.00 ↑ +8%
Coventry First Health MM $1,603.00 ↑ +8%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $1,603.00 ↑ +8%
Community Health Choice Dual MM $1,603.00 ↑ +8%
Allwell Superior Health MM $1,603.00 ↑ +8%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $1,603.00 ↑ +8%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $1,603.00 ↑ +8%
Wellcare MM $1,603.00 ↑ +8%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $1,603.00 ↑ +8%
Texas Healthspring MM $1,603.00 ↑ +8%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $1,651.09 ↑ +11%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $1,651.09 ↑ +11%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $1,683.15 ↑ +13%
US Imaging Network PPO $1,715.21 ↑ +15%
Amerigroup MM $1,731.24 ↑ +17%
Devoted Health Plan MM $1,731.24 ↑ +17%
Aetna New Business $1,741.00 ↑ +17%
Cigna New Business $1,756.17 ↑ +18%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $1,763.30 ↑ +19%
ProCare Advantage MM $1,763.30 ↑ +19%
Imperial Health Plan MM $1,763.30 ↑ +19%
Aetna POS $1,934.00 ↑ +30%
Aetna HMO $1,934.00 ↑ +30%
Aetna EPO $1,934.00 ↑ +30%
Aetna PPO $1,934.00 ↑ +30%
Christus Health HIX $2,244.20 ↑ +51%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $2,251.50 ↑ +52%
Verity HealthNet PPO $2,701.80 ↑ +82%
Cigna PPO $2,701.80 ↑ +82%
United Healthcare HIX $2,831.00 ↑ +91%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $2,926.95 ↑ +97%
Multiplan PPO $2,926.95 ↑ +97%
Phcs PPO $2,926.95 ↑ +97%
First Health PPO $2,926.95 ↑ +97%
ADV Cardiovas Specialist MM $3,206.00 ↑ +116%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $3,206.00 ↑ +116%
HealthSmart PPO $3,602.40 ↑ +142%
Provider Select PPO $3,602.40 ↑ +142%
Health Management Network PPO $3,602.40 ↑ +142%
Beech Street PPO $3,602.40 ↑ +142%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $3,827.55 ↑ +158%
MCT Credit Union All Plans $3,829.00 ↑ +158%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $4,020.00 ↑ +171%
Healthcare Highways PPO $4,543.00 ↑ +206%
Partners Direct Health PPO $4,989.00 ↑ +236%
United Healthcare All Payer $6,327.00 ↑ +326%

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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $3,798.11 $71.00 – $5,697.16
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