Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus 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

$54.78

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.

$166.00

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.

$17.55 with Texas Healthspring vs $208.48 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
Texas Healthspring MM $17.55 ↓ -68%
United Healthcare HIX $31.58 ↓ -42%
United Healthcare All Payer $31.58 ↓ -42%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $35.09 ↓ -36%
Triwest VA MM $35.09 ↓ -36%
United Healthcare MM $35.09 ↓ -36%
Wellcare MM $35.09 ↓ -36%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $35.09 ↓ -36%
Humana Gold Choice MM $35.09 ↓ -36%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $35.09 ↓ -36%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $35.09 ↓ -36%
Allwell Superior Health MM $35.09 ↓ -36%
Community Health Choice Dual MM $35.09 ↓ -36%
Community Health Choice Chip KM $35.09 ↓ -36%
Aetna MM $35.09 ↓ -36%
Superior Star KM $35.09 ↓ -36%
Superior Foster Care KM $35.09 ↓ -36%
Coventry First Health MM $35.09 ↓ -36%
Superior Star Plus KM $35.09 ↓ -36%
Superior Chip KM $35.09 ↓ -36%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $35.37 ↓ -35%
United Healthcare Chip KM $35.37 ↓ -35%
United Healthcare Star KM $35.37 ↓ -35%
United Healthcare Star Kid KM $35.37 ↓ -35%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $36.14 ↓ -34%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $36.14 ↓ -34%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $36.84 ↓ -33%
Amerigroup Chip KM $36.84 ↓ -33%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $36.84 ↓ -33%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $36.84 ↓ -33%
Amerigroup Star KM $36.84 ↓ -33%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $36.84 ↓ -33%
Molina Chip KM $36.84 ↓ -33%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $36.84 ↓ -33%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Kids KM $36.84 ↓ -33%
Molina Star Plus KM $36.84 ↓ -33%
Molina Star KM $36.84 ↓ -33%
Community Health Choice Star KM $37.20 ↓ -32%
US Imaging Network PPO $37.55 ↓ -31%
Devoted Health Plan MM $37.90 ↓ -31%
Amerigroup MM $37.90 ↓ -31%
Imperial Health Plan MM $38.60 ↓ -30%
ProCare Advantage MM $38.60 ↓ -30%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $38.60 ↓ -30%
Christus Health HIX $49.13 ↓ -10%
Partners Direct Health PPO $63.16 ↑ +15%
ADV Cardiovas Specialist MM $70.18 ↑ +28%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $70.18 ↑ +28%
Healthcare Highways PPO $74.70 ↑ +36%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $83.00 ↑ +52%
Verity HealthNet PPO $99.60 ↑ +82%
Aetna New Business $102.92 ↑ +88%
First Health PPO $107.90 ↑ +97%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $107.90 ↑ +97%
Phcs PPO $107.90 ↑ +97%
Multiplan PPO $107.90 ↑ +97%
Humana Choicecare $110.72 ↑ +102%
Aetna POS $114.54 ↑ +109%
Aetna EPO $114.54 ↑ +109%
Aetna HMO $114.54 ↑ +109%
Aetna PPO $114.54 ↑ +109%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $116.20 ↑ +112%
MCT Credit Union All Plans $116.20 ↑ +112%
Health Management Network PPO $132.80 ↑ +142%
Provider Select PPO $132.80 ↑ +142%
Beech Street PPO $132.80 ↑ +142%
HealthSmart PPO $132.80 ↑ +142%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $135.10 ↑ +147%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $141.10 ↑ +158%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $151.24 ↑ +176%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $151.24 ↑ +176%
Cigna New Business $162.92 ↑ +197%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $168.08 ↑ +207%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $178.96 ↑ +227%
Cigna PPO $208.48 ↑ +281%

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