Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe sars-cov-2/covid-19 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

$89.10

Cash price

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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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$270.00

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.

$25.66 with Texas Healthspring vs $261.68 with Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas — 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 $25.66 ↓ -71%
United Healthcare All Payer $46.18 ↓ -48%
United Healthcare HIX $46.18 ↓ -48%
Superior Star Plus KM $51.31 ↓ -42%
Wellcare MM $51.31 ↓ -42%
Humana Gold Choice MM $51.31 ↓ -42%
United Healthcare MM $51.31 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $51.31 ↓ -42%
Triwest VA MM $51.31 ↓ -42%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $51.31 ↓ -42%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $51.31 ↓ -42%
Aetna MM $51.31 ↓ -42%
Allwell Superior Health MM $51.31 ↓ -42%
Coventry First Health MM $51.31 ↓ -42%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $51.31 ↓ -42%
Community Health Choice Dual MM $51.31 ↓ -42%
Community Health Choice Chip KM $51.31 ↓ -42%
Superior Star KM $51.31 ↓ -42%
Superior Foster Care KM $51.31 ↓ -42%
Superior Chip KM $51.31 ↓ -42%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $52.85 ↓ -41%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $52.85 ↓ -41%
Molina Chip KM $53.88 ↓ -40%
Molina Star Plus KM $53.88 ↓ -40%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Kids KM $53.88 ↓ -40%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $53.88 ↓ -40%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $53.88 ↓ -40%
Amerigroup Chip KM $53.88 ↓ -40%
Molina Star KM $53.88 ↓ -40%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $53.88 ↓ -40%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $53.88 ↓ -40%
Amerigroup Star KM $53.88 ↓ -40%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $53.88 ↓ -40%
Community Health Choice Star KM $54.39 ↓ -39%
US Imaging Network PPO $54.90 ↓ -38%
Devoted Health Plan MM $55.41 ↓ -38%
Amerigroup MM $55.41 ↓ -38%
United Healthcare Chip KM $55.44 ↓ -38%
United Healthcare Star KM $55.44 ↓ -38%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $55.44 ↓ -38%
United Healthcare Star Kid KM $55.44 ↓ -38%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $56.44 ↓ -37%
ProCare Advantage MM $56.44 ↓ -37%
Imperial Health Plan MM $56.44 ↓ -37%
Christus Health HIX $71.83 ↓ -19%
ADV Cardiovas Specialist MM $102.62 ↑ +15%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $102.62 ↑ +15%
Cigna New Business $105.30 ↑ +18%
Healthcare Highways PPO $121.50 ↑ +36%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $135.00 ↑ +52%
Verity HealthNet PPO $162.00 ↑ +82%
Cigna PPO $162.00 ↑ +82%
Humana Choicecare $162.00 ↑ +82%
Aetna New Business $167.40 ↑ +88%
Phcs PPO $175.50 ↑ +97%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $175.50 ↑ +97%
Multiplan PPO $175.50 ↑ +97%
First Health PPO $175.50 ↑ +97%
Aetna POS $186.30 ↑ +109%
Aetna HMO $186.30 ↑ +109%
Aetna EPO $186.30 ↑ +109%
Aetna PPO $186.30 ↑ +109%
MCT Credit Union All Plans $189.00 ↑ +112%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $189.00 ↑ +112%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $197.54 ↑ +122%
Beech Street PPO $216.00 ↑ +142%
HealthSmart PPO $216.00 ↑ +142%
Provider Select PPO $216.00 ↑ +142%
Health Management Network PPO $216.00 ↑ +142%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $221.15 ↑ +148%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $221.15 ↑ +148%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $229.50 ↑ +158%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $245.77 ↑ +176%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $261.68 ↑ +194%

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