Injection into brain canal 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

$791.34

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$2,398.00

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.

$108.15 with Community Health Choice vs $5,088.00 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
Community Health Choice Chip KM $108.15 ↓ -86%
Superior Star KM $108.15 ↓ -86%
Superior Chip KM $108.15 ↓ -86%
Superior Foster Care KM $108.15 ↓ -86%
Superior Star Plus KM $108.15 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $113.56 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup Chip KM $113.56 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Kids KM $113.56 ↓ -86%
Molina Star Plus KM $113.56 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $113.56 ↓ -86%
Molina Chip KM $113.56 ↓ -86%
Molina Star KM $113.56 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $113.56 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup Star KM $113.56 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $113.56 ↓ -86%
Community Health Choice Star KM $114.64 ↓ -86%
Triwest VA MM $295.67 ↓ -63%
Humana Gold Choice MM $295.67 ↓ -63%
United Healthcare MM $295.67 ↓ -63%
Aetna MM $295.67 ↓ -63%
Coventry First Health MM $295.67 ↓ -63%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $295.67 ↓ -63%
Community Health Choice Dual MM $295.67 ↓ -63%
Allwell Superior Health MM $295.67 ↓ -63%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $295.67 ↓ -63%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $295.67 ↓ -63%
Wellcare MM $295.67 ↓ -63%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $295.67 ↓ -63%
Texas Healthspring MM $295.67 ↓ -63%
United Healthcare Star Kid KM $297.19 ↓ -62%
United Healthcare Chip KM $297.19 ↓ -62%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $297.19 ↓ -62%
United Healthcare Star KM $297.19 ↓ -62%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $304.54 ↓ -62%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $304.54 ↓ -62%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $310.45 ↓ -61%
US Imaging Network PPO $316.37 ↓ -60%
Devoted Health Plan MM $319.32 ↓ -60%
Amerigroup MM $319.32 ↓ -60%
Imperial Health Plan MM $325.24 ↓ -59%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $325.24 ↓ -59%
ProCare Advantage MM $325.24 ↓ -59%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $363.86 ↓ -54%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $363.86 ↓ -54%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $403.13 ↓ -49%
Christus Health HIX $413.94 ↓ -48%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $431.92 ↓ -45%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $447.63 ↓ -43%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $591.34 ↓ -25%
ADV Cardiovas Specialist MM $591.34 ↓ -25%
United Healthcare HIX $599.00 ↓ -24%
Humana Choicecare $843.00 ↑ +7%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $922.00 ↑ +17%
Healthcare Highways PPO $922.00 ↑ +17%
Verity HealthNet PPO $1,106.40 ↑ +40%
Phcs PPO $1,198.60 ↑ +51%
First Health PPO $1,198.60 ↑ +51%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $1,198.60 ↑ +51%
Multiplan PPO $1,198.60 ↑ +51%
United Healthcare All Payer $1,338.00 ↑ +69%
Provider Select PPO $1,475.20 ↑ +86%
Health Management Network PPO $1,475.20 ↑ +86%
Beech Street PPO $1,475.20 ↑ +86%
HealthSmart PPO $1,475.20 ↑ +86%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $1,567.40 ↑ +98%
Aetna New Business $1,741.00 ↑ +120%
Aetna POS $1,934.00 ↑ +144%
Aetna PPO $1,934.00 ↑ +144%
Aetna HMO $1,934.00 ↑ +144%
Aetna EPO $1,934.00 ↑ +144%
MCT Credit Union All Plans $3,829.00 ↑ +384%
Cigna New Business $3,941.00 ↑ +398%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $4,020.00 ↑ +408%
Partners Direct Health PPO $4,989.00 ↑ +530%
Cigna PPO $5,088.00 ↑ +543%

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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,090.69 $108.15 – $1,363.36
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $933.60 $71.00 – $2,975.00
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $933.60 $108.15 – $1,400.40
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $980.28 $71.00 – $2,975.00
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