Injection radioactive tracer sentinel node (both sides) 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

$745.47

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

$2,259.00

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.

$193.10 with United Healthcare 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
United Healthcare Star KM $193.10 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Star Kid KM $193.10 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Chip KM $193.10 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $193.10 ↓ -74%
Superior Chip KM $212.41 ↓ -72%
Community Health Choice Chip KM $212.41 ↓ -72%
Superior Star KM $212.41 ↓ -72%
Superior Foster Care KM $212.41 ↓ -72%
Superior Star Plus KM $212.41 ↓ -72%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $231.72 ↓ -69%
Amerigroup Star KM $231.72 ↓ -69%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $231.72 ↓ -69%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $231.72 ↓ -69%
Amerigroup Chip KM $231.72 ↓ -69%
Community Health Choice Star KM $231.72 ↓ -69%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $231.72 ↓ -69%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Kids KM $231.72 ↓ -69%
Triwest VA MM $402.48 ↓ -46%
Humana Gold Choice MM $402.48 ↓ -46%
United Healthcare MM $402.48 ↓ -46%
Aetna MM $402.48 ↓ -46%
Coventry First Health MM $402.48 ↓ -46%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $402.48 ↓ -46%
Community Health Choice Dual MM $402.48 ↓ -46%
Allwell Superior Health MM $402.48 ↓ -46%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $402.48 ↓ -46%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $402.48 ↓ -46%
Wellcare MM $402.48 ↓ -46%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $402.48 ↓ -46%
Texas Healthspring MM $402.48 ↓ -46%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $414.55 ↓ -44%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $414.55 ↓ -44%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $422.60 ↓ -43%
US Imaging Network PPO $430.65 ↓ -42%
Devoted Health Plan MM $434.68 ↓ -42%
Amerigroup MM $434.68 ↓ -42%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $442.73 ↓ -41%
Imperial Health Plan MM $442.73 ↓ -41%
ProCare Advantage MM $442.73 ↓ -41%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $511.70 ↓ -31%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $511.70 ↓ -31%
Christus Health HIX $563.47 ↓ -24%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $566.92 ↓ -24%
Molina Star KM $579.30 ↓ -22%
Molina Star Plus KM $579.30 ↓ -22%
Molina Chip KM $579.30 ↓ -22%
United Healthcare HIX $599.00 ↓ -20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $607.41 ↓ -19%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $629.50 ↓ -16%
ADV Cardiovas Specialist MM $804.96 ↑ +8%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $804.96 ↑ +8%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $965.50 ↑ +30%
Healthcare Highways PPO $965.50 ↑ +30%
Verity HealthNet PPO $1,158.60 ↑ +55%
First Health PPO $1,255.15 ↑ +68%
Phcs PPO $1,255.15 ↑ +68%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $1,255.15 ↑ +68%
Multiplan PPO $1,255.15 ↑ +68%
United Healthcare All Payer $1,338.00 ↑ +79%
HealthSmart PPO $1,544.80 ↑ +107%
Health Management Network PPO $1,544.80 ↑ +107%
Beech Street PPO $1,544.80 ↑ +107%
Provider Select PPO $1,544.80 ↑ +107%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $1,641.35 ↑ +120%
Aetna New Business $1,741.00 ↑ +134%
Aetna HMO $1,934.00 ↑ +159%
Aetna EPO $1,934.00 ↑ +159%
Aetna PPO $1,934.00 ↑ +159%
Aetna POS $1,934.00 ↑ +159%
Humana Choicecare $2,885.00 ↑ +287%
MCT Credit Union All Plans $3,829.00 ↑ +414%
Cigna New Business $3,941.00 ↑ +429%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $4,020.00 ↑ +439%
Partners Direct Health PPO $4,989.00 ↑ +569%
Cigna PPO $5,088.00 ↑ +583%

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