Insert hepatic shunt (tips) 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

$16,060.44

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.

$48,668.00

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.

$1,191.74 with Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas vs $41,367.80 with Verity Healthnet National — 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 HMO $1,191.74 ↓ -93%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $1,191.74 ↓ -93%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $1,320.35 ↓ -92%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $1,414.66 ↓ -91%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $1,466.10 ↓ -91%
Humana Choicecare $2,885.00 ↓ -82%
MCT Credit Union All Plans $3,829.00 ↓ -76%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $4,020.00 ↓ -75%
Aetna New Business $4,586.00 ↓ -71%
United Healthcare Star Kid KM $4,866.80 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare Star KM $4,866.80 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $4,866.80 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare Chip KM $4,866.80 ↓ -70%
Partners Direct Health PPO $4,989.00 ↓ -69%
Aetna POS $5,095.00 ↓ -68%
Aetna PPO $5,095.00 ↓ -68%
Aetna EPO $5,095.00 ↓ -68%
Aetna HMO $5,095.00 ↓ -68%
Superior Star Plus KM $5,353.48 ↓ -67%
Community Health Choice Chip KM $5,353.48 ↓ -67%
Superior Star KM $5,353.48 ↓ -67%
Superior Foster Care KM $5,353.48 ↓ -67%
Superior Chip KM $5,353.48 ↓ -67%
Amerigroup Chip KM $5,840.16 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $5,840.16 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star KM $5,840.16 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $5,840.16 ↓ -64%
Community Health Choice Star KM $5,840.16 ↓ -64%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $5,840.16 ↓ -64%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $5,840.16 ↓ -64%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Kids KM $5,840.16 ↓ -64%
Cigna New Business $5,960.00 ↓ -63%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $7,300.20 ↓ -55%
Cigna PPO $7,722.00 ↓ -52%
Christus Health HIX $10,220.28 ↓ -36%
United Healthcare HIX $11,178.00 ↓ -30%
Aetna MM $11,680.32 ↓ -27%
Molina Star KM $14,600.40 ↓ -9%
Molina Chip KM $14,600.40 ↓ -9%
Molina Star Plus KM $14,600.40 ↓ -9%
Amerigroup MM $19,467.20 ↑ +21%
Imperial Health Plan MM $19,467.20 ↑ +21%
ADV Cardiovas Specialist MM $24,334.00 ↑ +52%
Healthcare Highways PPO $24,334.00 ↑ +52%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $24,334.00 ↑ +52%
Devoted Health Plan MM $24,334.00 ↑ +52%
United Healthcare All Payer $24,986.00 ↑ +56%
Verity HealthNet PPO $29,200.80 ↑ +82%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $29,200.80 ↑ +82%
Phcs PPO $31,634.20 ↑ +97%
Multiplan PPO $31,634.20 ↑ +97%
First Health PPO $31,634.20 ↑ +97%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $31,634.20 ↑ +97%
HealthSmart PPO $38,934.40 ↑ +142%
Beech Street PPO $38,934.40 ↑ +142%
Provider Select PPO $38,934.40 ↑ +142%
Health Management Network PPO $38,934.40 ↑ +142%
Triwest VA MM $41,367.80 ↑ +158%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $41,367.80 ↑ +158%

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