Ketone body(s) beta-hydroxybutyrate quantitative 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

$52.47

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.

$159.00

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.

$4.09 with Texas Healthspring vs $73.95 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
Texas Healthspring MM $4.09 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare HIX $7.35 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare All Payer $7.35 ↓ -86%
Superior Chip KM $8.17 ↓ -84%
Triwest VA MM $8.17 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare MM $8.17 ↓ -84%
Wellcare MM $8.17 ↓ -84%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $8.17 ↓ -84%
Humana Gold Choice MM $8.17 ↓ -84%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $8.17 ↓ -84%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $8.17 ↓ -84%
Allwell Superior Health MM $8.17 ↓ -84%
Community Health Choice Dual MM $8.17 ↓ -84%
Aetna MM $8.17 ↓ -84%
Coventry First Health MM $8.17 ↓ -84%
Community Health Choice Chip KM $8.17 ↓ -84%
Superior Foster Care KM $8.17 ↓ -84%
Superior Star KM $8.17 ↓ -84%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $8.17 ↓ -84%
Superior Star Plus KM $8.17 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $8.24 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Chip KM $8.24 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Star KM $8.24 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Star Kid KM $8.24 ↓ -84%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $8.42 ↓ -84%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $8.42 ↓ -84%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $8.58 ↓ -84%
Amerigroup Star KM $8.58 ↓ -84%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $8.58 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $8.58 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $8.58 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Kids KM $8.58 ↓ -84%
Amerigroup Chip KM $8.58 ↓ -84%
Molina Star KM $8.58 ↓ -84%
Molina Star Plus KM $8.58 ↓ -84%
Molina Chip KM $8.58 ↓ -84%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $8.58 ↓ -84%
Community Health Choice Star KM $8.66 ↓ -83%
US Imaging Network PPO $8.74 ↓ -83%
Devoted Health Plan MM $8.82 ↓ -83%
Amerigroup MM $8.82 ↓ -83%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $8.99 ↓ -83%
Imperial Health Plan MM $8.99 ↓ -83%
ProCare Advantage MM $8.99 ↓ -83%
Christus Health HIX $11.44 ↓ -78%
Partners Direct Health PPO $14.71 ↓ -72%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $16.34 ↓ -69%
ADV Cardiovas Specialist MM $16.34 ↓ -69%
Humana Choicecare $23.12 ↓ -56%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $31.45 ↓ -40%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $35.21 ↓ -33%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $35.21 ↓ -33%
Cigna New Business $37.70 ↓ -28%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $39.13 ↓ -25%
Healthcare Highways PPO $39.15 ↓ -25%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $41.67 ↓ -21%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $43.50 ↓ -17%
Cigna PPO $48.24 ↓ -8%
Verity HealthNet PPO $52.20 ↓ -1%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $56.55 ↑ +8%
Phcs PPO $56.55 ↑ +8%
Multiplan PPO $56.55 ↑ +8%
First Health PPO $56.55 ↑ +8%
Aetna PPO $60.03 ↑ +14%
Aetna EPO $60.03 ↑ +14%
Aetna POS $60.03 ↑ +14%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $60.90 ↑ +16%
MCT Credit Union All Plans $60.90 ↑ +16%
Beech Street PPO $69.60 ↑ +33%
Provider Select PPO $69.60 ↑ +33%
HealthSmart PPO $69.60 ↑ +33%
Health Management Network PPO $69.60 ↑ +33%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $73.95 ↑ +41%

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