Lactic acid 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

$155.76

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.

$472.00

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.

$5.79 with Texas Healthspring vs $127.50 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 $5.79 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare HIX $10.41 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare All Payer $10.41 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Star Kid KM $10.77 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $10.77 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Chip KM $10.77 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Star KM $10.77 ↓ -93%
Wellcare MM $11.57 ↓ -93%
Humana Gold Choice MM $11.57 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare MM $11.57 ↓ -93%
Aetna MM $11.57 ↓ -93%
Coventry First Health MM $11.57 ↓ -93%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $11.57 ↓ -93%
Superior Chip KM $11.57 ↓ -93%
Superior Star Plus KM $11.57 ↓ -93%
Superior Foster Care KM $11.57 ↓ -93%
Superior Star KM $11.57 ↓ -93%
Community Health Choice Chip KM $11.57 ↓ -93%
Community Health Choice Dual MM $11.57 ↓ -93%
Allwell Superior Health MM $11.57 ↓ -93%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $11.57 ↓ -93%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $11.57 ↓ -93%
Triwest VA MM $11.57 ↓ -93%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $11.57 ↓ -93%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $11.92 ↓ -92%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $11.92 ↓ -92%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $12.15 ↓ -92%
Amerigroup Star KM $12.15 ↓ -92%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $12.15 ↓ -92%
Molina Star KM $12.15 ↓ -92%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $12.15 ↓ -92%
Amerigroup Chip KM $12.15 ↓ -92%
Molina Star Plus KM $12.15 ↓ -92%
Molina Chip KM $12.15 ↓ -92%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $12.15 ↓ -92%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Kids KM $12.15 ↓ -92%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $12.15 ↓ -92%
Community Health Choice Star KM $12.26 ↓ -92%
US Imaging Network PPO $12.38 ↓ -92%
Amerigroup MM $12.50 ↓ -92%
Devoted Health Plan MM $12.50 ↓ -92%
ProCare Advantage MM $12.73 ↓ -92%
Imperial Health Plan MM $12.73 ↓ -92%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $12.73 ↓ -92%
Christus Health HIX $16.20 ↓ -90%
Partners Direct Health PPO $20.83 ↓ -87%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $23.14 ↓ -85%
ADV Cardiovas Specialist MM $23.14 ↓ -85%
Humana Choicecare $33.70 ↓ -78%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $44.54 ↓ -71%
Cigna New Business $49.85 ↓ -68%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $49.87 ↓ -68%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $49.87 ↓ -68%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $55.42 ↓ -64%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $59.01 ↓ -62%
Cigna PPO $63.80 ↓ -59%
Healthcare Highways PPO $67.50 ↓ -57%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $75.00 ↓ -52%
Verity HealthNet PPO $90.00 ↓ -42%
Phcs PPO $97.50 ↓ -37%
Multiplan PPO $97.50 ↓ -37%
First Health PPO $97.50 ↓ -37%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $97.50 ↓ -37%
Aetna EPO $103.50 ↓ -34%
Aetna PPO $103.50 ↓ -34%
Aetna POS $103.50 ↓ -34%
MCT Credit Union All Plans $105.00 ↓ -33%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $105.00 ↓ -33%
Provider Select PPO $120.00 ↓ -23%
Health Management Network PPO $120.00 ↓ -23%
Beech Street PPO $120.00 ↓ -23%
HealthSmart PPO $120.00 ↓ -23%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $127.50 ↓ -18%

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