Lower Back (Lumbar Spine) CT scan (without contrast) at CHRISTUS Health - West Beaumont
6025 Metropolitan Drive, Beaumont, TX · Christushealth · · NPI 1679557888
$434.94
Cash price 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.
$1,318.00
Gross charge 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.
$53.26 with Texas Healthspring vs $1,996.00 with Partners Direct Health — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas Healthspring | MM | $53.26 | ↓ -88% |
| Aetna | MM | $106.51 | ↓ -76% |
| Molina | Medicare Adv MM | $106.51 | ↓ -76% |
| Coventry | First Health MM | $106.51 | ↓ -76% |
| Allwell | Superior Health MM | $106.51 | ↓ -76% |
| Christus Health | Med Adv MM | $106.51 | ↓ -76% |
| Arcadian Health Plan | MM | $106.51 | ↓ -76% |
| Community Health Choice | Dual MM | $106.51 | ↓ -76% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | MM | $106.51 | ↓ -76% |
| United Healthcare | MM | $106.51 | ↓ -76% |
| Wellcare | MM | $106.51 | ↓ -76% |
| Humana | Gold Choice MM | $106.51 | ↓ -76% |
| Triwest | VA MM | $106.51 | ↓ -76% |
| Provider Partners Health Plan | MM | $109.71 | ↓ -75% |
| Texas Independence Health Plan | MM | $109.71 | ↓ -75% |
| Shared Health Insurance Company | MM | $111.84 | ↓ -74% |
| United Healthcare | Star Plus KM | $114.46 | ↓ -74% |
| United Healthcare | Chip KM | $114.46 | ↓ -74% |
| United Healthcare | Star KM | $114.46 | ↓ -74% |
| United Healthcare | Star Kid KM | $114.46 | ↓ -74% |
| Devoted Health Plan | MM | $115.03 | ↓ -74% |
| Amerigroup | MM | $115.03 | ↓ -74% |
| American Health Medicare | Advantage MM | $117.16 | ↓ -73% |
| Imperial Health Plan | MM | $117.16 | ↓ -73% |
| ProCare Advantage | MM | $117.16 | ↓ -73% |
| Superior | Star Plus KM | $134.67 | ↓ -69% |
| Superior | Star KM | $134.67 | ↓ -69% |
| Superior | Foster Care KM | $134.67 | ↓ -69% |
| Superior | Chip KM | $134.67 | ↓ -69% |
| Community Health Choice | Chip KM | $134.67 | ↓ -69% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plan | Star Kids KM | $141.40 | ↓ -67% |
| Molina | Chip KM | $141.40 | ↓ -67% |
| Molina | Star Plus KM | $141.40 | ↓ -67% |
| Molina | Star KM | $141.40 | ↓ -67% |
| Amerigroup | Chip KM | $141.40 | ↓ -67% |
| Amerigroup | Star Plus KM | $141.40 | ↓ -67% |
| Amerigroup | Star KM | $141.40 | ↓ -67% |
| Amerigroup | Star Kids KM | $141.40 | ↓ -67% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plan | Chip KM | $141.40 | ↓ -67% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plan | Star Plus KM | $141.40 | ↓ -67% |
| Community Health Choice | Star KM | $142.75 | ↓ -67% |
| Christus Health | HIX | $149.11 | ↓ -66% |
| Naphcare Inc. | RRMB | $213.02 | ↓ -51% |
| ADV Cardiovas Specialist | MM | $213.02 | ↓ -51% |
| United Healthcare | HIX | $425.00 | ↓ -2% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas | Blue Advantage HMO | $512.21 | ↑ +18% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas | HMO | $573.85 | ↑ +32% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas | HEB | $573.85 | ↑ +32% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas | PPO | $637.74 | ↑ +47% |
| LSU First Choice Verity | PPO | $642.00 | ↑ +48% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas | Traditional | $678.08 | ↑ +56% |
| Verity HealthNet | PPO | $770.40 | ↑ +77% |
| Multiplan | PPO | $834.60 | ↑ +92% |
| Phcs | PPO | $834.60 | ↑ +92% |
| First Health | PPO | $834.60 | ↑ +92% |
| Healthsmart | Accel PPO | $834.60 | ↑ +92% |
| Aetna | New Business | $847.00 | ↑ +95% |
| Cigna | New Business | $858.00 | ↑ +97% |
| US Imaging Network | PPO | $915.00 | ↑ +110% |
| Aetna | EPO | $940.00 | ↑ +116% |
| Aetna | HMO | $940.00 | ↑ +116% |
| Aetna | POS | $940.00 | ↑ +116% |
| Aetna | PPO | $940.00 | ↑ +116% |
| Healthcare Highways | PPO | $988.00 | ↑ +127% |
| Provider Select | PPO | $1,027.20 | ↑ +136% |
| HealthSmart | PPO | $1,027.20 | ↑ +136% |
| Beech Street | PPO | $1,027.20 | ↑ +136% |
| Health Management Network | PPO | $1,027.20 | ↑ +136% |
| Verity Healthnet National | PPO | $1,091.40 | ↑ +151% |
| Cigna | PPO | $1,098.00 | ↑ +152% |
| Humana | Choicecare | $1,187.00 | ↑ +173% |
| United Healthcare | All Payer | $1,221.00 | ↑ +181% |
| MCT Credit Union | All Plans | $1,429.00 | ↑ +229% |
| Five Point Credit Union | PPO | $1,500.00 | ↑ +245% |
| Partners Direct Health | PPO | $1,996.00 | ↑ +359% |
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Lower Back (Lumbar Spine) CT scan (without contrast) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $4,007.51 | $522.29 – $522.29 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $2,054.79 | $99.77 – $2,568.49 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,731.42 | $141.23 – $2,597.13 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,655.02 | $99.77 – $2,068.78 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $2,054.79 | $99.77 – $2,568.49 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $1,731.42 | $99.77 – $2,597.13 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $1,731.42 | $104.75 – $2,597.13 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $1,655.02 | $99.77 – $2,482.53 |