Lung function test (mbc/mvv) 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

$236.28

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.

$716.00

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.

$56.42 with Humana vs $608.60 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
Humana Choicecare $56.42 ↓ -76%
Community Health Choice Dual MM $59.50 ↓ -75%
Allwell Superior Health MM $59.50 ↓ -75%
Wellcare MM $59.50 ↓ -75%
Humana Gold Choice MM $59.50 ↓ -75%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $59.50 ↓ -75%
Triwest VA MM $59.50 ↓ -75%
Aetna MM $59.50 ↓ -75%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $59.50 ↓ -75%
Coventry First Health MM $59.50 ↓ -75%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $59.50 ↓ -75%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $59.50 ↓ -75%
Texas Healthspring MM $59.50 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare MM $59.50 ↓ -75%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $61.29 ↓ -74%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $61.29 ↓ -74%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $62.48 ↓ -74%
US Imaging Network PPO $63.67 ↓ -73%
Amerigroup MM $64.26 ↓ -73%
Devoted Health Plan MM $64.26 ↓ -73%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $65.45 ↓ -72%
Imperial Health Plan MM $65.45 ↓ -72%
ProCare Advantage MM $65.45 ↓ -72%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $71.60 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare Chip KM $71.60 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare Star KM $71.60 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare Star Kid KM $71.60 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare HIX $74.00 ↓ -69%
Community Health Choice Chip KM $78.76 ↓ -67%
Superior Chip KM $78.76 ↓ -67%
Superior Star KM $78.76 ↓ -67%
Superior Star Plus KM $78.76 ↓ -67%
Superior Foster Care KM $78.76 ↓ -67%
Christus Health HIX $83.30 ↓ -65%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $85.92 ↓ -64%
Community Health Choice Star KM $85.92 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Chip KM $85.92 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $85.92 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star KM $85.92 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $85.92 ↓ -64%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Kids KM $85.92 ↓ -64%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $85.92 ↓ -64%
ADV Cardiovas Specialist MM $119.00 ↓ -50%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $119.00 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare All Payer $185.00 ↓ -22%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $198.59 ↓ -16%
Molina Chip KM $214.80 ↓ -9%
Molina Star KM $214.80 ↓ -9%
Molina Star Plus KM $214.80 ↓ -9%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $222.24 ↓ -6%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $222.24 ↓ -6%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $246.99 ↑ +5%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $262.40 ↑ +11%
Cigna New Business $279.24 ↑ +18%
Healthcare Highways PPO $322.20 ↑ +36%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $358.00 ↑ +52%
Verity HealthNet PPO $429.60 ↑ +82%
Cigna PPO $429.60 ↑ +82%
Aetna New Business $443.92 ↑ +88%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $465.40 ↑ +97%
Multiplan PPO $465.40 ↑ +97%
Phcs PPO $465.40 ↑ +97%
First Health PPO $465.40 ↑ +97%
Aetna EPO $494.04 ↑ +109%
Aetna POS $494.04 ↑ +109%
Aetna PPO $494.04 ↑ +109%
Aetna HMO $494.04 ↑ +109%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $501.20 ↑ +112%
MCT Credit Union All Plans $501.20 ↑ +112%
Partners Direct Health PPO $501.20 ↑ +112%
HealthSmart PPO $572.80 ↑ +142%
Health Management Network PPO $572.80 ↑ +142%
Beech Street PPO $572.80 ↑ +142%
Provider Select PPO $572.80 ↑ +142%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $608.60 ↑ +158%

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