Magnesium sulfate 2 gram/50 ml (4 %) in water intravenous piggyback at CHRISTUS Health - West Beaumont
6025 Metropolitan Drive, Beaumont, TX · Christushealth · · NPI 1679557888
$71.31
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.
$216.09
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$0.27 with Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas vs $11.36 with Triwest — 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 |
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| Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas | Blue Advantage HMO | $0.27 | ↓ -100% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas | HMO | $0.34 | ↓ -100% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas | HEB | $0.34 | ↓ -100% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas | PPO | $0.38 | ↓ -99% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas | Traditional | $0.40 | ↓ -99% |
| United Healthcare | All Payer | $0.49 | ↓ -99% |
| United Healthcare | HIX | $0.49 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna | New Business | $0.88 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna | EPO | $0.98 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna | POS | $0.98 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna | PPO | $0.98 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna | HMO | $0.98 | ↓ -99% |
| Humana | Choicecare | $1.27 | ↓ -98% |
| United Healthcare | Star Kid KM | $1.33 | ↓ -98% |
| United Healthcare | Star KM | $1.33 | ↓ -98% |
| United Healthcare | Star Plus KM | $1.33 | ↓ -98% |
| United Healthcare | Chip KM | $1.33 | ↓ -98% |
| Superior | Chip KM | $1.47 | ↓ -98% |
| Community Health Choice | Chip KM | $1.47 | ↓ -98% |
| Superior | Star KM | $1.47 | ↓ -98% |
| Superior | Foster Care KM | $1.47 | ↓ -98% |
| Superior | Star Plus KM | $1.47 | ↓ -98% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plan | Star Plus KM | $1.60 | ↓ -98% |
| Amerigroup | Chip KM | $1.60 | ↓ -98% |
| Amerigroup | Star Plus KM | $1.60 | ↓ -98% |
| Amerigroup | Star KM | $1.60 | ↓ -98% |
| Amerigroup | Star Kids KM | $1.60 | ↓ -98% |
| Community Health Choice | Star KM | $1.60 | ↓ -98% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plan | Chip KM | $1.60 | ↓ -98% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plan | Star Kids KM | $1.60 | ↓ -98% |
| Christus Health | Med Adv MM | $2.00 | ↓ -97% |
| Christus Health | HIX | $2.80 | ↓ -96% |
| Aetna | MM | $3.20 | ↓ -96% |
| Molina | Star KM | $4.01 | ↓ -94% |
| Molina | Star Plus KM | $4.01 | ↓ -94% |
| Molina | Chip KM | $4.01 | ↓ -94% |
| Cigna | New Business | $5.21 | ↓ -93% |
| Imperial Health Plan | MM | $5.34 | ↓ -93% |
| Amerigroup | MM | $5.34 | ↓ -93% |
| Healthcare Highways | PPO | $6.01 | ↓ -92% |
| LSU First Choice Verity | PPO | $6.68 | ↓ -91% |
| Devoted Health Plan | MM | $6.68 | ↓ -91% |
| ADV Cardiovas Specialist | MM | $6.68 | ↓ -91% |
| Verity HealthNet | PPO | $8.02 | ↓ -89% |
| Naphcare Inc. | RRMB | $8.02 | ↓ -89% |
| Cigna | PPO | $8.02 | ↓ -89% |
| Healthsmart | Accel PPO | $8.69 | ↓ -88% |
| First Health | PPO | $8.69 | ↓ -88% |
| Phcs | PPO | $9.35 | ↓ -87% |
| Five Point Credit Union | PPO | $9.35 | ↓ -87% |
| Partners Direct Health | PPO | $9.35 | ↓ -87% |
| MCT Credit Union | All Plans | $9.35 | ↓ -87% |
| Multiplan | PPO | $9.35 | ↓ -87% |
| Provider Select | PPO | $10.69 | ↓ -85% |
| HealthSmart | PPO | $10.69 | ↓ -85% |
| Beech Street | PPO | $10.69 | ↓ -85% |
| Health Management Network | PPO | $10.69 | ↓ -85% |
| Verity Healthnet National | PPO | $11.36 | ↓ -84% |
| Triwest | VA MM | $11.36 | ↓ -84% |
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| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $190.78 | $0.27 – $0.27 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $58.32 | $0.47 – $8.06 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $58.32 | $0.47 – $6.42 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $58.32 | $0.47 – $5.35 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $58.32 | $0.47 – $8.06 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $58.32 | $0.47 – $6.42 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $58.32 | $0.47 – $6.42 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $58.32 | $0.47 – $6.42 |