Mayo alkaloids definitive assay nicotine/cotinine 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

$178.53

Cash price

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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.

$541.00

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.

$18.46 with United Healthcare vs $459.85 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
United Healthcare Chip KM $18.46 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $18.46 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Star KM $18.46 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Star Kid KM $18.46 ↓ -90%
Superior Star Plus KM $20.35 ↓ -89%
Superior Chip KM $20.35 ↓ -89%
Superior Foster Care KM $20.35 ↓ -89%
Superior Star KM $20.35 ↓ -89%
Community Health Choice Chip KM $20.35 ↓ -89%
Amerigroup Star KM $21.37 ↓ -88%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Kids KM $21.37 ↓ -88%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $21.37 ↓ -88%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $21.37 ↓ -88%
Molina Star KM $21.37 ↓ -88%
Amerigroup Chip KM $21.37 ↓ -88%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $21.37 ↓ -88%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $21.37 ↓ -88%
Molina Chip KM $21.37 ↓ -88%
Molina Star Plus KM $21.37 ↓ -88%
Community Health Choice Star KM $21.57 ↓ -88%
Humana Choicecare $52.92 ↓ -70%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $81.15 ↓ -55%
Christus Health HIX $113.61 ↓ -36%
Aetna MM $129.84 ↓ -27%
Cigna New Business $210.99 ↑ +18%
Amerigroup MM $216.40 ↑ +21%
Imperial Health Plan MM $216.40 ↑ +21%
Healthcare Highways PPO $243.45 ↑ +36%
Devoted Health Plan MM $270.50 ↑ +52%
ADV Cardiovas Specialist MM $270.50 ↑ +52%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $270.50 ↑ +52%
Verity HealthNet PPO $324.60 ↑ +82%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $324.60 ↑ +82%
Cigna PPO $324.60 ↑ +82%
Aetna New Business $335.42 ↑ +88%
Multiplan PPO $351.65 ↑ +97%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $351.65 ↑ +97%
Phcs PPO $351.65 ↑ +97%
First Health PPO $351.65 ↑ +97%
Aetna EPO $373.29 ↑ +109%
Aetna POS $373.29 ↑ +109%
Aetna HMO $373.29 ↑ +109%
Aetna PPO $373.29 ↑ +109%
MCT Credit Union All Plans $378.70 ↑ +112%
Partners Direct Health PPO $378.70 ↑ +112%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $378.70 ↑ +112%
Health Management Network PPO $432.80 ↑ +142%
Provider Select PPO $432.80 ↑ +142%
HealthSmart PPO $432.80 ↑ +142%
Beech Street PPO $432.80 ↑ +142%
Triwest VA MM $459.85 ↑ +158%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $459.85 ↑ +158%

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