Mayo infectious agent antigen immunoassay direct optical observation cryptococcus 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

$175.23

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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$531.00

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.

$8.04 with Texas Healthspring vs $451.35 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 $8.04 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare HIX $14.46 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare All Payer $14.46 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Star Kid KM $14.58 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $14.58 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Chip KM $14.58 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Star KM $14.58 ↓ -92%
Wellcare MM $16.07 ↓ -91%
Humana Gold Choice MM $16.07 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare MM $16.07 ↓ -91%
Aetna MM $16.07 ↓ -91%
Coventry First Health MM $16.07 ↓ -91%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $16.07 ↓ -91%
Superior Chip KM $16.07 ↓ -91%
Superior Star Plus KM $16.07 ↓ -91%
Superior Foster Care KM $16.07 ↓ -91%
Superior Star KM $16.07 ↓ -91%
Community Health Choice Chip KM $16.07 ↓ -91%
Community Health Choice Dual MM $16.07 ↓ -91%
Allwell Superior Health MM $16.07 ↓ -91%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $16.07 ↓ -91%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $16.07 ↓ -91%
Triwest VA MM $16.07 ↓ -91%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $16.07 ↓ -91%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $16.55 ↓ -91%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $16.55 ↓ -91%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $16.87 ↓ -90%
Amerigroup Star KM $16.87 ↓ -90%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $16.87 ↓ -90%
Molina Star KM $16.87 ↓ -90%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $16.87 ↓ -90%
Amerigroup Chip KM $16.87 ↓ -90%
Molina Star Plus KM $16.87 ↓ -90%
Molina Chip KM $16.87 ↓ -90%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $16.87 ↓ -90%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Kids KM $16.87 ↓ -90%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $16.87 ↓ -90%
Community Health Choice Star KM $17.03 ↓ -90%
US Imaging Network PPO $17.19 ↓ -90%
Amerigroup MM $17.36 ↓ -90%
Devoted Health Plan MM $17.36 ↓ -90%
ProCare Advantage MM $17.68 ↓ -90%
Imperial Health Plan MM $17.68 ↓ -90%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $17.68 ↓ -90%
Christus Health HIX $22.50 ↓ -87%
Partners Direct Health PPO $28.93 ↓ -83%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $32.14 ↓ -82%
ADV Cardiovas Specialist MM $32.14 ↓ -82%
Humana Choicecare $37.81 ↓ -78%
Cigna New Business $55.93 ↓ -68%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $61.87 ↓ -65%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $69.26 ↓ -60%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $69.26 ↓ -60%
Cigna PPO $71.57 ↓ -59%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $76.98 ↓ -56%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $81.96 ↓ -53%
Healthcare Highways PPO $238.95 ↑ +36%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $265.50 ↑ +52%
Verity HealthNet PPO $318.60 ↑ +82%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $345.15 ↑ +97%
Phcs PPO $345.15 ↑ +97%
Multiplan PPO $345.15 ↑ +97%
First Health PPO $345.15 ↑ +97%
Aetna EPO $366.39 ↑ +109%
Aetna PPO $366.39 ↑ +109%
Aetna POS $366.39 ↑ +109%
MCT Credit Union All Plans $371.70 ↑ +112%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $371.70 ↑ +112%
Provider Select PPO $424.80 ↑ +142%
Health Management Network PPO $424.80 ↑ +142%
Beech Street PPO $424.80 ↑ +142%
HealthSmart PPO $424.80 ↑ +142%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $451.35 ↑ +158%

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