Metabolic Blood Panel (Basic) 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

$107.58

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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$326.00

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.

$4.23 with Texas Healthspring vs $231.20 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 $4.23 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare HIX $7.61 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare All Payer $7.61 ↓ -93%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $8.46 ↓ -92%
Triwest VA MM $8.46 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare MM $8.46 ↓ -92%
Wellcare MM $8.46 ↓ -92%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $8.46 ↓ -92%
Humana Gold Choice MM $8.46 ↓ -92%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $8.46 ↓ -92%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $8.46 ↓ -92%
Allwell Superior Health MM $8.46 ↓ -92%
Community Health Choice Dual MM $8.46 ↓ -92%
Community Health Choice Chip KM $8.46 ↓ -92%
Aetna MM $8.46 ↓ -92%
Superior Star KM $8.46 ↓ -92%
Superior Foster Care KM $8.46 ↓ -92%
Coventry First Health MM $8.46 ↓ -92%
Superior Star Plus KM $8.46 ↓ -92%
Superior Chip KM $8.46 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $8.53 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Chip KM $8.53 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Star KM $8.53 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Star Kid KM $8.53 ↓ -92%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $8.71 ↓ -92%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $8.71 ↓ -92%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $8.88 ↓ -92%
Amerigroup Chip KM $8.88 ↓ -92%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $8.88 ↓ -92%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $8.88 ↓ -92%
Amerigroup Star KM $8.88 ↓ -92%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $8.88 ↓ -92%
Molina Chip KM $8.88 ↓ -92%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $8.88 ↓ -92%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Kids KM $8.88 ↓ -92%
Molina Star Plus KM $8.88 ↓ -92%
Molina Star KM $8.88 ↓ -92%
Community Health Choice Star KM $8.97 ↓ -92%
US Imaging Network PPO $9.05 ↓ -92%
Devoted Health Plan MM $9.14 ↓ -92%
Amerigroup MM $9.14 ↓ -92%
Imperial Health Plan MM $9.31 ↓ -91%
ProCare Advantage MM $9.31 ↓ -91%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $9.31 ↓ -91%
Christus Health HIX $11.84 ↓ -89%
Partners Direct Health PPO $15.23 ↓ -86%
ADV Cardiovas Specialist MM $16.92 ↓ -84%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $16.92 ↓ -84%
Humana Choicecare $26.68 ↓ -75%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $32.57 ↓ -70%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $36.46 ↓ -66%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $36.46 ↓ -66%
Cigna New Business $38.91 ↓ -64%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $40.52 ↓ -62%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $43.15 ↓ -60%
Cigna PPO $49.79 ↓ -54%
Healthcare Highways PPO $122.40 ↑ +14%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $136.00 ↑ +26%
Verity HealthNet PPO $163.20 ↑ +52%
Aetna New Business $168.64 ↑ +57%
Multiplan PPO $176.80 ↑ +64%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $176.80 ↑ +64%
First Health PPO $176.80 ↑ +64%
Phcs PPO $176.80 ↑ +64%
Aetna HMO $187.68 ↑ +74%
Aetna EPO $187.68 ↑ +74%
Aetna POS $187.68 ↑ +74%
Aetna PPO $187.68 ↑ +74%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $190.40 ↑ +77%
MCT Credit Union All Plans $190.40 ↑ +77%
Health Management Network PPO $217.60 ↑ +102%
Provider Select PPO $217.60 ↑ +102%
Beech Street PPO $217.60 ↑ +102%
HealthSmart PPO $217.60 ↑ +102%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $231.20 ↑ +115%

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