Mr spectroscopy 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

$1,304.16

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.

$3,952.00

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.

$44.10 with Texas Healthspring vs $2,946.10 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 $44.10 ↓ -97%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $88.19 ↓ -93%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $88.19 ↓ -93%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $88.19 ↓ -93%
Community Health Choice Dual MM $88.19 ↓ -93%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $88.19 ↓ -93%
Coventry First Health MM $88.19 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare MM $88.19 ↓ -93%
Wellcare MM $88.19 ↓ -93%
Triwest VA MM $88.19 ↓ -93%
Humana Gold Choice MM $88.19 ↓ -93%
Aetna MM $88.19 ↓ -93%
Allwell Superior Health MM $88.19 ↓ -93%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $90.84 ↓ -93%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $90.84 ↓ -93%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $92.60 ↓ -93%
US Imaging Network PPO $94.36 ↓ -93%
Devoted Health Plan MM $95.25 ↓ -93%
Amerigroup MM $95.25 ↓ -93%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $97.01 ↓ -93%
ProCare Advantage MM $97.01 ↓ -93%
Imperial Health Plan MM $97.01 ↓ -93%
Christus Health HIX $123.47 ↓ -91%
ADV Cardiovas Specialist MM $176.38 ↓ -86%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $176.38 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $346.60 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Chip KM $346.60 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Star KM $346.60 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Star Kid KM $346.60 ↓ -73%
Superior Star KM $381.26 ↓ -71%
Superior Foster Care KM $381.26 ↓ -71%
Superior Star Plus KM $381.26 ↓ -71%
Superior Chip KM $381.26 ↓ -71%
Community Health Choice Chip KM $381.26 ↓ -71%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Kids KM $415.92 ↓ -68%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $415.92 ↓ -68%
Amerigroup Star KM $415.92 ↓ -68%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $415.92 ↓ -68%
Community Health Choice Star KM $415.92 ↓ -68%
Amerigroup Chip KM $415.92 ↓ -68%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $415.92 ↓ -68%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $415.92 ↓ -68%
Molina Star KM $1,039.80 ↓ -20%
Molina Chip KM $1,039.80 ↓ -20%
Molina Star Plus KM $1,039.80 ↓ -20%
Healthcare Highways PPO $1,185.00 ↓ -9%
Cigna New Business $1,226.00 ↓ -6%
Aetna New Business $1,228.00 ↓ -6%
United Healthcare HIX $1,304.00 ↓ -0%
Aetna POS $1,364.00 ↑ +5%
Aetna PPO $1,364.00 ↑ +5%
Aetna EPO $1,364.00 ↑ +5%
Aetna HMO $1,364.00 ↑ +5%
Humana Choicecare $1,370.00 ↑ +5%
Cigna PPO $1,568.00 ↑ +20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $1,701.32 ↑ +30%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $1,733.00 ↑ +33%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $1,906.07 ↑ +46%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $1,906.07 ↑ +46%
United Healthcare All Payer $2,050.00 ↑ +57%
Verity HealthNet PPO $2,079.60 ↑ +59%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $2,118.27 ↑ +62%
MCT Credit Union All Plans $2,144.00 ↑ +64%
Partners Direct Health PPO $2,217.00 ↑ +70%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $2,251.00 ↑ +73%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $2,252.29 ↑ +73%
First Health PPO $2,252.90 ↑ +73%
Phcs PPO $2,252.90 ↑ +73%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $2,252.90 ↑ +73%
Multiplan PPO $2,252.90 ↑ +73%
Beech Street PPO $2,772.80 ↑ +113%
Health Management Network PPO $2,772.80 ↑ +113%
HealthSmart PPO $2,772.80 ↑ +113%
Provider Select PPO $2,772.80 ↑ +113%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $2,946.10 ↑ +126%

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