MRI breast w IV cont bi 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

$4,750.02

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.

$14,394.00

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.

$1,185.00 with Healthcare Highways vs $12,234.90 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.

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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
Healthcare Highways PPO $1,185.00 ↓ -75%
Cigna New Business $1,226.00 ↓ -74%
Aetna New Business $1,228.00 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare HIX $1,304.00 ↓ -73%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $1,339.01 ↓ -72%
Aetna EPO $1,364.00 ↓ -71%
Aetna PPO $1,364.00 ↓ -71%
Aetna HMO $1,364.00 ↓ -71%
Aetna POS $1,364.00 ↓ -71%
Humana Choicecare $1,370.00 ↓ -71%
United Healthcare Star KM $1,439.40 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $1,439.40 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare Chip KM $1,439.40 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare Star Kid KM $1,439.40 ↓ -70%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $1,500.16 ↓ -68%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $1,500.16 ↓ -68%
Cigna PPO $1,568.00 ↓ -67%
Superior Star KM $1,583.34 ↓ -67%
Superior Foster Care KM $1,583.34 ↓ -67%
Community Health Choice Chip KM $1,583.34 ↓ -67%
Superior Star Plus KM $1,583.34 ↓ -67%
Superior Chip KM $1,583.34 ↓ -67%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $1,667.17 ↓ -65%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $1,727.28 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Chip KM $1,727.28 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $1,727.28 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star KM $1,727.28 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $1,727.28 ↓ -64%
Community Health Choice Star KM $1,727.28 ↓ -64%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $1,727.28 ↓ -64%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Kids KM $1,727.28 ↓ -64%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $1,772.65 ↓ -63%
United Healthcare All Payer $2,050.00 ↓ -57%
MCT Credit Union All Plans $2,144.00 ↓ -55%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $2,159.10 ↓ -55%
Partners Direct Health PPO $2,217.00 ↓ -53%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $2,251.00 ↓ -53%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $2,372.00 ↓ -50%
Christus Health HIX $3,022.74 ↓ -36%
Aetna MM $3,454.56 ↓ -27%
Molina Chip KM $4,318.20 ↓ -9%
Molina Star KM $4,318.20 ↓ -9%
Molina Star Plus KM $4,318.20 ↓ -9%
Amerigroup MM $5,757.60 ↑ +21%
Imperial Health Plan MM $5,757.60 ↑ +21%
ADV Cardiovas Specialist MM $7,197.00 ↑ +52%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $7,197.00 ↑ +52%
Devoted Health Plan MM $7,197.00 ↑ +52%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $8,636.40 ↑ +82%
Verity HealthNet PPO $8,636.40 ↑ +82%
Phcs PPO $9,356.10 ↑ +97%
Multiplan PPO $9,356.10 ↑ +97%
First Health PPO $9,356.10 ↑ +97%
Provider Select PPO $11,515.20 ↑ +142%
Beech Street PPO $11,515.20 ↑ +142%
Health Management Network PPO $11,515.20 ↑ +142%
HealthSmart PPO $11,515.20 ↑ +142%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $12,234.90 ↑ +158%
Triwest VA MM $12,234.90 ↑ +158%

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