MRI chest w IV cont 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

$2,182.29

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.

$6,613.00

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.

$395.67 with Texas Healthspring vs $4,118.96 with Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas — 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 $395.67 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $432.70 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Chip KM $432.70 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Star Kid KM $432.70 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Star KM $432.70 ↓ -80%
Wellcare MM $791.34 ↓ -64%
Humana Gold Choice MM $791.34 ↓ -64%
United Healthcare MM $791.34 ↓ -64%
Aetna MM $791.34 ↓ -64%
Coventry First Health MM $791.34 ↓ -64%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $791.34 ↓ -64%
Community Health Choice Dual MM $791.34 ↓ -64%
Allwell Superior Health MM $791.34 ↓ -64%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $791.34 ↓ -64%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $791.34 ↓ -64%
Triwest VA MM $791.34 ↓ -64%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $791.34 ↓ -64%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $815.08 ↓ -63%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $815.08 ↓ -63%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $830.91 ↓ -62%
Devoted Health Plan MM $854.65 ↓ -61%
Amerigroup MM $854.65 ↓ -61%
ProCare Advantage MM $870.47 ↓ -60%
Imperial Health Plan MM $870.47 ↓ -60%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $870.47 ↓ -60%
Community Health Choice Chip KM $933.35 ↓ -57%
Superior Star Plus KM $933.35 ↓ -57%
Superior Foster Care KM $933.35 ↓ -57%
Superior Chip KM $933.35 ↓ -57%
Superior Star KM $933.35 ↓ -57%
Amerigroup Star KM $980.02 ↓ -55%
Molina Chip KM $980.02 ↓ -55%
Molina Star Plus KM $980.02 ↓ -55%
Molina Star KM $980.02 ↓ -55%
Amerigroup Chip KM $980.02 ↓ -55%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $980.02 ↓ -55%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $980.02 ↓ -55%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $980.02 ↓ -55%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $980.02 ↓ -55%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Kids KM $980.02 ↓ -55%
Community Health Choice Star KM $989.35 ↓ -55%
Christus Health HIX $1,107.88 ↓ -49%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $1,112.00 ↓ -49%
Healthcare Highways PPO $1,185.00 ↓ -46%
Cigna New Business $1,226.00 ↓ -44%
Aetna New Business $1,228.00 ↓ -44%
United Healthcare HIX $1,304.00 ↓ -40%
Verity HealthNet PPO $1,334.40 ↓ -39%
Aetna EPO $1,364.00 ↓ -37%
Aetna PPO $1,364.00 ↓ -37%
Aetna POS $1,364.00 ↓ -37%
Aetna HMO $1,364.00 ↓ -37%
Humana Choicecare $1,370.00 ↓ -37%
US Imaging Network PPO $1,390.00 ↓ -36%
Phcs PPO $1,445.60 ↓ -34%
First Health PPO $1,445.60 ↓ -34%
Multiplan PPO $1,445.60 ↓ -34%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $1,445.60 ↓ -34%
Partners Direct Health PPO $1,556.80 ↓ -29%
Cigna PPO $1,568.00 ↓ -28%
ADV Cardiovas Specialist MM $1,582.68 ↓ -27%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $1,582.68 ↓ -27%
Beech Street PPO $1,779.20 ↓ -18%
Health Management Network PPO $1,779.20 ↓ -18%
Provider Select PPO $1,779.20 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart PPO $1,779.20 ↓ -18%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $1,890.40 ↓ -13%
United Healthcare All Payer $2,050.00 ↓ -6%
MCT Credit Union All Plans $2,144.00 ↓ -2%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $2,251.00 ↑ +3%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $3,111.35 ↑ +43%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $3,485.80 ↑ +60%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $3,485.80 ↑ +60%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $3,873.87 ↑ +78%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $4,118.96 ↑ +89%

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