Myelogphy 2/> spine regions 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

$1,026.30

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.

$3,110.00

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.

$120.95 with United Healthcare vs $3,247.51 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
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $120.95 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Star KM $120.95 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Star Kid KM $120.95 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Chip KM $120.95 ↓ -88%
Cigna New Business $205.38 ↓ -80%
Cigna PPO $262.83 ↓ -74%
Humana Choicecare $282.97 ↓ -72%
Texas Healthspring MM $395.67 ↓ -61%
United Healthcare HIX $621.60 ↓ -39%
Wellcare MM $791.34 ↓ -23%
Humana Gold Choice MM $791.34 ↓ -23%
United Healthcare MM $791.34 ↓ -23%
Aetna MM $791.34 ↓ -23%
Coventry First Health MM $791.34 ↓ -23%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $791.34 ↓ -23%
Community Health Choice Dual MM $791.34 ↓ -23%
Allwell Superior Health MM $791.34 ↓ -23%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $791.34 ↓ -23%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $791.34 ↓ -23%
Triwest VA MM $791.34 ↓ -23%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $791.34 ↓ -23%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $815.08 ↓ -21%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $815.08 ↓ -21%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $830.91 ↓ -19%
US Imaging Network PPO $846.73 ↓ -17%
Devoted Health Plan MM $854.65 ↓ -17%
Amerigroup MM $854.65 ↓ -17%
United Healthcare All Payer $870.24 ↓ -15%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $870.47 ↓ -15%
Imperial Health Plan MM $870.47 ↓ -15%
ProCare Advantage MM $870.47 ↓ -15%
Healthcare Highways PPO $932.40 ↓ -9%
Superior Star KM $933.35 ↓ -9%
Superior Foster Care KM $933.35 ↓ -9%
Superior Star Plus KM $933.35 ↓ -9%
Superior Chip KM $933.35 ↓ -9%
Community Health Choice Chip KM $933.35 ↓ -9%
Molina Chip KM $980.02 ↓ -5%
Molina Star Plus KM $980.02 ↓ -5%
Molina Star KM $980.02 ↓ -5%
Amerigroup Chip KM $980.02 ↓ -5%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $980.02 ↓ -5%
Amerigroup Star KM $980.02 ↓ -5%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $980.02 ↓ -5%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $980.02 ↓ -5%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $980.02 ↓ -5%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Kids KM $980.02 ↓ -5%
Community Health Choice Star KM $989.35 ↓ -4%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $1,036.00 ↑ +1%
Christus Health HIX $1,107.88 ↑ +8%
Verity HealthNet PPO $1,243.20 ↑ +21%
Aetna New Business $1,284.64 ↑ +25%
First Health PPO $1,346.80 ↑ +31%
Multiplan PPO $1,346.80 ↑ +31%
Phcs PPO $1,346.80 ↑ +31%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $1,346.80 ↑ +31%
Aetna EPO $1,429.68 ↑ +39%
Aetna POS $1,429.68 ↑ +39%
Aetna HMO $1,429.68 ↑ +39%
Aetna PPO $1,429.68 ↑ +39%
Partners Direct Health PPO $1,450.40 ↑ +41%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $1,450.40 ↑ +41%
MCT Credit Union All Plans $1,450.40 ↑ +41%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $1,582.68 ↑ +54%
ADV Cardiovas Specialist MM $1,582.68 ↑ +54%
HealthSmart PPO $1,657.60 ↑ +62%
Provider Select PPO $1,657.60 ↑ +62%
Health Management Network PPO $1,657.60 ↑ +62%
Beech Street PPO $1,657.60 ↑ +62%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $1,761.20 ↑ +72%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $1,960.76 ↑ +91%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $2,750.51 ↑ +168%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $2,750.51 ↑ +168%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $3,056.88 ↑ +198%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $3,247.51 ↑ +216%

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