Osmolality blood 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

$89.43

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.

$271.00

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.

$3.31 with Texas Healthspring vs $226.10 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 $3.31 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare HIX $5.95 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare All Payer $5.95 ↓ -93%
Superior Chip KM $6.61 ↓ -93%
Triwest VA MM $6.61 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare MM $6.61 ↓ -93%
Wellcare MM $6.61 ↓ -93%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $6.61 ↓ -93%
Humana Gold Choice MM $6.61 ↓ -93%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $6.61 ↓ -93%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $6.61 ↓ -93%
Allwell Superior Health MM $6.61 ↓ -93%
Community Health Choice Dual MM $6.61 ↓ -93%
Aetna MM $6.61 ↓ -93%
Coventry First Health MM $6.61 ↓ -93%
Community Health Choice Chip KM $6.61 ↓ -93%
Superior Foster Care KM $6.61 ↓ -93%
Superior Star KM $6.61 ↓ -93%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $6.61 ↓ -93%
Superior Star Plus KM $6.61 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $6.66 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Chip KM $6.66 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Star KM $6.66 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Star Kid KM $6.66 ↓ -93%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $6.81 ↓ -92%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $6.81 ↓ -92%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $6.94 ↓ -92%
Amerigroup Star KM $6.94 ↓ -92%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $6.94 ↓ -92%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $6.94 ↓ -92%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $6.94 ↓ -92%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Kids KM $6.94 ↓ -92%
Amerigroup Chip KM $6.94 ↓ -92%
Molina Star KM $6.94 ↓ -92%
Molina Star Plus KM $6.94 ↓ -92%
Molina Chip KM $6.94 ↓ -92%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $6.94 ↓ -92%
Community Health Choice Star KM $7.01 ↓ -92%
US Imaging Network PPO $7.07 ↓ -92%
Devoted Health Plan MM $7.14 ↓ -92%
Amerigroup MM $7.14 ↓ -92%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $7.27 ↓ -92%
Imperial Health Plan MM $7.27 ↓ -92%
ProCare Advantage MM $7.27 ↓ -92%
Christus Health HIX $9.25 ↓ -90%
Partners Direct Health PPO $11.90 ↓ -87%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $13.22 ↓ -85%
ADV Cardiovas Specialist MM $13.22 ↓ -85%
Humana Choicecare $15.55 ↓ -83%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $25.45 ↓ -72%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $28.49 ↓ -68%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $28.49 ↓ -68%
Cigna New Business $30.38 ↓ -66%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $31.66 ↓ -65%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $33.71 ↓ -62%
Cigna PPO $38.88 ↓ -57%
Healthcare Highways PPO $119.70 ↑ +34%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $133.00 ↑ +49%
Verity HealthNet PPO $159.60 ↑ +78%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $172.90 ↑ +93%
Phcs PPO $172.90 ↑ +93%
Multiplan PPO $172.90 ↑ +93%
First Health PPO $172.90 ↑ +93%
Aetna PPO $183.54 ↑ +105%
Aetna EPO $183.54 ↑ +105%
Aetna POS $183.54 ↑ +105%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $186.20 ↑ +108%
MCT Credit Union All Plans $186.20 ↑ +108%
Beech Street PPO $212.80 ↑ +138%
Provider Select PPO $212.80 ↑ +138%
HealthSmart PPO $212.80 ↑ +138%
Health Management Network PPO $212.80 ↑ +138%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $226.10 ↑ +153%

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