Parathyroid planar imaging 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

$1,149.06

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.

$3,482.00

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.

$201.24 with Texas Healthspring vs $2,959.70 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 $201.24 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $287.69 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare Chip KM $287.69 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare Star Kid KM $287.69 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare Star KM $287.69 ↓ -75%
Wellcare MM $402.48 ↓ -65%
Humana Gold Choice MM $402.48 ↓ -65%
United Healthcare MM $402.48 ↓ -65%
Aetna MM $402.48 ↓ -65%
Coventry First Health MM $402.48 ↓ -65%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $402.48 ↓ -65%
Community Health Choice Dual MM $402.48 ↓ -65%
Allwell Superior Health MM $402.48 ↓ -65%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $402.48 ↓ -65%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $402.48 ↓ -65%
Triwest VA MM $402.48 ↓ -65%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $402.48 ↓ -65%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $414.55 ↓ -64%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $414.55 ↓ -64%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $422.60 ↓ -63%
US Imaging Network PPO $430.65 ↓ -63%
Devoted Health Plan MM $434.68 ↓ -62%
Amerigroup MM $434.68 ↓ -62%
Imperial Health Plan MM $442.73 ↓ -61%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $442.73 ↓ -61%
ProCare Advantage MM $442.73 ↓ -61%
United Healthcare HIX $477.00 ↓ -58%
Superior Chip KM $489.74 ↓ -57%
Superior Star Plus KM $489.74 ↓ -57%
Superior Foster Care KM $489.74 ↓ -57%
Superior Star KM $489.74 ↓ -57%
Community Health Choice Chip KM $489.74 ↓ -57%
Amerigroup Star KM $514.23 ↓ -55%
Molina Chip KM $514.23 ↓ -55%
Molina Star Plus KM $514.23 ↓ -55%
Molina Star KM $514.23 ↓ -55%
Amerigroup Chip KM $514.23 ↓ -55%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $514.23 ↓ -55%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $514.23 ↓ -55%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $514.23 ↓ -55%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $514.23 ↓ -55%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Kids KM $514.23 ↓ -55%
Community Health Choice Star KM $519.12 ↓ -55%
Christus Health HIX $563.47 ↓ -51%
Humana Choicecare $677.28 ↓ -41%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $778.44 ↓ -32%
ADV Cardiovas Specialist MM $804.96 ↓ -30%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $804.96 ↓ -30%
Cigna New Business $930.96 ↓ -19%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $1,091.97 ↓ -5%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $1,091.97 ↓ -5%
Cigna PPO $1,191.37 ↑ +4%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $1,213.60 ↑ +6%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $1,289.28 ↑ +12%
United Healthcare All Payer $1,370.00 ↑ +19%
Healthcare Highways PPO $1,566.90 ↑ +36%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $1,741.00 ↑ +52%
Verity HealthNet PPO $2,089.20 ↑ +82%
Aetna New Business $2,158.84 ↑ +88%
Phcs PPO $2,263.30 ↑ +97%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $2,263.30 ↑ +97%
First Health PPO $2,263.30 ↑ +97%
Multiplan PPO $2,263.30 ↑ +97%
Aetna HMO $2,402.58 ↑ +109%
Aetna PPO $2,402.58 ↑ +109%
Aetna POS $2,402.58 ↑ +109%
Aetna EPO $2,402.58 ↑ +109%
Partners Direct Health PPO $2,437.40 ↑ +112%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $2,437.40 ↑ +112%
MCT Credit Union All Plans $2,437.40 ↑ +112%
Health Management Network PPO $2,785.60 ↑ +142%
Provider Select PPO $2,785.60 ↑ +142%
Beech Street PPO $2,785.60 ↑ +142%
HealthSmart PPO $2,785.60 ↑ +142%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $2,959.70 ↑ +158%

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