Ph body fluid 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

$49.17

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.

$149.00

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.

$1.79 with Texas Healthspring vs $100.30 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 $1.79 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare HIX $3.22 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare All Payer $3.22 ↓ -93%
Superior Chip KM $3.58 ↓ -93%
Triwest VA MM $3.58 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare MM $3.58 ↓ -93%
Wellcare MM $3.58 ↓ -93%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $3.58 ↓ -93%
Humana Gold Choice MM $3.58 ↓ -93%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $3.58 ↓ -93%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $3.58 ↓ -93%
Allwell Superior Health MM $3.58 ↓ -93%
Community Health Choice Dual MM $3.58 ↓ -93%
Aetna MM $3.58 ↓ -93%
Coventry First Health MM $3.58 ↓ -93%
Community Health Choice Chip KM $3.58 ↓ -93%
Superior Foster Care KM $3.58 ↓ -93%
Superior Star KM $3.58 ↓ -93%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $3.58 ↓ -93%
Superior Star Plus KM $3.58 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $3.61 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Chip KM $3.61 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Star KM $3.61 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Star Kid KM $3.61 ↓ -93%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $3.69 ↓ -92%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $3.69 ↓ -92%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $3.76 ↓ -92%
Amerigroup Star KM $3.76 ↓ -92%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $3.76 ↓ -92%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $3.76 ↓ -92%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $3.76 ↓ -92%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Kids KM $3.76 ↓ -92%
Amerigroup Chip KM $3.76 ↓ -92%
Molina Star KM $3.76 ↓ -92%
Molina Star Plus KM $3.76 ↓ -92%
Molina Chip KM $3.76 ↓ -92%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $3.76 ↓ -92%
Community Health Choice Star KM $3.79 ↓ -92%
US Imaging Network PPO $3.83 ↓ -92%
Devoted Health Plan MM $3.87 ↓ -92%
Amerigroup MM $3.87 ↓ -92%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $3.94 ↓ -92%
Imperial Health Plan MM $3.94 ↓ -92%
ProCare Advantage MM $3.94 ↓ -92%
Christus Health HIX $5.01 ↓ -90%
Partners Direct Health PPO $6.44 ↓ -87%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $7.16 ↓ -85%
ADV Cardiovas Specialist MM $7.16 ↓ -85%
Humana Choicecare $11.29 ↓ -77%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $13.78 ↓ -72%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $15.43 ↓ -69%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $15.43 ↓ -69%
Cigna New Business $17.02 ↓ -65%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $17.15 ↓ -65%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $18.26 ↓ -63%
Cigna PPO $21.78 ↓ -56%
Healthcare Highways PPO $53.10 ↑ +8%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $59.00 ↑ +20%
Verity HealthNet PPO $70.80 ↑ +44%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $76.70 ↑ +56%
Phcs PPO $76.70 ↑ +56%
Multiplan PPO $76.70 ↑ +56%
First Health PPO $76.70 ↑ +56%
Aetna PPO $81.42 ↑ +66%
Aetna EPO $81.42 ↑ +66%
Aetna POS $81.42 ↑ +66%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $82.60 ↑ +68%
MCT Credit Union All Plans $82.60 ↑ +68%
Beech Street PPO $94.40 ↑ +92%
Provider Select PPO $94.40 ↑ +92%
HealthSmart PPO $94.40 ↑ +92%
Health Management Network PPO $94.40 ↑ +92%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $100.30 ↑ +104%

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