Platelet automated 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

$72.60

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.

$220.00

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.

$2.24 with Texas Healthspring vs $176.80 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 $2.24 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare HIX $4.03 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare All Payer $4.03 ↓ -94%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $4.48 ↓ -94%
Triwest VA MM $4.48 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare MM $4.48 ↓ -94%
Wellcare MM $4.48 ↓ -94%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $4.48 ↓ -94%
Humana Gold Choice MM $4.48 ↓ -94%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $4.48 ↓ -94%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $4.48 ↓ -94%
Allwell Superior Health MM $4.48 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice Dual MM $4.48 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice Chip KM $4.48 ↓ -94%
Aetna MM $4.48 ↓ -94%
Superior Star KM $4.48 ↓ -94%
Superior Foster Care KM $4.48 ↓ -94%
Coventry First Health MM $4.48 ↓ -94%
Superior Star Plus KM $4.48 ↓ -94%
Superior Chip KM $4.48 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $4.50 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Chip KM $4.50 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Star KM $4.50 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Star Kid KM $4.50 ↓ -94%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $4.61 ↓ -94%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $4.61 ↓ -94%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $4.70 ↓ -94%
Amerigroup Chip KM $4.70 ↓ -94%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $4.70 ↓ -94%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $4.70 ↓ -94%
Amerigroup Star KM $4.70 ↓ -94%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $4.70 ↓ -94%
Molina Chip KM $4.70 ↓ -94%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $4.70 ↓ -94%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Kids KM $4.70 ↓ -94%
Molina Star Plus KM $4.70 ↓ -94%
Molina Star KM $4.70 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice Star KM $4.75 ↓ -93%
US Imaging Network PPO $4.79 ↓ -93%
Devoted Health Plan MM $4.84 ↓ -93%
Amerigroup MM $4.84 ↓ -93%
Imperial Health Plan MM $4.93 ↓ -93%
ProCare Advantage MM $4.93 ↓ -93%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $4.93 ↓ -93%
Christus Health HIX $6.27 ↓ -91%
Partners Direct Health PPO $8.06 ↓ -89%
ADV Cardiovas Specialist MM $8.96 ↓ -88%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $8.96 ↓ -88%
Humana Choicecare $14.12 ↓ -81%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $17.25 ↓ -76%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $19.31 ↓ -73%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $19.31 ↓ -73%
Cigna New Business $20.68 ↓ -72%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $21.46 ↓ -70%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $22.85 ↓ -69%
Cigna PPO $26.46 ↓ -64%
Healthcare Highways PPO $93.60 ↑ +29%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $104.00 ↑ +43%
Verity HealthNet PPO $124.80 ↑ +72%
Aetna New Business $128.96 ↑ +78%
Multiplan PPO $135.20 ↑ +86%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $135.20 ↑ +86%
First Health PPO $135.20 ↑ +86%
Phcs PPO $135.20 ↑ +86%
Aetna HMO $143.52 ↑ +98%
Aetna EPO $143.52 ↑ +98%
Aetna POS $143.52 ↑ +98%
Aetna PPO $143.52 ↑ +98%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $145.60 ↑ +101%
MCT Credit Union All Plans $145.60 ↑ +101%
Health Management Network PPO $166.40 ↑ +129%
Provider Select PPO $166.40 ↑ +129%
Beech Street PPO $166.40 ↑ +129%
HealthSmart PPO $166.40 ↑ +129%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $176.80 ↑ +144%

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