Potassium serum/plasma/whole 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

$88.44

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.

$268.00

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.

$2.38 with Texas Healthspring vs $103.70 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 $2.38 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare HIX $4.28 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare All Payer $4.28 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Star Kid KM $4.63 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $4.63 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Chip KM $4.63 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Star KM $4.63 ↓ -95%
Wellcare MM $4.76 ↓ -95%
Humana Gold Choice MM $4.76 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare MM $4.76 ↓ -95%
Aetna MM $4.76 ↓ -95%
Coventry First Health MM $4.76 ↓ -95%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $4.76 ↓ -95%
Superior Chip KM $4.76 ↓ -95%
Superior Star Plus KM $4.76 ↓ -95%
Superior Foster Care KM $4.76 ↓ -95%
Superior Star KM $4.76 ↓ -95%
Community Health Choice Chip KM $4.76 ↓ -95%
Community Health Choice Dual MM $4.76 ↓ -95%
Allwell Superior Health MM $4.76 ↓ -95%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $4.76 ↓ -95%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $4.76 ↓ -95%
Triwest VA MM $4.76 ↓ -95%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $4.76 ↓ -95%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $4.90 ↓ -94%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $4.90 ↓ -94%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $5.00 ↓ -94%
Amerigroup Star KM $5.00 ↓ -94%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $5.00 ↓ -94%
Molina Star KM $5.00 ↓ -94%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $5.00 ↓ -94%
Amerigroup Chip KM $5.00 ↓ -94%
Molina Star Plus KM $5.00 ↓ -94%
Molina Chip KM $5.00 ↓ -94%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Kids KM $5.00 ↓ -94%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $5.00 ↓ -94%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $5.00 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice Star KM $5.05 ↓ -94%
US Imaging Network PPO $5.09 ↓ -94%
Devoted Health Plan MM $5.14 ↓ -94%
Amerigroup MM $5.14 ↓ -94%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $5.24 ↓ -94%
ProCare Advantage MM $5.24 ↓ -94%
Imperial Health Plan MM $5.24 ↓ -94%
Christus Health HIX $6.66 ↓ -92%
Partners Direct Health PPO $8.57 ↓ -90%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $9.52 ↓ -89%
ADV Cardiovas Specialist MM $9.52 ↓ -89%
Humana Choicecare $14.51 ↓ -84%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $18.33 ↓ -79%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $20.52 ↓ -77%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $20.52 ↓ -77%
Cigna New Business $21.89 ↓ -75%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $22.80 ↓ -74%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $24.28 ↓ -73%
Cigna PPO $28.01 ↓ -68%
Healthcare Highways PPO $54.90 ↓ -38%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $61.00 ↓ -31%
Verity HealthNet PPO $73.20 ↓ -17%
First Health PPO $79.30 ↓ -10%
Phcs PPO $79.30 ↓ -10%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $79.30 ↓ -10%
Multiplan PPO $79.30 ↓ -10%
Aetna PPO $84.18 ↓ -5%
Aetna EPO $84.18 ↓ -5%
Aetna POS $84.18 ↓ -5%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $85.40 ↓ -3%
MCT Credit Union All Plans $85.40 ↓ -3%
Health Management Network PPO $97.60 ↑ +10%
Provider Select PPO $97.60 ↑ +10%
HealthSmart PPO $97.60 ↑ +10%
Beech Street PPO $97.60 ↑ +10%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $103.70 ↑ +17%

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