Pq vrtbrplst 1 bdy inj crv-thr w/img ini 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

$2,188.56

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.

$6,632.00

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.

$1,088.27 with Superior vs $16,353.00 with Cigna — 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
Superior Star Plus KM $1,088.27 ↓ -50%
Superior Chip KM $1,088.27 ↓ -50%
Community Health Choice Chip KM $1,088.27 ↓ -50%
Superior Star KM $1,088.27 ↓ -50%
Superior Foster Care KM $1,088.27 ↓ -50%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $1,142.68 ↓ -48%
Molina Star Plus KM $1,142.68 ↓ -48%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $1,142.68 ↓ -48%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Kids KM $1,142.68 ↓ -48%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $1,142.68 ↓ -48%
Molina Star KM $1,142.68 ↓ -48%
Molina Chip KM $1,142.68 ↓ -48%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $1,142.68 ↓ -48%
Amerigroup Chip KM $1,142.68 ↓ -48%
Amerigroup Star KM $1,142.68 ↓ -48%
Community Health Choice Star KM $1,153.57 ↓ -47%
United Healthcare Star Kid KM $1,158.53 ↓ -47%
United Healthcare Chip KM $1,158.53 ↓ -47%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $1,158.53 ↓ -47%
United Healthcare Star KM $1,158.53 ↓ -47%
Aetna New Business $2,647.00 ↑ +21%
Aetna EPO $2,942.00 ↑ +34%
Aetna POS $2,942.00 ↑ +34%
Aetna PPO $2,942.00 ↑ +34%
Aetna HMO $2,942.00 ↑ +34%
Triwest VA MM $3,249.87 ↑ +48%
Humana Gold Choice MM $3,249.87 ↑ +48%
United Healthcare MM $3,249.87 ↑ +48%
Aetna MM $3,249.87 ↑ +48%
Coventry First Health MM $3,249.87 ↑ +48%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $3,249.87 ↑ +48%
Community Health Choice Dual MM $3,249.87 ↑ +48%
Allwell Superior Health MM $3,249.87 ↑ +48%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $3,249.87 ↑ +48%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $3,249.87 ↑ +48%
Wellcare MM $3,249.87 ↑ +48%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $3,249.87 ↑ +48%
Texas Healthspring MM $3,249.87 ↑ +48%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $3,316.00 ↑ +52%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $3,347.37 ↑ +53%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $3,347.37 ↑ +53%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $3,412.36 ↑ +56%
US Imaging Network PPO $3,477.36 ↑ +59%
Amerigroup MM $3,509.86 ↑ +60%
Devoted Health Plan MM $3,509.86 ↑ +60%
Imperial Health Plan MM $3,574.86 ↑ +63%
ProCare Advantage MM $3,574.86 ↑ +63%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $3,574.86 ↑ +63%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $3,805.06 ↑ +74%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $3,805.06 ↑ +74%
MCT Credit Union All Plans $3,829.00 ↑ +75%
Verity HealthNet PPO $3,979.20 ↑ +82%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $4,020.00 ↑ +84%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $4,215.67 ↑ +93%
Phcs PPO $4,310.80 ↑ +97%
Multiplan PPO $4,310.80 ↑ +97%
First Health PPO $4,310.80 ↑ +97%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $4,310.80 ↑ +97%
United Healthcare HIX $4,325.00 ↑ +98%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $4,516.79 ↑ +106%
Christus Health HIX $4,549.82 ↑ +108%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $4,681.04 ↑ +114%
Healthcare Highways PPO $4,773.00 ↑ +118%
Partners Direct Health PPO $4,989.00 ↑ +128%
HealthSmart PPO $5,305.60 ↑ +142%
Provider Select PPO $5,305.60 ↑ +142%
Health Management Network PPO $5,305.60 ↑ +142%
Beech Street PPO $5,305.60 ↑ +142%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $5,637.20 ↑ +158%
Humana Choicecare $5,865.00 ↑ +168%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $6,499.74 ↑ +197%
ADV Cardiovas Specialist MM $6,499.74 ↑ +197%
United Healthcare All Payer $9,668.00 ↑ +342%
Cigna New Business $12,667.00 ↑ +479%
Cigna PPO $16,353.00 ↑ +647%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $4,562.22 $85.00 – $8,649.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $4,562.22 $1,088.27 – $8,018.48
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $4,896.31 $71.00 – $8,649.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $4,236.34 $1,088.27 – $8,018.48

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