Pr tube thoracostomy w/connection to drainage open 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

$1,933.14

Cash price

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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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$5,858.00

Gross charge

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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.

$350.70 with United Healthcare vs $5,088.00 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
United Healthcare Star KM $350.70 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Star Kid KM $350.70 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Chip KM $350.70 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $350.70 ↓ -82%
Superior Foster Care KM $385.77 ↓ -80%
Superior Chip KM $385.77 ↓ -80%
Community Health Choice Chip KM $385.77 ↓ -80%
Superior Star KM $385.77 ↓ -80%
Superior Star Plus KM $385.77 ↓ -80%
Amerigroup Star KM $420.84 ↓ -78%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $420.84 ↓ -78%
Amerigroup Chip KM $420.84 ↓ -78%
Community Health Choice Star KM $420.84 ↓ -78%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $420.84 ↓ -78%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Kids KM $420.84 ↓ -78%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $420.84 ↓ -78%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $420.84 ↓ -78%
Molina Chip KM $1,052.10 ↓ -46%
Molina Star KM $1,052.10 ↓ -46%
Molina Star Plus KM $1,052.10 ↓ -46%
United Healthcare HIX $1,068.00 ↓ -45%
Triwest VA MM $1,555.96 ↓ -20%
Humana Gold Choice MM $1,555.96 ↓ -20%
United Healthcare MM $1,555.96 ↓ -20%
Aetna MM $1,555.96 ↓ -20%
Coventry First Health MM $1,555.96 ↓ -20%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $1,555.96 ↓ -20%
Community Health Choice Dual MM $1,555.96 ↓ -20%
Allwell Superior Health MM $1,555.96 ↓ -20%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $1,555.96 ↓ -20%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $1,555.96 ↓ -20%
Wellcare MM $1,555.96 ↓ -20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $1,555.96 ↓ -20%
Texas Healthspring MM $1,555.96 ↓ -20%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $1,602.64 ↓ -17%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $1,602.64 ↓ -17%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $1,633.76 ↓ -15%
US Imaging Network PPO $1,664.88 ↓ -14%
Amerigroup MM $1,680.44 ↓ -13%
Devoted Health Plan MM $1,680.44 ↓ -13%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $1,711.56 ↓ -11%
Imperial Health Plan MM $1,711.56 ↓ -11%
ProCare Advantage MM $1,711.56 ↓ -11%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $1,753.50 ↓ -9%
Aetna New Business $1,935.00 ↑ +0%
Verity HealthNet PPO $2,104.20 ↑ +9%
Aetna HMO $2,151.00 ↑ +11%
Aetna POS $2,151.00 ↑ +11%
Aetna PPO $2,151.00 ↑ +11%
Aetna EPO $2,151.00 ↑ +11%
Christus Health HIX $2,178.34 ↑ +13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $2,267.27 ↑ +17%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $2,267.27 ↑ +17%
Multiplan PPO $2,279.55 ↑ +18%
Phcs PPO $2,279.55 ↑ +18%
First Health PPO $2,279.55 ↑ +18%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $2,279.55 ↑ +18%
Humana Choicecare $2,336.00 ↑ +21%
United Healthcare All Payer $2,387.00 ↑ +23%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $2,511.94 ↑ +30%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $2,691.36 ↑ +39%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $2,789.23 ↑ +44%
HealthSmart PPO $2,805.60 ↑ +45%
Provider Select PPO $2,805.60 ↑ +45%
Beech Street PPO $2,805.60 ↑ +45%
Health Management Network PPO $2,805.60 ↑ +45%
Healthcare Highways PPO $2,963.00 ↑ +53%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $2,980.95 ↑ +54%
ADV Cardiovas Specialist MM $3,111.92 ↑ +61%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $3,111.92 ↑ +61%
MCT Credit Union All Plans $3,829.00 ↑ +98%
Cigna New Business $3,941.00 ↑ +104%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $4,020.00 ↑ +108%
Partners Direct Health PPO $4,989.00 ↑ +158%
Cigna PPO $5,088.00 ↑ +163%

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