Pretreat rbc absorption reference 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

$460.35

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.

$1,395.00

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.

$29.75 with Texas Healthspring vs $1,185.75 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 $29.75 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare All Payer $52.45 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare HIX $52.45 ↓ -89%
Humana Gold Choice MM $59.50 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice Dual MM $59.50 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare MM $59.50 ↓ -87%
Coventry First Health MM $59.50 ↓ -87%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $59.50 ↓ -87%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $59.50 ↓ -87%
Triwest VA MM $59.50 ↓ -87%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $59.50 ↓ -87%
Wellcare MM $59.50 ↓ -87%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $59.50 ↓ -87%
Aetna MM $59.50 ↓ -87%
Allwell Superior Health MM $59.50 ↓ -87%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $61.29 ↓ -87%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $61.29 ↓ -87%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $62.48 ↓ -86%
US Imaging Network PPO $63.67 ↓ -86%
Devoted Health Plan MM $64.26 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MM $64.26 ↓ -86%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $65.45 ↓ -86%
ProCare Advantage MM $65.45 ↓ -86%
Imperial Health Plan MM $65.45 ↓ -86%
Humana Choicecare $73.62 ↓ -84%
Christus Health HIX $83.30 ↓ -82%
Cigna New Business $116.69 ↓ -75%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $119.00 ↓ -74%
ADV Cardiovas Specialist MM $119.00 ↓ -74%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $128.71 ↓ -72%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $139.50 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare Chip KM $139.50 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare Star KM $139.50 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare Star Kid KM $139.50 ↓ -70%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $144.08 ↓ -69%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $144.08 ↓ -69%
Cigna PPO $149.33 ↓ -68%
Superior Star KM $153.45 ↓ -67%
Community Health Choice Chip KM $153.45 ↓ -67%
Superior Foster Care KM $153.45 ↓ -67%
Superior Chip KM $153.45 ↓ -67%
Superior Star Plus KM $153.45 ↓ -67%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $160.13 ↓ -65%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $167.40 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Chip KM $167.40 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $167.40 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star KM $167.40 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $167.40 ↓ -64%
Community Health Choice Star KM $167.40 ↓ -64%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Kids KM $167.40 ↓ -64%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $167.40 ↓ -64%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $170.49 ↓ -63%
Molina Chip KM $418.50 ↓ -9%
Molina Star KM $418.50 ↓ -9%
Molina Star Plus KM $418.50 ↓ -9%
Healthcare Highways PPO $627.75 ↑ +36%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $697.50 ↑ +52%
Verity HealthNet PPO $837.00 ↑ +82%
Multiplan PPO $906.75 ↑ +97%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $906.75 ↑ +97%
First Health PPO $906.75 ↑ +97%
Phcs PPO $906.75 ↑ +97%
Aetna POS $962.55 ↑ +109%
Aetna PPO $962.55 ↑ +109%
Aetna EPO $962.55 ↑ +109%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $976.50 ↑ +112%
MCT Credit Union All Plans $976.50 ↑ +112%
Partners Direct Health PPO $976.50 ↑ +112%
Health Management Network PPO $1,116.00 ↑ +142%
Beech Street PPO $1,116.00 ↑ +142%
Provider Select PPO $1,116.00 ↑ +142%
HealthSmart PPO $1,116.00 ↑ +142%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $1,185.75 ↑ +158%

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