Puncture aspiration abscess/hematoma/bulla/cyst 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

$1,080.75

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.

$3,275.00

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.

$65.47 with United Healthcare vs $10,721.00 with Five Point Credit Union — 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 $65.47 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Star Kid KM $65.47 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Chip KM $65.47 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $65.47 ↓ -94%
Superior Foster Care KM $67.83 ↓ -94%
Superior Star KM $67.83 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice Chip KM $67.83 ↓ -94%
Superior Chip KM $67.83 ↓ -94%
Superior Star Plus KM $67.83 ↓ -94%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $71.22 ↓ -93%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $71.22 ↓ -93%
Amerigroup Star KM $71.22 ↓ -93%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $71.22 ↓ -93%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Kids KM $71.22 ↓ -93%
Amerigroup Chip KM $71.22 ↓ -93%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $71.22 ↓ -93%
Molina Chip KM $71.22 ↓ -93%
Molina Star Plus KM $71.22 ↓ -93%
Molina Star KM $71.22 ↓ -93%
Community Health Choice Star KM $71.90 ↓ -93%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $115.88 ↓ -89%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $115.88 ↓ -89%
Cigna New Business $122.00 ↓ -89%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $128.39 ↓ -88%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $137.56 ↓ -87%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $142.56 ↓ -87%
Cigna PPO $159.00 ↓ -85%
Humana Choicecare $217.00 ↓ -80%
Triwest VA MM $400.18 ↓ -63%
Humana Gold Choice MM $400.18 ↓ -63%
United Healthcare MM $400.18 ↓ -63%
Aetna MM $400.18 ↓ -63%
Coventry First Health MM $400.18 ↓ -63%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $400.18 ↓ -63%
Community Health Choice Dual MM $400.18 ↓ -63%
Allwell Superior Health MM $400.18 ↓ -63%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $400.18 ↓ -63%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $400.18 ↓ -63%
Wellcare MM $400.18 ↓ -63%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $400.18 ↓ -63%
Texas Healthspring MM $400.18 ↓ -63%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $412.19 ↓ -62%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $412.19 ↓ -62%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $420.19 ↓ -61%
US Imaging Network PPO $428.19 ↓ -60%
Devoted Health Plan MM $432.19 ↓ -60%
Amerigroup MM $432.19 ↓ -60%
Imperial Health Plan MM $440.20 ↓ -59%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $440.20 ↓ -59%
ProCare Advantage MM $440.20 ↓ -59%
Christus Health HIX $560.25 ↓ -48%
United Healthcare HIX $599.00 ↓ -45%
ADV Cardiovas Specialist MM $800.36 ↓ -26%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $800.36 ↓ -26%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $980.50 ↓ -9%
Healthcare Highways PPO $980.50 ↓ -9%
Verity HealthNet PPO $1,176.60 ↑ +9%
First Health PPO $1,274.65 ↑ +18%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $1,274.65 ↑ +18%
Phcs PPO $1,274.65 ↑ +18%
Multiplan PPO $1,274.65 ↑ +18%
United Healthcare All Payer $1,338.00 ↑ +24%
Provider Select PPO $1,568.80 ↑ +45%
Beech Street PPO $1,568.80 ↑ +45%
Health Management Network PPO $1,568.80 ↑ +45%
HealthSmart PPO $1,568.80 ↑ +45%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $1,666.85 ↑ +54%
Aetna New Business $1,741.00 ↑ +61%
Aetna HMO $1,934.00 ↑ +79%
Aetna POS $1,934.00 ↑ +79%
Aetna PPO $1,934.00 ↑ +79%
Aetna EPO $1,934.00 ↑ +79%
MCT Credit Union All Plans $3,829.00 ↑ +254%
Partners Direct Health PPO $4,989.00 ↑ +362%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $10,721.00 ↑ +892%

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