Removal of foreign body 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

$3,899.28

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.

$11,816.00

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.

$815.20 with Superior vs $12,147.00 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 $815.20 ↓ -79%
Superior Foster Care KM $815.20 ↓ -79%
Superior Chip KM $815.20 ↓ -79%
Superior Star KM $815.20 ↓ -79%
Community Health Choice Chip KM $815.20 ↓ -79%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $855.96 ↓ -78%
Molina Chip KM $855.96 ↓ -78%
Molina Star Plus KM $855.96 ↓ -78%
Molina Star KM $855.96 ↓ -78%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $855.96 ↓ -78%
Amerigroup Chip KM $855.96 ↓ -78%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Kids KM $855.96 ↓ -78%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $855.96 ↓ -78%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $855.96 ↓ -78%
Amerigroup Star KM $855.96 ↓ -78%
Community Health Choice Star KM $864.11 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Star Kid KM $889.55 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Star KM $889.55 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $889.55 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Chip KM $889.55 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare HIX $2,831.00 ↓ -27%
Triwest VA MM $2,866.69 ↓ -26%
Humana Gold Choice MM $2,866.69 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare MM $2,866.69 ↓ -26%
Aetna MM $2,866.69 ↓ -26%
Coventry First Health MM $2,866.69 ↓ -26%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $2,866.69 ↓ -26%
Community Health Choice Dual MM $2,866.69 ↓ -26%
Allwell Superior Health MM $2,866.69 ↓ -26%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $2,866.69 ↓ -26%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $2,866.69 ↓ -26%
Wellcare MM $2,866.69 ↓ -26%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $2,866.69 ↓ -26%
Texas Healthspring MM $2,866.69 ↓ -26%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $2,952.69 ↓ -24%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $2,952.69 ↓ -24%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $3,010.02 ↓ -23%
US Imaging Network PPO $3,067.36 ↓ -21%
Devoted Health Plan MM $3,096.03 ↓ -21%
Amerigroup MM $3,096.03 ↓ -21%
ProCare Advantage MM $3,153.36 ↓ -19%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $3,153.36 ↓ -19%
Imperial Health Plan MM $3,153.36 ↓ -19%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $3,223.26 ↓ -17%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $3,223.26 ↓ -17%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $3,571.09 ↓ -8%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $3,826.17 ↓ -2%
MCT Credit Union All Plans $3,829.00 ↓ -2%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $3,965.30 ↑ +2%
Christus Health HIX $4,013.37 ↑ +3%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $4,020.00 ↑ +3%
Aetna New Business $4,075.00 ↑ +5%
Aetna POS $4,527.00 ↑ +16%
Aetna PPO $4,527.00 ↑ +16%
Aetna EPO $4,527.00 ↑ +16%
Aetna HMO $4,527.00 ↑ +16%
Healthcare Highways PPO $4,543.00 ↑ +17%
Humana Choicecare $4,555.00 ↑ +17%
Partners Direct Health PPO $4,989.00 ↑ +28%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $5,733.38 ↑ +47%
ADV Cardiovas Specialist MM $5,733.38 ↑ +47%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $5,908.00 ↑ +52%
United Healthcare All Payer $6,327.00 ↑ +62%
Verity HealthNet PPO $7,089.60 ↑ +82%
Phcs PPO $7,680.40 ↑ +97%
Multiplan PPO $7,680.40 ↑ +97%
First Health PPO $7,680.40 ↑ +97%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $7,680.40 ↑ +97%
Cigna New Business $9,411.00 ↑ +141%
Beech Street PPO $9,452.80 ↑ +142%
Provider Select PPO $9,452.80 ↑ +142%
Health Management Network PPO $9,452.80 ↑ +142%
HealthSmart PPO $9,452.80 ↑ +142%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $10,043.60 ↑ +158%
Cigna PPO $12,147.00 ↑ +212%

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