Scr c/v cyto,thinlayer,rescr at CHRISTUS Health - West Beaumont
6025 Metropolitan Drive, Beaumont, TX · Christushealth · · NPI 1679557888
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Cash price 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.
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Gross charge 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.
$23.84 with United Healthcare vs $157.15 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| United Healthcare | All Payer | $23.84 | — |
| United Healthcare | HIX | $23.84 | — |
| Community Health Choice | Dual MM | $26.49 | — |
| Texas Healthspring | MM | $26.49 | — |
| Coventry | First Health MM | $26.49 | — |
| Allwell | Superior Health MM | $26.49 | — |
| Triwest | VA MM | $26.49 | — |
| Aetna | MM | $26.49 | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | MM | $26.49 | — |
| Wellcare | MM | $26.49 | — |
| Molina | Medicare Adv MM | $26.49 | — |
| Arcadian Health Plan | MM | $26.49 | — |
| Christus Health | Med Adv MM | $26.49 | — |
| Humana | Gold Choice MM | $26.49 | — |
| United Healthcare | MM | $26.49 | — |
| Texas Independence Health Plan | MM | $27.28 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan | MM | $27.28 | — |
| Shared Health Insurance Company | MM | $27.81 | — |
| US Imaging Network | PPO | $28.34 | — |
| Amerigroup | MM | $28.61 | — |
| Devoted Health Plan | MM | $28.61 | — |
| Imperial Health Plan | MM | $29.14 | — |
| American Health Medicare | Advantage MM | $29.14 | — |
| ProCare Advantage | MM | $29.14 | — |
| Christus Health | HIX | $37.09 | — |
| Partners Direct Health | PPO | $47.68 | — |
| Naphcare Inc. | RRMB | $52.98 | — |
| ADV Cardiovas Specialist | MM | $52.98 | — |
| Humana | Choicecare | $83.58 | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas | Blue Advantage HMO | $101.99 | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas | HEB | $114.17 | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas | HMO | $114.17 | — |
| Cigna | New Business | $122.80 | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas | PPO | $126.89 | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas | Traditional | $135.10 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $157.15 | — |
| Verity HealthNet | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Verity Healthnet National | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| MCT Credit Union | All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| Phcs | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Provider Select | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| United Healthcare | Chip KM | not published by hospital | — |
| United Healthcare | Star Plus KM | not published by hospital | — |
| United Healthcare | Star KM | not published by hospital | — |
| United Healthcare | Star Kid KM | not published by hospital | — |
| Healthsmart | Accel PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | EPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | HMO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | POS | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | New Business | not published by hospital | — |
| First Health | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Molina | Chip KM | not published by hospital | — |
| Molina | Star Plus KM | not published by hospital | — |
| Molina | Star KM | not published by hospital | — |
| Multiplan | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| HealthSmart | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Amerigroup | Chip KM | not published by hospital | — |
| Amerigroup | Star Plus KM | not published by hospital | — |
| Amerigroup | Star KM | not published by hospital | — |
| Amerigroup | Star Kids KM | not published by hospital | — |
| Beech Street | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Healthcare Highways | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Superior | Chip KM | not published by hospital | — |
| Superior | Star Plus KM | not published by hospital | — |
| Superior | Foster Care KM | not published by hospital | — |
| Superior | Star KM | not published by hospital | — |
| Community Health Choice | Chip KM | not published by hospital | — |
| Community Health Choice | Star KM | not published by hospital | — |
| Health Management Network | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Five Point Credit Union | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| LSU First Choice Verity | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plan | Chip KM | not published by hospital | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plan | Star Plus KM | not published by hospital | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plan | Star Kids KM | not published by hospital | — |
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Scr c/v cyto,thinlayer,rescr at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | not published | $23.84 – $101.99 |
| CHRISTUS Children's Hospital | San Antonio | not published | $98.48 – $98.48 |
| HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE | FRIENDSWOOD | not published | $25.96 – $108.73 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $25.96 – $108.73 |
| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | not published | $57.87 – $115.50 |
| HCA HOUSTON CONROE | CONROE | not published | $25.96 – $108.73 |
| HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD | HUMBLE | not published | $25.96 – $108.73 |
| HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST | SPRING | not published | $25.96 – $108.73 |