Sedimentation rate erythrocyte automated 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

$6.27

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.

$19.00

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.

$1.35 with Texas Healthspring vs $16.15 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 $1.35 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare HIX $2.43 ↓ -61%
United Healthcare All Payer $2.43 ↓ -61%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $2.70 ↓ -57%
Triwest VA MM $2.70 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare MM $2.70 ↓ -57%
Wellcare MM $2.70 ↓ -57%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $2.70 ↓ -57%
Humana Gold Choice MM $2.70 ↓ -57%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $2.70 ↓ -57%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $2.70 ↓ -57%
Allwell Superior Health MM $2.70 ↓ -57%
Community Health Choice Dual MM $2.70 ↓ -57%
Community Health Choice Chip KM $2.70 ↓ -57%
Aetna MM $2.70 ↓ -57%
Superior Star KM $2.70 ↓ -57%
Superior Foster Care KM $2.70 ↓ -57%
Coventry First Health MM $2.70 ↓ -57%
Superior Star Plus KM $2.70 ↓ -57%
Superior Chip KM $2.70 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $2.72 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Chip KM $2.72 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Star KM $2.72 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Star Kid KM $2.72 ↓ -57%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $2.78 ↓ -56%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $2.78 ↓ -56%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $2.84 ↓ -55%
Amerigroup Chip KM $2.84 ↓ -55%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $2.84 ↓ -55%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $2.84 ↓ -55%
Amerigroup Star KM $2.84 ↓ -55%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $2.84 ↓ -55%
Molina Chip KM $2.84 ↓ -55%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $2.84 ↓ -55%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Kids KM $2.84 ↓ -55%
Molina Star Plus KM $2.84 ↓ -55%
Molina Star KM $2.84 ↓ -55%
Community Health Choice Star KM $2.86 ↓ -54%
US Imaging Network PPO $2.89 ↓ -54%
Devoted Health Plan MM $2.92 ↓ -53%
Amerigroup MM $2.92 ↓ -53%
Imperial Health Plan MM $2.97 ↓ -53%
ProCare Advantage MM $2.97 ↓ -53%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $2.97 ↓ -53%
Christus Health HIX $3.78 ↓ -40%
Partners Direct Health PPO $4.86 ↓ -22%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $5.40 ↓ -14%
ADV Cardiovas Specialist MM $5.40 ↓ -14%
Humana Choicecare $8.51 ↑ +36%
Healthcare Highways PPO $8.55 ↑ +36%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $9.50 ↑ +52%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $10.40 ↑ +66%
Verity HealthNet PPO $11.40 ↑ +82%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $11.64 ↑ +86%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $11.64 ↑ +86%
Aetna New Business $11.78 ↑ +88%
Cigna New Business $12.15 ↑ +94%
Phcs PPO $12.35 ↑ +97%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $12.35 ↑ +97%
Multiplan PPO $12.35 ↑ +97%
First Health PPO $12.35 ↑ +97%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $12.93 ↑ +106%
Aetna EPO $13.11 ↑ +109%
Aetna POS $13.11 ↑ +109%
Aetna PPO $13.11 ↑ +109%
Aetna HMO $13.11 ↑ +109%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $13.30 ↑ +112%
MCT Credit Union All Plans $13.30 ↑ +112%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $13.77 ↑ +120%
HealthSmart PPO $15.20 ↑ +142%
Beech Street PPO $15.20 ↑ +142%
Health Management Network PPO $15.20 ↑ +142%
Provider Select PPO $15.20 ↑ +142%
Cigna PPO $15.55 ↑ +148%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $16.15 ↑ +158%

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