Shoulder MRI (without contrast) 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

$1,316.70

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.

$3,990.00

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.

$121.06 with Texas Healthspring vs $2,251.00 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
Texas Healthspring MM $121.06 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $224.88 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Chip KM $224.88 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Star Kid KM $224.88 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Star KM $224.88 ↓ -83%
Wellcare MM $242.11 ↓ -82%
Humana Gold Choice MM $242.11 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare MM $242.11 ↓ -82%
Aetna MM $242.11 ↓ -82%
Coventry First Health MM $242.11 ↓ -82%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $242.11 ↓ -82%
Community Health Choice Dual MM $242.11 ↓ -82%
Allwell Superior Health MM $242.11 ↓ -82%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $242.11 ↓ -82%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $242.11 ↓ -82%
Triwest VA MM $242.11 ↓ -82%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $242.11 ↓ -82%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $249.37 ↓ -81%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $249.37 ↓ -81%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $254.22 ↓ -81%
Devoted Health Plan MM $261.48 ↓ -80%
Amerigroup MM $261.48 ↓ -80%
ProCare Advantage MM $266.32 ↓ -80%
Imperial Health Plan MM $266.32 ↓ -80%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $266.32 ↓ -80%
Community Health Choice Chip KM $294.24 ↓ -78%
Superior Star Plus KM $294.24 ↓ -78%
Superior Foster Care KM $294.24 ↓ -78%
Superior Chip KM $294.24 ↓ -78%
Superior Star KM $294.24 ↓ -78%
Amerigroup Star KM $308.95 ↓ -77%
Molina Chip KM $308.95 ↓ -77%
Molina Star Plus KM $308.95 ↓ -77%
Molina Star KM $308.95 ↓ -77%
Amerigroup Chip KM $308.95 ↓ -77%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $308.95 ↓ -77%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $308.95 ↓ -77%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $308.95 ↓ -77%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $308.95 ↓ -77%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Kids KM $308.95 ↓ -77%
Community Health Choice Star KM $311.89 ↓ -76%
Christus Health HIX $338.95 ↓ -74%
ADV Cardiovas Specialist MM $484.22 ↓ -63%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $484.22 ↓ -63%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $1,064.99 ↓ -19%
US Imaging Network PPO $1,100.00 ↓ -16%
Healthcare Highways PPO $1,185.00 ↓ -10%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $1,193.16 ↓ -9%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $1,193.16 ↓ -9%
Cigna New Business $1,226.00 ↓ -7%
Aetna New Business $1,228.00 ↓ -7%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $1,250.50 ↓ -5%
United Healthcare HIX $1,304.00 ↓ -1%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $1,326.00 ↑ +1%
Aetna HMO $1,364.00 ↑ +4%
Aetna PPO $1,364.00 ↑ +4%
Aetna EPO $1,364.00 ↑ +4%
Aetna POS $1,364.00 ↑ +4%
Humana Choicecare $1,370.00 ↑ +4%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $1,409.89 ↑ +7%
Verity HealthNet PPO $1,500.60 ↑ +14%
Cigna PPO $1,568.00 ↑ +19%
First Health PPO $1,625.65 ↑ +23%
Phcs PPO $1,625.65 ↑ +23%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $1,625.65 ↑ +23%
Multiplan PPO $1,625.65 ↑ +23%
Beech Street PPO $2,000.80 ↑ +52%
Provider Select PPO $2,000.80 ↑ +52%
Health Management Network PPO $2,000.80 ↑ +52%
HealthSmart PPO $2,000.80 ↑ +52%
United Healthcare All Payer $2,050.00 ↑ +56%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $2,125.85 ↑ +61%
MCT Credit Union All Plans $2,144.00 ↑ +63%
Partners Direct Health PPO $2,217.00 ↑ +68%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $2,251.00 ↑ +71%

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