Smear nasal eosinophil 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

$53.79

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.

$163.00

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.

$2.90 with Texas Healthspring vs $138.55 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 $2.90 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare HIX $5.21 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare All Payer $5.21 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Star Kid KM $5.25 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $5.25 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Chip KM $5.25 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Star KM $5.25 ↓ -90%
Wellcare MM $5.79 ↓ -89%
Humana Gold Choice MM $5.79 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare MM $5.79 ↓ -89%
Aetna MM $5.79 ↓ -89%
Coventry First Health MM $5.79 ↓ -89%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $5.79 ↓ -89%
Superior Chip KM $5.79 ↓ -89%
Superior Star Plus KM $5.79 ↓ -89%
Superior Foster Care KM $5.79 ↓ -89%
Superior Star KM $5.79 ↓ -89%
Community Health Choice Chip KM $5.79 ↓ -89%
Community Health Choice Dual MM $5.79 ↓ -89%
Allwell Superior Health MM $5.79 ↓ -89%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $5.79 ↓ -89%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $5.79 ↓ -89%
Triwest VA MM $5.79 ↓ -89%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $5.79 ↓ -89%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $5.96 ↓ -89%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $5.96 ↓ -89%
Molina Chip KM $6.08 ↓ -89%
Amerigroup Chip KM $6.08 ↓ -89%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $6.08 ↓ -89%
Amerigroup Star KM $6.08 ↓ -89%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $6.08 ↓ -89%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Kids KM $6.08 ↓ -89%
Molina Star Plus KM $6.08 ↓ -89%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $6.08 ↓ -89%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $6.08 ↓ -89%
Molina Star KM $6.08 ↓ -89%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $6.08 ↓ -89%
Community Health Choice Star KM $6.14 ↓ -89%
US Imaging Network PPO $6.20 ↓ -88%
Amerigroup MM $6.25 ↓ -88%
Devoted Health Plan MM $6.25 ↓ -88%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $6.37 ↓ -88%
Imperial Health Plan MM $6.37 ↓ -88%
ProCare Advantage MM $6.37 ↓ -88%
Christus Health HIX $8.11 ↓ -85%
Partners Direct Health PPO $10.42 ↓ -81%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $11.58 ↓ -78%
ADV Cardiovas Specialist MM $11.58 ↓ -78%
Humana Choicecare $14.97 ↓ -72%
Cigna New Business $21.89 ↓ -59%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $22.29 ↓ -59%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $24.95 ↓ -54%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $24.95 ↓ -54%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $27.73 ↓ -48%
Cigna PPO $28.01 ↓ -48%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $29.53 ↓ -45%
Healthcare Highways PPO $73.35 ↑ +36%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $81.50 ↑ +52%
Verity HealthNet PPO $97.80 ↑ +82%
Aetna New Business $101.06 ↑ +88%
First Health PPO $105.95 ↑ +97%
Multiplan PPO $105.95 ↑ +97%
Phcs PPO $105.95 ↑ +97%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $105.95 ↑ +97%
Aetna PPO $112.47 ↑ +109%
Aetna EPO $112.47 ↑ +109%
Aetna HMO $112.47 ↑ +109%
Aetna POS $112.47 ↑ +109%
MCT Credit Union All Plans $114.10 ↑ +112%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $114.10 ↑ +112%
Provider Select PPO $130.40 ↑ +142%
Health Management Network PPO $130.40 ↑ +142%
HealthSmart PPO $130.40 ↑ +142%
Beech Street PPO $130.40 ↑ +142%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $138.55 ↑ +158%

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