Specific gravity body fluid 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

$33.33

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.

$101.00

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.

$1.64 with Texas Healthspring vs $85.85 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 $1.64 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare HIX $2.95 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare All Payer $2.95 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Star Kid KM $2.98 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $2.98 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Chip KM $2.98 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Star KM $2.98 ↓ -91%
Wellcare MM $3.28 ↓ -90%
Humana Gold Choice MM $3.28 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare MM $3.28 ↓ -90%
Aetna MM $3.28 ↓ -90%
Coventry First Health MM $3.28 ↓ -90%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $3.28 ↓ -90%
Superior Chip KM $3.28 ↓ -90%
Superior Star Plus KM $3.28 ↓ -90%
Superior Foster Care KM $3.28 ↓ -90%
Superior Star KM $3.28 ↓ -90%
Community Health Choice Chip KM $3.28 ↓ -90%
Community Health Choice Dual MM $3.28 ↓ -90%
Allwell Superior Health MM $3.28 ↓ -90%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $3.28 ↓ -90%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $3.28 ↓ -90%
Triwest VA MM $3.28 ↓ -90%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $3.28 ↓ -90%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $3.38 ↓ -90%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $3.38 ↓ -90%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $3.44 ↓ -90%
Amerigroup Star KM $3.44 ↓ -90%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $3.44 ↓ -90%
Molina Star KM $3.44 ↓ -90%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $3.44 ↓ -90%
Amerigroup Chip KM $3.44 ↓ -90%
Molina Star Plus KM $3.44 ↓ -90%
Molina Chip KM $3.44 ↓ -90%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $3.44 ↓ -90%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Kids KM $3.44 ↓ -90%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $3.44 ↓ -90%
Community Health Choice Star KM $3.48 ↓ -90%
US Imaging Network PPO $3.51 ↓ -89%
Amerigroup MM $3.54 ↓ -89%
Devoted Health Plan MM $3.54 ↓ -89%
ProCare Advantage MM $3.61 ↓ -89%
Imperial Health Plan MM $3.61 ↓ -89%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $3.61 ↓ -89%
Christus Health HIX $4.59 ↓ -86%
Partners Direct Health PPO $5.90 ↓ -82%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $6.56 ↓ -80%
ADV Cardiovas Specialist MM $6.56 ↓ -80%
Humana Choicecare $7.91 ↓ -76%
Cigna New Business $12.15 ↓ -64%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $12.63 ↓ -62%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $14.14 ↓ -58%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $14.14 ↓ -58%
Cigna PPO $15.55 ↓ -53%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $15.71 ↓ -53%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $16.73 ↓ -50%
Healthcare Highways PPO $45.45 ↑ +36%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $50.50 ↑ +52%
Verity HealthNet PPO $60.60 ↑ +82%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $65.65 ↑ +97%
Phcs PPO $65.65 ↑ +97%
Multiplan PPO $65.65 ↑ +97%
First Health PPO $65.65 ↑ +97%
Aetna EPO $69.69 ↑ +109%
Aetna PPO $69.69 ↑ +109%
Aetna POS $69.69 ↑ +109%
MCT Credit Union All Plans $70.70 ↑ +112%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $70.70 ↑ +112%
Provider Select PPO $80.80 ↑ +142%
Health Management Network PPO $80.80 ↑ +142%
Beech Street PPO $80.80 ↑ +142%
HealthSmart PPO $80.80 ↑ +142%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $85.85 ↑ +158%

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