Strep b assay w/optic 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

$172.59

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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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$523.00

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.

$6.37 with Texas Healthspring vs $444.55 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 $6.37 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare HIX $11.46 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare All Payer $11.46 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Star Kid KM $12.09 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $12.09 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Chip KM $12.09 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Star KM $12.09 ↓ -93%
Wellcare MM $12.73 ↓ -93%
Humana Gold Choice MM $12.73 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare MM $12.73 ↓ -93%
Aetna MM $12.73 ↓ -93%
Coventry First Health MM $12.73 ↓ -93%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $12.73 ↓ -93%
Superior Chip KM $12.73 ↓ -93%
Superior Star Plus KM $12.73 ↓ -93%
Superior Foster Care KM $12.73 ↓ -93%
Superior Star KM $12.73 ↓ -93%
Community Health Choice Chip KM $12.73 ↓ -93%
Community Health Choice Dual MM $12.73 ↓ -93%
Allwell Superior Health MM $12.73 ↓ -93%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $12.73 ↓ -93%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $12.73 ↓ -93%
Triwest VA MM $12.73 ↓ -93%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $12.73 ↓ -93%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $13.11 ↓ -92%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $13.11 ↓ -92%
Molina Chip KM $13.37 ↓ -92%
Amerigroup Chip KM $13.37 ↓ -92%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $13.37 ↓ -92%
Amerigroup Star KM $13.37 ↓ -92%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $13.37 ↓ -92%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Kids KM $13.37 ↓ -92%
Molina Star Plus KM $13.37 ↓ -92%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $13.37 ↓ -92%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $13.37 ↓ -92%
Molina Star KM $13.37 ↓ -92%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $13.37 ↓ -92%
Community Health Choice Star KM $13.49 ↓ -92%
US Imaging Network PPO $13.62 ↓ -92%
Amerigroup MM $13.75 ↓ -92%
Devoted Health Plan MM $13.75 ↓ -92%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $14.00 ↓ -92%
Imperial Health Plan MM $14.00 ↓ -92%
ProCare Advantage MM $14.00 ↓ -92%
Christus Health HIX $17.82 ↓ -90%
Partners Direct Health PPO $22.91 ↓ -87%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $25.46 ↓ -85%
ADV Cardiovas Specialist MM $25.46 ↓ -85%
Humana Choicecare $37.81 ↓ -78%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $49.01 ↓ -72%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $54.87 ↓ -68%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $54.87 ↓ -68%
Cigna New Business $55.93 ↓ -68%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $60.98 ↓ -65%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $64.92 ↓ -62%
Cigna PPO $71.57 ↓ -59%
Healthcare Highways PPO $235.35 ↑ +36%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $261.50 ↑ +52%
Verity HealthNet PPO $313.80 ↑ +82%
Aetna New Business $324.26 ↑ +88%
First Health PPO $339.95 ↑ +97%
Multiplan PPO $339.95 ↑ +97%
Phcs PPO $339.95 ↑ +97%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $339.95 ↑ +97%
Aetna PPO $360.87 ↑ +109%
Aetna EPO $360.87 ↑ +109%
Aetna HMO $360.87 ↑ +109%
Aetna POS $360.87 ↑ +109%
MCT Credit Union All Plans $366.10 ↑ +112%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $366.10 ↑ +112%
Provider Select PPO $418.40 ↑ +142%
Health Management Network PPO $418.40 ↑ +142%
HealthSmart PPO $418.40 ↑ +142%
Beech Street PPO $418.40 ↑ +142%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $444.55 ↑ +158%

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HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $723.35 $10.48 – $52.96
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