Surgical pathology level 4 gross & microscopic examination 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

$140.58

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.

$426.00

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.

$26.76 with Texas Healthspring vs $317.90 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 $26.76 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare Chip KM $37.40 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Star Kid KM $37.40 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Star KM $37.40 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $37.40 ↓ -73%
Superior Chip KM $41.14 ↓ -71%
Community Health Choice Chip KM $41.14 ↓ -71%
Superior Star KM $41.14 ↓ -71%
Superior Foster Care KM $41.14 ↓ -71%
Superior Star Plus KM $41.14 ↓ -71%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $44.88 ↓ -68%
Amerigroup Star KM $44.88 ↓ -68%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $44.88 ↓ -68%
Community Health Choice Star KM $44.88 ↓ -68%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $44.88 ↓ -68%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $44.88 ↓ -68%
Amerigroup Chip KM $44.88 ↓ -68%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Kids KM $44.88 ↓ -68%
United Healthcare All Payer $46.47 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare HIX $46.47 ↓ -67%
Triwest VA MM $53.52 ↓ -62%
Humana Gold Choice MM $53.52 ↓ -62%
United Healthcare MM $53.52 ↓ -62%
Aetna MM $53.52 ↓ -62%
Coventry First Health MM $53.52 ↓ -62%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $53.52 ↓ -62%
Community Health Choice Dual MM $53.52 ↓ -62%
Allwell Superior Health MM $53.52 ↓ -62%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $53.52 ↓ -62%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $53.52 ↓ -62%
Wellcare MM $53.52 ↓ -62%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $53.52 ↓ -62%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $55.13 ↓ -61%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $55.13 ↓ -61%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $56.20 ↓ -60%
US Imaging Network PPO $57.27 ↓ -59%
Devoted Health Plan MM $57.80 ↓ -59%
Amerigroup MM $57.80 ↓ -59%
Imperial Health Plan MM $58.87 ↓ -58%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $58.87 ↓ -58%
ProCare Advantage MM $58.87 ↓ -58%
Christus Health HIX $74.93 ↓ -47%
Cigna New Business $100.81 ↓ -28%
ADV Cardiovas Specialist MM $107.04 ↓ -24%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $107.04 ↓ -24%
Molina Chip KM $112.20 ↓ -20%
Molina Star Plus KM $112.20 ↓ -20%
Molina Star KM $112.20 ↓ -20%
Cigna PPO $129.01 ↓ -8%
Humana Choicecare $152.86 ↑ +9%
Healthcare Highways PPO $168.30 ↑ +20%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $187.00 ↑ +33%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $190.46 ↑ +35%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $213.22 ↑ +52%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $213.22 ↑ +52%
Verity HealthNet PPO $224.40 ↑ +60%
Aetna New Business $231.88 ↑ +65%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $236.96 ↑ +69%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $243.10 ↑ +73%
Phcs PPO $243.10 ↑ +73%
First Health PPO $243.10 ↑ +73%
Multiplan PPO $243.10 ↑ +73%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $252.30 ↑ +79%
Aetna POS $258.06 ↑ +84%
Aetna EPO $258.06 ↑ +84%
Aetna HMO $258.06 ↑ +84%
Aetna PPO $258.06 ↑ +84%
Partners Direct Health PPO $261.80 ↑ +86%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $261.80 ↑ +86%
MCT Credit Union All Plans $261.80 ↑ +86%
HealthSmart PPO $299.20 ↑ +113%
Beech Street PPO $299.20 ↑ +113%
Health Management Network PPO $299.20 ↑ +113%
Provider Select PPO $299.20 ↑ +113%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $317.90 ↑ +126%

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