Sweat collection by iontophoresis 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

$225.72

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.

$684.00

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.

$9.11 with Humana vs $581.40 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
Humana Choicecare $9.11 ↓ -96%
Cigna New Business $14.50 ↓ -94%
Cigna PPO $18.56 ↓ -92%
Texas Healthspring MM $26.76 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare All Payer $46.47 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare HIX $46.47 ↓ -79%
Community Health Choice Dual MM $53.52 ↓ -76%
Humana Gold Choice MM $53.52 ↓ -76%
Aetna MM $53.52 ↓ -76%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $53.52 ↓ -76%
Coventry First Health MM $53.52 ↓ -76%
Triwest VA MM $53.52 ↓ -76%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $53.52 ↓ -76%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $53.52 ↓ -76%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $53.52 ↓ -76%
Allwell Superior Health MM $53.52 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare MM $53.52 ↓ -76%
Wellcare MM $53.52 ↓ -76%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $55.13 ↓ -76%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $55.13 ↓ -76%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $56.20 ↓ -75%
US Imaging Network PPO $57.27 ↓ -75%
Devoted Health Plan MM $57.80 ↓ -74%
Amerigroup MM $57.80 ↓ -74%
Imperial Health Plan MM $58.87 ↓ -74%
ProCare Advantage MM $58.87 ↓ -74%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $58.87 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $68.40 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare Chip KM $68.40 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare Star KM $68.40 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare Star Kid KM $68.40 ↓ -70%
Christus Health HIX $74.93 ↓ -67%
Superior Foster Care KM $75.24 ↓ -67%
Superior Chip KM $75.24 ↓ -67%
Superior Star Plus KM $75.24 ↓ -67%
Community Health Choice Chip KM $75.24 ↓ -67%
Superior Star KM $75.24 ↓ -67%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $82.08 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $82.08 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Chip KM $82.08 ↓ -64%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $82.08 ↓ -64%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $82.08 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star KM $82.08 ↓ -64%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Kids KM $82.08 ↓ -64%
Community Health Choice Star KM $82.08 ↓ -64%
ADV Cardiovas Specialist MM $107.04 ↓ -53%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $107.04 ↓ -53%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $190.46 ↓ -16%
Molina Star Plus KM $205.20 ↓ -9%
Molina Star KM $205.20 ↓ -9%
Molina Chip KM $205.20 ↓ -9%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $213.22 ↓ -6%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $213.22 ↓ -6%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $236.96 ↑ +5%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $252.30 ↑ +12%
Healthcare Highways PPO $307.80 ↑ +36%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $342.00 ↑ +52%
Verity HealthNet PPO $410.40 ↑ +82%
Aetna New Business $424.08 ↑ +88%
Phcs PPO $444.60 ↑ +97%
Multiplan PPO $444.60 ↑ +97%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $444.60 ↑ +97%
First Health PPO $444.60 ↑ +97%
Aetna EPO $471.96 ↑ +109%
Aetna PPO $471.96 ↑ +109%
Aetna HMO $471.96 ↑ +109%
Aetna POS $471.96 ↑ +109%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $478.80 ↑ +112%
MCT Credit Union All Plans $478.80 ↑ +112%
Partners Direct Health PPO $478.80 ↑ +112%
Beech Street PPO $547.20 ↑ +142%
HealthSmart PPO $547.20 ↑ +142%
Health Management Network PPO $547.20 ↑ +142%
Provider Select PPO $547.20 ↑ +142%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $581.40 ↑ +158%

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