Tc-99m mertiatide 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

$1,394.58

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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$4,226.00

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.

$252.90 with United Healthcare vs $4,414.01 with Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas — 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
United Healthcare Chip KM $252.90 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $252.90 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Star KM $252.90 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Star Kid KM $252.90 ↓ -82%
Superior Star Plus KM $278.19 ↓ -80%
Superior Foster Care KM $278.19 ↓ -80%
Superior Star KM $278.19 ↓ -80%
Community Health Choice Chip KM $278.19 ↓ -80%
Superior Chip KM $278.19 ↓ -80%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $303.48 ↓ -78%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Kids KM $303.48 ↓ -78%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $303.48 ↓ -78%
Community Health Choice Star KM $303.48 ↓ -78%
Amerigroup Chip KM $303.48 ↓ -78%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $303.48 ↓ -78%
Amerigroup Star KM $303.48 ↓ -78%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $303.48 ↓ -78%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $379.35 ↓ -73%
Christus Health HIX $531.09 ↓ -62%
Aetna MM $606.96 ↓ -56%
United Healthcare HIX $708.12 ↓ -49%
Molina Chip KM $758.70 ↓ -46%
United Healthcare All Payer $758.70 ↓ -46%
Molina Star Plus KM $758.70 ↓ -46%
Molina Star KM $758.70 ↓ -46%
Cigna New Business $986.31 ↓ -29%
Amerigroup MM $1,011.60 ↓ -27%
Imperial Health Plan MM $1,011.60 ↓ -27%
Healthcare Highways PPO $1,138.05 ↓ -18%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $1,264.50 ↓ -9%
Devoted Health Plan MM $1,264.50 ↓ -9%
ADV Cardiovas Specialist MM $1,264.50 ↓ -9%
Cigna PPO $1,517.40 ↑ +9%
Verity HealthNet PPO $1,517.40 ↑ +9%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $1,517.40 ↑ +9%
First Health PPO $1,643.85 ↑ +18%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $1,643.85 ↑ +18%
Partners Direct Health PPO $1,770.30 ↑ +27%
Phcs PPO $1,770.30 ↑ +27%
Multiplan PPO $1,770.30 ↑ +27%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $1,770.30 ↑ +27%
MCT Credit Union All Plans $1,770.30 ↑ +27%
Beech Street PPO $2,023.20 ↑ +45%
Health Management Network PPO $2,023.20 ↑ +45%
Provider Select PPO $2,023.20 ↑ +45%
HealthSmart PPO $2,023.20 ↑ +45%
Humana Choicecare $2,138.38 ↑ +53%
Triwest VA MM $2,149.65 ↑ +54%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $2,149.65 ↑ +54%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $3,009.55 ↑ +116%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $3,742.65 ↑ +168%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $3,742.65 ↑ +168%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $4,159.36 ↑ +198%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $4,414.01 ↑ +217%

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Tc-99m mertiatide at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $3,133.94 $1,308.90 – $9,055.57
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $2,515.31 $1,308.90 – $9,055.57
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING $2,611.33 $1,308.90 – $9,055.57
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $893.40 $100.00 – $1,914.42
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $944.65 $100.00 – $2,699.00
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $343.70 $250.22 – $1,767.60
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $290.54 $100.00 – $1,651.40
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland $2,699.87 $1,308.90 – $9,055.57

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