Tobramycin non-comp unit 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

$12.32

Cash price

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$37.33

Gross charge

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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.

$3.73 with United Healthcare vs $318.20 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 $3.73 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $3.73 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare Star KM $3.73 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare Star Kid KM $3.73 ↓ -70%
Superior Star Plus KM $4.10 ↓ -67%
Superior Foster Care KM $4.10 ↓ -67%
Superior Chip KM $4.10 ↓ -67%
Community Health Choice Chip KM $4.10 ↓ -67%
Superior Star KM $4.10 ↓ -67%
Amerigroup Chip KM $4.47 ↓ -64%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Kids KM $4.47 ↓ -64%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $4.47 ↓ -64%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $4.47 ↓ -64%
Community Health Choice Star KM $4.47 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star KM $4.47 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $4.47 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $4.47 ↓ -64%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $5.59 ↓ -55%
Christus Health HIX $7.83 ↓ -36%
Aetna MM $8.95 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare HIX $10.45 ↓ -15%
Molina Chip KM $11.19 ↓ -9%
United Healthcare All Payer $11.19 ↓ -9%
Molina Star KM $11.19 ↓ -9%
Molina Star Plus KM $11.19 ↓ -9%
Cigna New Business $14.55 ↑ +18%
Amerigroup MM $14.93 ↑ +21%
Imperial Health Plan MM $14.93 ↑ +21%
Healthcare Highways PPO $16.79 ↑ +36%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $18.66 ↑ +51%
ADV Cardiovas Specialist MM $18.66 ↑ +51%
Devoted Health Plan MM $18.66 ↑ +51%
Verity HealthNet PPO $22.39 ↑ +82%
Cigna PPO $22.39 ↑ +82%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $22.39 ↑ +82%
First Health PPO $24.26 ↑ +97%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $24.26 ↑ +97%
Partners Direct Health PPO $26.13 ↑ +112%
Phcs PPO $26.13 ↑ +112%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $26.13 ↑ +112%
MCT Credit Union All Plans $26.13 ↑ +112%
Multiplan PPO $26.13 ↑ +112%
Aetna New Business $28.64 ↑ +132%
Health Management Network PPO $29.86 ↑ +142%
Beech Street PPO $29.86 ↑ +142%
HealthSmart PPO $29.86 ↑ +142%
Provider Select PPO $29.86 ↑ +142%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $31.73 ↑ +158%
Triwest VA MM $31.73 ↑ +158%
Aetna EPO $31.84 ↑ +158%
Aetna HMO $31.84 ↑ +158%
Aetna POS $31.84 ↑ +158%
Aetna PPO $31.84 ↑ +158%
Humana Choicecare $88.27 ↑ +616%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $216.96 ↑ +1661%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $269.81 ↑ +2090%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $269.81 ↑ +2090%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $299.85 ↑ +2334%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $318.20 ↑ +2483%

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