Treatment inhalation continuous aerosol medication acute airway obstruction each additional hour 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

$248.82

Cash price

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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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$754.00

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.

$61.15 with Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas vs $640.90 with Triwest — 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
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $61.15 ↓ -75%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $68.44 ↓ -72%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $68.44 ↓ -72%
United Healthcare Star Kid KM $75.40 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $75.40 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare Star KM $75.40 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare Chip KM $75.40 ↓ -70%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $76.06 ↓ -69%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $80.80 ↓ -68%
Superior Star Plus KM $82.94 ↓ -67%
Community Health Choice Chip KM $82.94 ↓ -67%
Superior Star KM $82.94 ↓ -67%
Superior Foster Care KM $82.94 ↓ -67%
Superior Chip KM $82.94 ↓ -67%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $90.48 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Chip KM $90.48 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $90.48 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star KM $90.48 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $90.48 ↓ -64%
Community Health Choice Star KM $90.48 ↓ -64%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $90.48 ↓ -64%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Kids KM $90.48 ↓ -64%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $113.10 ↓ -55%
Christus Health HIX $158.34 ↓ -36%
Aetna MM $180.96 ↓ -27%
Humana Choicecare $184.00 ↓ -26%
Molina Chip KM $226.20 ↓ -9%
Molina Star Plus KM $226.20 ↓ -9%
Molina Star KM $226.20 ↓ -9%
United Healthcare HIX $227.00 ↓ -9%
Cigna New Business $245.00 ↓ -2%
Amerigroup MM $301.60 ↑ +21%
Imperial Health Plan MM $301.60 ↑ +21%
Cigna PPO $313.00 ↑ +26%
Healthcare Highways PPO $339.30 ↑ +36%
United Healthcare All Payer $356.00 ↑ +43%
Devoted Health Plan MM $377.00 ↑ +52%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $377.00 ↑ +52%
ADV Cardiovas Specialist MM $377.00 ↑ +52%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $452.40 ↑ +82%
Verity HealthNet PPO $452.40 ↑ +82%
Aetna New Business $467.48 ↑ +88%
First Health PPO $490.10 ↑ +97%
Multiplan PPO $490.10 ↑ +97%
Phcs PPO $490.10 ↑ +97%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $490.10 ↑ +97%
Aetna POS $520.26 ↑ +109%
Aetna HMO $520.26 ↑ +109%
Aetna EPO $520.26 ↑ +109%
Aetna PPO $520.26 ↑ +109%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $527.80 ↑ +112%
MCT Credit Union All Plans $527.80 ↑ +112%
Partners Direct Health PPO $527.80 ↑ +112%
Health Management Network PPO $603.20 ↑ +142%
Beech Street PPO $603.20 ↑ +142%
HealthSmart PPO $603.20 ↑ +142%
Provider Select PPO $603.20 ↑ +142%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $640.90 ↑ +158%
Triwest VA MM $640.90 ↑ +158%

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