Ultrasound guided needle placement supervision & interpretation at CHRISTUS Health - West Beaumont
6025 Metropolitan Drive, Beaumont, TX · Christushealth · · NPI 1679557888
$1,489.29
Cash price 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.
$4,513.00
Gross charge 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.
$72.66 with Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas vs $2,159.85 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas | Blue Advantage HMO | $72.66 | ↓ -95% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas | HMO | $101.93 | ↓ -93% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas | HEB | $101.93 | ↓ -93% |
| United Healthcare | HIX | $113.00 | ↓ -92% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas | PPO | $113.28 | ↓ -92% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas | Traditional | $120.35 | ↓ -92% |
| Humana | Choicecare | $134.67 | ↓ -91% |
| United Healthcare | Star Kid KM | $254.10 | ↓ -83% |
| United Healthcare | Chip KM | $254.10 | ↓ -83% |
| United Healthcare | Star Plus KM | $254.10 | ↓ -83% |
| United Healthcare | Star KM | $254.10 | ↓ -83% |
| Superior | Star Plus KM | $279.51 | ↓ -81% |
| Superior | Star KM | $279.51 | ↓ -81% |
| Community Health Choice | Chip KM | $279.51 | ↓ -81% |
| Superior | Chip KM | $279.51 | ↓ -81% |
| Superior | Foster Care KM | $279.51 | ↓ -81% |
| Amerigroup | Star Kids KM | $304.92 | ↓ -80% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plan | Star Kids KM | $304.92 | ↓ -80% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plan | Star Plus KM | $304.92 | ↓ -80% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plan | Chip KM | $304.92 | ↓ -80% |
| Community Health Choice | Star KM | $304.92 | ↓ -80% |
| Amerigroup | Chip KM | $304.92 | ↓ -80% |
| Amerigroup | Star Plus KM | $304.92 | ↓ -80% |
| Amerigroup | Star KM | $304.92 | ↓ -80% |
| United Healthcare | All Payer | $326.00 | ↓ -78% |
| Christus Health | Med Adv MM | $381.15 | ↓ -74% |
| Christus Health | HIX | $533.61 | ↓ -64% |
| Aetna | MM | $609.84 | ↓ -59% |
| Molina | Star KM | $762.30 | ↓ -49% |
| Molina | Chip KM | $762.30 | ↓ -49% |
| Molina | Star Plus KM | $762.30 | ↓ -49% |
| Partners Direct Health | PPO | $970.00 | ↓ -35% |
| Imperial Health Plan | MM | $1,016.40 | ↓ -32% |
| Amerigroup | MM | $1,016.40 | ↓ -32% |
| Healthcare Highways | PPO | $1,143.45 | ↓ -23% |
| Devoted Health Plan | MM | $1,270.50 | ↓ -15% |
| ADV Cardiovas Specialist | MM | $1,270.50 | ↓ -15% |
| LSU First Choice Verity | PPO | $1,270.50 | ↓ -15% |
| Naphcare Inc. | RRMB | $1,524.60 | ↑ +2% |
| Verity HealthNet | PPO | $1,524.60 | ↑ +2% |
| Aetna | New Business | $1,575.42 | ↑ +6% |
| Multiplan | PPO | $1,651.65 | ↑ +11% |
| First Health | PPO | $1,651.65 | ↑ +11% |
| Healthsmart | Accel PPO | $1,651.65 | ↑ +11% |
| Phcs | PPO | $1,651.65 | ↑ +11% |
| Aetna | POS | $1,753.29 | ↑ +18% |
| Aetna | HMO | $1,753.29 | ↑ +18% |
| Aetna | EPO | $1,753.29 | ↑ +18% |
| Aetna | PPO | $1,753.29 | ↑ +18% |
| Five Point Credit Union | PPO | $1,778.70 | ↑ +19% |
| MCT Credit Union | All Plans | $1,778.70 | ↑ +19% |
| Health Management Network | PPO | $2,032.80 | ↑ +36% |
| HealthSmart | PPO | $2,032.80 | ↑ +36% |
| Provider Select | PPO | $2,032.80 | ↑ +36% |
| Beech Street | PPO | $2,032.80 | ↑ +36% |
| Verity Healthnet National | PPO | $2,159.85 | ↑ +45% |
| Triwest | VA MM | $2,159.85 | ↑ +45% |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $909.17 | $50.46 – $1,288.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $799.40 | $84.77 – $1,199.11 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $906.04 | $84.77 – $1,132.55 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $909.17 | $57.78 – $1,288.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $799.40 | $103.19 – $1,199.11 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $799.40 | $413.03 – $1,199.11 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $906.04 | $84.77 – $1,359.06 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $909.17 | $50.46 – $1,288.00 |