Ultrasound joint complete left 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

$758.34

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.

$2,298.00

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.

$53.26 with Texas Healthspring vs $1,312.40 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
Texas Healthspring MM $53.26 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $96.28 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Chip KM $96.28 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Star Kid KM $96.28 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Star KM $96.28 ↓ -87%
Wellcare MM $106.51 ↓ -86%
Humana Gold Choice MM $106.51 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare MM $106.51 ↓ -86%
Aetna MM $106.51 ↓ -86%
Coventry First Health MM $106.51 ↓ -86%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $106.51 ↓ -86%
Community Health Choice Dual MM $106.51 ↓ -86%
Allwell Superior Health MM $106.51 ↓ -86%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $106.51 ↓ -86%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $106.51 ↓ -86%
Triwest VA MM $106.51 ↓ -86%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $106.51 ↓ -86%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $109.71 ↓ -86%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $109.71 ↓ -86%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $111.84 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare HIX $113.00 ↓ -85%
US Imaging Network PPO $113.97 ↓ -85%
Devoted Health Plan MM $115.03 ↓ -85%
Amerigroup MM $115.03 ↓ -85%
Imperial Health Plan MM $117.16 ↓ -85%
ProCare Advantage MM $117.16 ↓ -85%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $117.16 ↓ -85%
Community Health Choice Chip KM $137.30 ↓ -82%
Superior Star Plus KM $137.30 ↓ -82%
Superior Chip KM $137.30 ↓ -82%
Superior Foster Care KM $137.30 ↓ -82%
Superior Star KM $137.30 ↓ -82%
Amerigroup Star KM $144.17 ↓ -81%
Molina Chip KM $144.17 ↓ -81%
Molina Star Plus KM $144.17 ↓ -81%
Molina Star KM $144.17 ↓ -81%
Amerigroup Chip KM $144.17 ↓ -81%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $144.17 ↓ -81%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $144.17 ↓ -81%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $144.17 ↓ -81%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $144.17 ↓ -81%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Kids KM $144.17 ↓ -81%
Community Health Choice Star KM $145.54 ↓ -81%
Christus Health HIX $149.11 ↓ -80%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $167.10 ↓ -78%
ADV Cardiovas Specialist MM $213.02 ↓ -72%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $213.02 ↓ -72%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $234.40 ↓ -69%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $234.40 ↓ -69%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $260.51 ↓ -66%
Humana Choicecare $260.96 ↓ -66%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $276.76 ↓ -64%
Cigna New Business $298.97 ↓ -61%
United Healthcare All Payer $326.00 ↓ -57%
Cigna PPO $382.60 ↓ -50%
Healthcare Highways PPO $694.80 ↓ -8%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $772.00 ↑ +2%
Verity HealthNet PPO $926.40 ↑ +22%
Aetna New Business $957.28 ↑ +26%
Partners Direct Health PPO $970.00 ↑ +28%
Multiplan PPO $1,003.60 ↑ +32%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $1,003.60 ↑ +32%
First Health PPO $1,003.60 ↑ +32%
Phcs PPO $1,003.60 ↑ +32%
Aetna POS $1,065.36 ↑ +40%
Aetna HMO $1,065.36 ↑ +40%
Aetna EPO $1,065.36 ↑ +40%
Aetna PPO $1,065.36 ↑ +40%
MCT Credit Union All Plans $1,080.80 ↑ +43%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $1,080.80 ↑ +43%
Health Management Network PPO $1,235.20 ↑ +63%
Beech Street PPO $1,235.20 ↑ +63%
Provider Select PPO $1,235.20 ↑ +63%
HealthSmart PPO $1,235.20 ↑ +63%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $1,312.40 ↑ +73%

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