Warde 3400652 smear complex special stain ova/parasites 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

$28.05

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.

$85.00

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.

$8.99 with Texas Healthspring vs $107.36 with Cigna — 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 $8.99 ↓ -68%
United Healthcare HIX $16.18 ↓ -42%
United Healthcare All Payer $16.18 ↓ -42%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $17.98 ↓ -36%
Triwest VA MM $17.98 ↓ -36%
United Healthcare MM $17.98 ↓ -36%
Wellcare MM $17.98 ↓ -36%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $17.98 ↓ -36%
Humana Gold Choice MM $17.98 ↓ -36%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $17.98 ↓ -36%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $17.98 ↓ -36%
Allwell Superior Health MM $17.98 ↓ -36%
Community Health Choice Dual MM $17.98 ↓ -36%
Community Health Choice Chip KM $17.98 ↓ -36%
Aetna MM $17.98 ↓ -36%
Superior Star KM $17.98 ↓ -36%
Superior Foster Care KM $17.98 ↓ -36%
Coventry First Health MM $17.98 ↓ -36%
Superior Star Plus KM $17.98 ↓ -36%
Superior Chip KM $17.98 ↓ -36%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $18.11 ↓ -35%
United Healthcare Chip KM $18.11 ↓ -35%
United Healthcare Star KM $18.11 ↓ -35%
United Healthcare Star Kid KM $18.11 ↓ -35%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $18.52 ↓ -34%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $18.52 ↓ -34%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $18.88 ↓ -33%
Amerigroup Chip KM $18.88 ↓ -33%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $18.88 ↓ -33%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $18.88 ↓ -33%
Amerigroup Star KM $18.88 ↓ -33%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $18.88 ↓ -33%
Molina Chip KM $18.88 ↓ -33%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $18.88 ↓ -33%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Kids KM $18.88 ↓ -33%
Molina Star Plus KM $18.88 ↓ -33%
Molina Star KM $18.88 ↓ -33%
Community Health Choice Star KM $19.06 ↓ -32%
US Imaging Network PPO $19.24 ↓ -31%
Devoted Health Plan MM $19.42 ↓ -31%
Amerigroup MM $19.42 ↓ -31%
Imperial Health Plan MM $19.78 ↓ -29%
ProCare Advantage MM $19.78 ↓ -29%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $19.78 ↓ -29%
Christus Health HIX $25.17 ↓ -10%
Partners Direct Health PPO $32.36 ↑ +15%
ADV Cardiovas Specialist MM $35.96 ↑ +28%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $35.96 ↑ +28%
Healthcare Highways PPO $38.25 ↑ +36%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $42.50 ↑ +52%
Verity HealthNet PPO $51.00 ↑ +82%
Aetna New Business $52.70 ↑ +88%
First Health PPO $55.25 ↑ +97%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $55.25 ↑ +97%
Phcs PPO $55.25 ↑ +97%
Multiplan PPO $55.25 ↑ +97%
Humana Choicecare $56.72 ↑ +102%
Aetna POS $58.65 ↑ +109%
Aetna EPO $58.65 ↑ +109%
Aetna HMO $58.65 ↑ +109%
Aetna PPO $58.65 ↑ +109%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $59.50 ↑ +112%
MCT Credit Union All Plans $59.50 ↑ +112%
Health Management Network PPO $68.00 ↑ +142%
Provider Select PPO $68.00 ↑ +142%
Beech Street PPO $68.00 ↑ +142%
HealthSmart PPO $68.00 ↑ +142%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $69.22 ↑ +147%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $72.25 ↑ +158%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $77.49 ↑ +176%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $77.49 ↑ +176%
Cigna New Business $83.89 ↑ +199%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $86.12 ↑ +207%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $91.70 ↑ +227%
Cigna PPO $107.36 ↑ +283%

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