X-ray esophogram chest radiograph(s) & delayed images single contrast study 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

$470.58

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.

$1,426.00

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.

$83.54 with United Healthcare vs $1,212.10 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
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $83.54 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Chip KM $83.54 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Star Kid KM $83.54 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Star KM $83.54 ↓ -82%
Texas Healthspring MM $89.16 ↓ -81%
Wellcare MM $178.31 ↓ -62%
Humana Gold Choice MM $178.31 ↓ -62%
United Healthcare MM $178.31 ↓ -62%
Aetna MM $178.31 ↓ -62%
Coventry First Health MM $178.31 ↓ -62%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $178.31 ↓ -62%
Community Health Choice Dual MM $178.31 ↓ -62%
Allwell Superior Health MM $178.31 ↓ -62%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $178.31 ↓ -62%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $178.31 ↓ -62%
Triwest VA MM $178.31 ↓ -62%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $178.31 ↓ -62%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $183.66 ↓ -61%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $183.66 ↓ -61%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $187.23 ↓ -60%
US Imaging Network PPO $190.79 ↓ -59%
Devoted Health Plan MM $192.57 ↓ -59%
Amerigroup MM $192.57 ↓ -59%
Humana Choicecare $193.25 ↓ -59%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $196.14 ↓ -58%
ProCare Advantage MM $196.14 ↓ -58%
Imperial Health Plan MM $196.14 ↓ -58%
Cigna New Business $222.40 ↓ -53%
Superior Foster Care KM $227.23 ↓ -52%
Superior Star Plus KM $227.23 ↓ -52%
Superior Chip KM $227.23 ↓ -52%
Community Health Choice Chip KM $227.23 ↓ -52%
Superior Star KM $227.23 ↓ -52%
Amerigroup Star KM $238.59 ↓ -49%
Molina Chip KM $238.59 ↓ -49%
Molina Star Plus KM $238.59 ↓ -49%
Molina Star KM $238.59 ↓ -49%
Amerigroup Chip KM $238.59 ↓ -49%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $238.59 ↓ -49%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $238.59 ↓ -49%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $238.59 ↓ -49%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $238.59 ↓ -49%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Kids KM $238.59 ↓ -49%
Community Health Choice Star KM $240.86 ↓ -49%
Christus Health HIX $249.63 ↓ -47%
Cigna PPO $284.61 ↓ -40%
ADV Cardiovas Specialist MM $356.62 ↓ -24%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $356.62 ↓ -24%
United Healthcare HIX $427.80 ↓ -9%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $524.79 ↑ +12%
United Healthcare All Payer $598.92 ↑ +27%
Healthcare Highways PPO $641.70 ↑ +36%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $713.00 ↑ +52%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $736.17 ↑ +56%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $736.17 ↑ +56%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $818.17 ↑ +74%
Verity HealthNet PPO $855.60 ↑ +82%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $869.19 ↑ +85%
Aetna New Business $884.12 ↑ +88%
Multiplan PPO $926.90 ↑ +97%
First Health PPO $926.90 ↑ +97%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $926.90 ↑ +97%
Phcs PPO $926.90 ↑ +97%
Aetna PPO $983.94 ↑ +109%
Aetna HMO $983.94 ↑ +109%
Aetna POS $983.94 ↑ +109%
Aetna EPO $983.94 ↑ +109%
Partners Direct Health PPO $998.20 ↑ +112%
MCT Credit Union All Plans $998.20 ↑ +112%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $998.20 ↑ +112%
Health Management Network PPO $1,140.80 ↑ +142%
Provider Select PPO $1,140.80 ↑ +142%
Beech Street PPO $1,140.80 ↑ +142%
HealthSmart PPO $1,140.80 ↑ +142%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $1,212.10 ↑ +158%

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