X-ray optic foramina 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

$257.07

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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$779.00

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.

$33.75 with United Healthcare vs $459.85 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 Kid KM $33.75 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Star KM $33.75 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $33.75 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Chip KM $33.75 ↓ -87%
Texas Healthspring MM $44.10 ↓ -83%
Humana Choicecare $77.72 ↓ -70%
Cigna New Business $82.58 ↓ -68%
Wellcare MM $88.19 ↓ -66%
Humana Gold Choice MM $88.19 ↓ -66%
United Healthcare MM $88.19 ↓ -66%
Aetna MM $88.19 ↓ -66%
Coventry First Health MM $88.19 ↓ -66%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $88.19 ↓ -66%
Community Health Choice Dual MM $88.19 ↓ -66%
Allwell Superior Health MM $88.19 ↓ -66%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $88.19 ↓ -66%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $88.19 ↓ -66%
Triwest VA MM $88.19 ↓ -66%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $88.19 ↓ -66%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $90.84 ↓ -65%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $90.84 ↓ -65%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $92.60 ↓ -64%
US Imaging Network PPO $94.36 ↓ -63%
Devoted Health Plan MM $95.25 ↓ -63%
Amerigroup MM $95.25 ↓ -63%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $97.01 ↓ -62%
Imperial Health Plan MM $97.01 ↓ -62%
ProCare Advantage MM $97.01 ↓ -62%
Cigna PPO $105.68 ↓ -59%
Superior Star KM $109.47 ↓ -57%
Superior Foster Care KM $109.47 ↓ -57%
Superior Star Plus KM $109.47 ↓ -57%
Superior Chip KM $109.47 ↓ -57%
Community Health Choice Chip KM $109.47 ↓ -57%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Kids KM $114.94 ↓ -55%
Molina Chip KM $114.94 ↓ -55%
Molina Star Plus KM $114.94 ↓ -55%
Molina Star KM $114.94 ↓ -55%
Amerigroup Chip KM $114.94 ↓ -55%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $114.94 ↓ -55%
Amerigroup Star KM $114.94 ↓ -55%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $114.94 ↓ -55%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $114.94 ↓ -55%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $114.94 ↓ -55%
Community Health Choice Star KM $116.04 ↓ -55%
Christus Health HIX $123.47 ↓ -52%
United Healthcare HIX $162.30 ↓ -37%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $176.38 ↓ -31%
ADV Cardiovas Specialist MM $176.38 ↓ -31%
United Healthcare All Payer $227.22 ↓ -12%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $229.85 ↓ -11%
Healthcare Highways PPO $243.45 ↓ -5%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $270.50 ↑ +5%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $322.43 ↑ +25%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $322.43 ↑ +25%
Verity HealthNet PPO $324.60 ↑ +26%
Aetna New Business $335.42 ↑ +30%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $351.65 ↑ +37%
Multiplan PPO $351.65 ↑ +37%
First Health PPO $351.65 ↑ +37%
Phcs PPO $351.65 ↑ +37%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $358.35 ↑ +39%
Aetna EPO $373.29 ↑ +45%
Aetna HMO $373.29 ↑ +45%
Aetna PPO $373.29 ↑ +45%
Aetna POS $373.29 ↑ +45%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $378.70 ↑ +47%
Partners Direct Health PPO $378.70 ↑ +47%
MCT Credit Union All Plans $378.70 ↑ +47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $380.69 ↑ +48%
Beech Street PPO $432.80 ↑ +68%
Provider Select PPO $432.80 ↑ +68%
Health Management Network PPO $432.80 ↑ +68%
HealthSmart PPO $432.80 ↑ +68%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $459.85 ↑ +79%

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