X-ray skull < 4 views 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

$1,216.71

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.

$3,687.00

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.

$34.41 with United Healthcare vs $3,133.95 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 $34.41 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $34.41 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Star KM $34.41 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Chip KM $34.41 ↓ -97%
Texas Healthspring MM $53.26 ↓ -96%
Humana Choicecare $79.42 ↓ -93%
Cigna New Business $80.17 ↓ -93%
Cigna PPO $102.59 ↓ -92%
Wellcare MM $106.51 ↓ -91%
Humana Gold Choice MM $106.51 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare MM $106.51 ↓ -91%
Aetna MM $106.51 ↓ -91%
Coventry First Health MM $106.51 ↓ -91%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $106.51 ↓ -91%
Community Health Choice Dual MM $106.51 ↓ -91%
Allwell Superior Health MM $106.51 ↓ -91%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $106.51 ↓ -91%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $106.51 ↓ -91%
Triwest VA MM $106.51 ↓ -91%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $106.51 ↓ -91%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $109.71 ↓ -91%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $109.71 ↓ -91%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $111.84 ↓ -91%
US Imaging Network PPO $113.97 ↓ -91%
Devoted Health Plan MM $115.03 ↓ -91%
Amerigroup MM $115.03 ↓ -91%
Imperial Health Plan MM $117.16 ↓ -90%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $117.16 ↓ -90%
ProCare Advantage MM $117.16 ↓ -90%
Superior Foster Care KM $134.67 ↓ -89%
Superior Star KM $134.67 ↓ -89%
Community Health Choice Chip KM $134.67 ↓ -89%
Superior Star Plus KM $134.67 ↓ -89%
Superior Chip KM $134.67 ↓ -89%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $141.40 ↓ -88%
Molina Star KM $141.40 ↓ -88%
Molina Chip KM $141.40 ↓ -88%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $141.40 ↓ -88%
Amerigroup Chip KM $141.40 ↓ -88%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $141.40 ↓ -88%
Amerigroup Star KM $141.40 ↓ -88%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $141.40 ↓ -88%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Kids KM $141.40 ↓ -88%
Molina Star Plus KM $141.40 ↓ -88%
Community Health Choice Star KM $142.75 ↓ -88%
Christus Health HIX $149.11 ↓ -88%
ADV Cardiovas Specialist MM $213.02 ↓ -82%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $213.02 ↓ -82%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $322.79 ↓ -73%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $452.80 ↓ -63%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $452.80 ↓ -63%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $503.24 ↓ -59%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $534.62 ↓ -56%
United Healthcare HIX $1,106.10 ↓ -9%
United Healthcare All Payer $1,548.54 ↑ +27%
Healthcare Highways PPO $1,659.15 ↑ +36%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $1,843.50 ↑ +52%
Verity HealthNet PPO $2,212.20 ↑ +82%
Aetna New Business $2,285.94 ↑ +88%
First Health PPO $2,396.55 ↑ +97%
Multiplan PPO $2,396.55 ↑ +97%
Phcs PPO $2,396.55 ↑ +97%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $2,396.55 ↑ +97%
Aetna POS $2,544.03 ↑ +109%
Aetna PPO $2,544.03 ↑ +109%
Aetna EPO $2,544.03 ↑ +109%
Aetna HMO $2,544.03 ↑ +109%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $2,580.90 ↑ +112%
Partners Direct Health PPO $2,580.90 ↑ +112%
MCT Credit Union All Plans $2,580.90 ↑ +112%
Provider Select PPO $2,949.60 ↑ +142%
Health Management Network PPO $2,949.60 ↑ +142%
Beech Street PPO $2,949.60 ↑ +142%
HealthSmart PPO $2,949.60 ↑ +142%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $3,133.95 ↑ +158%

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