Aqueous shunt eye w/graft at CHRISTUS Good Shepherd Medical Center - Longview

700 E Marshall Ave, Longview, TX · Christushealth · · NPI 1124092036

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jan 12, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

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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.

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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.

$370.51 with United Healthcare vs $15,846.07 with Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas — 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 Kids KM $370.51
United Healthcare Star KM $370.51
Superior Star KM $2,064.63
Amerigroup Star KM $2,064.63
Superior Chip KM $2,064.63
Superior Star Kids KM $2,064.63
Molina Star Plus KM $2,167.86
Molina Healthspring Star Plus KM $2,167.86
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $2,167.86
Molina Chip KM $2,167.86
Cigna New Business $2,309.00
Healthcare Highways PPO $3,296.00
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $3,971.06
Cigna PPO $4,616.00
Humana MM $4,681.14
Christus Health Med Adv MM $4,927.52
Triwest VA CCN MM $4,927.52
Triwest VA MM $4,927.52
Washington National Supp MM $4,927.52
Aetna MM $4,927.52
Wellcare MM $4,927.52
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage MM $4,927.52
Allwell Superior Medicare Advantage $4,927.52
Blue Cross TX MM $4,927.52
United Healthcare MM $5,026.07
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $5,075.35
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $5,173.90
United Healthcare HIX $5,319.00
Amerigroup MM $5,321.72
Imperial Health Plan MM $5,420.27
ProCare Advantage MM $5,420.27
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $5,420.27
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $5,422.03
Christus Health HIX $6,898.53
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $9,855.04
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $11,111.34
United Healthcare All Payer $12,030.00
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $12,982.32
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $15,846.07
Humana Choicecare not published by hospital
Phcs PPO not published by hospital
HealthSmart Preferred not published by hospital
Aetna All Plans not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $6,859.33 $71.00 – $10,289.00
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST Waco $6,859.33 $71.00 – $10,072.14
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