Arthrp prostc dstl scph crpl 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.

$597.51 with United Healthcare vs $24,825.09 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 $597.51
United Healthcare Star KM $597.51
Cigna New Business $2,309.00
Healthcare Highways PPO $3,296.00
Amerigroup Star KM $3,585.22
Superior Chip KM $3,585.22
Superior Star KM $3,585.22
Superior Star Kids KM $3,585.22
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $3,764.48
Molina Chip KM $3,764.48
Molina Star Plus KM $3,764.48
Molina Healthspring Star Plus KM $3,764.48
Cigna PPO $4,616.00
United Healthcare HIX $5,319.00
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $6,221.23
Humana MM $6,481.15
Christus Health Med Adv MM $6,822.26
Triwest VA CCN MM $6,822.26
Triwest VA MM $6,822.26
Washington National Supp MM $6,822.26
Aetna MM $6,822.26
Blue Cross TX MM $6,822.26
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage MM $6,822.26
Wellcare MM $6,822.26
Allwell Superior Medicare Advantage $6,822.26
United Healthcare MM $6,958.71
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $7,026.93
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $7,163.37
Amerigroup MM $7,368.04
Imperial Health Plan MM $7,504.49
ProCare Advantage MM $7,504.49
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $7,504.49
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $8,494.37
Christus Health HIX $9,551.16
United Healthcare All Payer $12,030.00
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $13,644.52
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $17,407.47
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $20,338.63
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $24,825.09
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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Arthrp prostc dstl scph crpl at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas not published $7,477.44 – $8,715.36
CHRISTUS Children's Hospital San Antonio not published $3,585.22 – $3,849.00
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $3,513.52 – $9,571.12
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $3,847.08 – $12,263.00
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock not published $2,750.00 – $17,789.31
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $3,513.52 – $10,408.59
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $3,513.52 – $10,647.87
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $3,847.08 – $10,647.87

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