Assay of cathepsin-d 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.

$10.84 with United Healthcare vs $198.15 with Cigna — 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 HIX $10.84
United Healthcare All Payer $16.25
United Healthcare Star Kids KM $16.85
United Healthcare Star KM $16.85
Humana MM $17.16
Allwell Superior Medicare Advantage $18.06
Christus Health Med Adv MM $18.06
Amerigroup Star KM $18.06
Wellcare MM $18.06
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage MM $18.06
Triwest VA MM $18.06
Triwest VA CCN MM $18.06
Superior Chip KM $18.06
Superior Star KM $18.06
Superior Star Kids KM $18.06
Washington National Supp MM $18.06
Aetna MM $18.06
Blue Cross TX MM $18.06
United Healthcare MM $18.42
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $18.60
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $18.96
Molina Chip KM $18.96
Molina Star Plus KM $18.96
Molina Healthspring Star Plus KM $18.96
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $18.96
Amerigroup MM $19.50
Imperial Health Plan MM $19.87
ProCare Advantage MM $19.87
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $19.87
Christus Health HIX $25.28
Healthcare Highways PPO $25.93
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $29.08
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $36.12
Cigna New Business $88.85
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $131.66
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $131.66
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $146.47
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $155.50
Cigna PPO $198.15
Phcs PPO not published by hospital
HealthSmart Preferred not published by hospital
Aetna All Plans not published by hospital
Humana Choicecare not published by hospital

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Assay of cathepsin-d at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $26.75 $5.51 – $43.34
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $26.75 $12.00 – $43.34
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $26.75 $12.00 – $43.34
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $26.75 $8.00 – $43.34
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $26.75 $12.00 – $43.34
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST Waco $26.75 $14.71 – $43.34
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER Temple $26.75 $12.00 – $43.34
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PFLUGERVILLE Suite 100 $26.75 $12.00 – $93.37

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