Chorion biopsy 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.

$45.92 with United Healthcare vs $3,616.00 with United Healthcare — 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 KM $45.92
United Healthcare Star Kids KM $45.92
Amerigroup Star KM $49.83
Superior Chip KM $49.83
Superior Star KM $49.83
Superior Star Kids KM $49.83
Molina Star Plus KM $52.32
Molina Chip KM $52.32
Molina Healthspring Star Plus KM $52.32
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $52.32
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $64.18
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $87.63
Cigna New Business $123.00
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $179.58
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $209.81
Cigna PPO $245.00
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $256.10
Humana MM $789.98
Wellcare MM $831.56
Aetna MM $831.56
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage MM $831.56
Allwell Superior Medicare Advantage $831.56
Christus Health Med Adv MM $831.56
Triwest VA CCN MM $831.56
Triwest VA MM $831.56
Washington National Supp MM $831.56
Blue Cross TX MM $831.56
United Healthcare MM $848.19
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $856.51
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $873.14
Amerigroup MM $898.08
Imperial Health Plan MM $914.72
ProCare Advantage MM $914.72
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $914.72
Christus Health HIX $1,164.18
United Healthcare HIX $1,599.00
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $1,663.12
Healthcare Highways PPO $3,436.00
United Healthcare All Payer $3,616.00
Phcs PPO not published by hospital
Aetna All Plans not published by hospital
HealthSmart Preferred not published by hospital
Humana Choicecare not published by hospital

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Chorion biopsy at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $736.99 $53.32 – $1,991.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $736.99 $49.83 – $1,991.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $736.99 $53.32 – $1,991.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $736.99 $49.83 – $1,991.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $736.99 $49.83 – $1,991.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST Waco $736.99 $49.83 – $1,991.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER Temple $736.99 $49.83 – $1,991.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PFLUGERVILLE Suite 100 $736.99 $49.83 – $1,991.50

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