Hexa gene 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.

$30.87 with United Healthcare vs $442.98 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 HIX $30.87
United Healthcare Star Kids KM $43.22
United Healthcare Star KM $43.22
United Healthcare All Payer $46.31
Humana MM $48.88
Allwell Superior Medicare Advantage $51.45
Christus Health Med Adv MM $51.45
Amerigroup Star KM $51.45
Wellcare MM $51.45
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage MM $51.45
Triwest VA MM $51.45
Triwest VA CCN MM $51.45
Superior Chip KM $51.45
Superior Star KM $51.45
Superior Star Kids KM $51.45
Washington National Supp MM $51.45
Aetna MM $51.45
Blue Cross TX MM $51.45
United Healthcare MM $52.48
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $52.99
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $54.02
Molina Chip KM $54.02
Molina Star Plus KM $54.02
Molina Healthspring Star Plus KM $54.02
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $54.02
Amerigroup MM $55.57
Imperial Health Plan MM $56.60
ProCare Advantage MM $56.60
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $56.60
Healthcare Highways PPO $66.23
Christus Health HIX $72.03
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $82.83
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $102.90
Cigna New Business $169.54
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $375.07
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $375.07
Cigna PPO $378.12
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $417.26
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $442.98
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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