Hla i & ii type verify lr 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.

$242.71 with United Healthcare vs $3,482.92 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 $242.71
United Healthcare Star Kids KM $339.80
United Healthcare Star KM $339.80
United Healthcare All Payer $364.07
Humana MM $384.29
Allwell Superior Medicare Advantage $404.52
Christus Health Med Adv MM $404.52
Amerigroup Star KM $404.52
Wellcare MM $404.52
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage MM $404.52
Triwest VA MM $404.52
Triwest VA CCN MM $404.52
Superior Chip KM $404.52
Superior Star KM $404.52
Superior Star Kids KM $404.52
Washington National Supp MM $404.52
Aetna MM $404.52
Blue Cross TX MM $404.52
United Healthcare MM $412.61
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $416.66
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $424.75
Molina Chip KM $424.75
Molina Star Plus KM $424.75
Molina Healthspring Star Plus KM $424.75
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $424.75
Amerigroup MM $436.88
Imperial Health Plan MM $444.97
ProCare Advantage MM $444.97
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $444.97
Healthcare Highways PPO $519.63
Christus Health HIX $566.33
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $651.28
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $809.04
Cigna New Business $1,021.80
Cigna PPO $2,278.81
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $2,948.95
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $2,948.95
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $3,280.66
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $3,482.92
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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