Implant neuroelectrodes 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 $80,009.59 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
Healthcare Highways PPO $3,436.00
United Healthcare HIX $7,038.00
Cigna New Business $10,408.00
Amerigroup Star KM $13,714.30
Superior Star Kids KM $13,714.30
Superior Chip KM $13,714.30
Superior Star KM $13,714.30
Molina Healthspring Star Plus KM $14,400.02
Molina Chip KM $14,400.02
Molina Star Plus KM $14,400.02
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $14,400.02
United Healthcare All Payer $15,917.00
Humana MM $19,455.42
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $20,050.60
Christus Health Med Adv MM $20,479.39
Triwest VA CCN MM $20,479.39
Triwest VA MM $20,479.39
Washington National Supp MM $20,479.39
Aetna MM $20,479.39
Blue Cross TX MM $20,479.39
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage MM $20,479.39
Wellcare MM $20,479.39
Allwell Superior Medicare Advantage $20,479.39
United Healthcare MM $20,888.98
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $21,093.77
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $21,503.36
Amerigroup MM $22,117.74
Imperial Health Plan MM $22,527.33
ProCare Advantage MM $22,527.33
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $22,527.33
Cigna PPO $22,697.00
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $27,376.78
Christus Health HIX $28,671.15
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $40,958.78
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $56,103.11
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $65,550.03
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $80,009.59
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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Implant neuroelectrodes at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $7,828.38 $71.00 – $54,191.38
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $19,287.34 $71.00 – $54,191.38
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $7,828.38 $85.00 – $54,191.38
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $7,828.38 $6,523.65 – $54,191.38
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $19,287.34 $71.00 – $54,191.38
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST Waco $7,828.38 $71.00 – $54,191.38
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER Temple $7,828.38 $71.00 – $54,191.38
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PFLUGERVILLE Suite 100 $19,287.34 $71.00 – $54,191.38

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