Ins picc wo subq prt/pmp w image guidnc <5yr 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.

$223.75 with Superior 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
Superior Star Kids KM $223.75
Amerigroup Star KM $223.75
Superior Chip KM $223.75
Superior Star KM $223.75
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $234.94
Molina Chip KM $234.94
Molina Healthspring Star Plus KM $234.94
Molina Star Plus KM $234.94
United Healthcare Star Kids KM $237.50
United Healthcare Star KM $237.50
Humana MM $560.92
Washington National Supp MM $590.44
Aetna MM $590.44
Wellcare MM $590.44
Blue Cross TX MM $590.44
Triwest VA MM $590.44
Triwest VA CCN MM $590.44
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage MM $590.44
Allwell Superior Medicare Advantage $590.44
Christus Health Med Adv MM $590.44
United Healthcare MM $602.25
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $608.15
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $619.96
Amerigroup MM $637.68
Imperial Health Plan MM $649.48
ProCare Advantage MM $649.48
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $649.48
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $655.73
Christus Health HIX $826.62
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $895.32
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $1,180.88
United Healthcare HIX $1,599.00
Cigna New Business $1,777.00
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $1,834.78
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $2,143.73
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $2,616.62
Healthcare Highways PPO $3,436.00
Cigna PPO $3,550.00
United Healthcare All Payer $3,616.00
HealthSmart Preferred not published by hospital
Phcs PPO not published by hospital
Aetna All Plans not published by hospital
Humana Choicecare not published by hospital

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Ins picc wo subq prt/pmp w image guidnc <5yr at other Texas hospitals

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