M.avium-intra dna dir prob 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.

$16.37 with United Healthcare vs $234.97 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 $16.37
United Healthcare Star Kids KM $22.92
United Healthcare Star KM $22.92
United Healthcare All Payer $24.56
Humana MM $25.93
Allwell Superior Medicare Advantage $27.29
Christus Health Med Adv MM $27.29
Amerigroup Star KM $27.29
Wellcare MM $27.29
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage MM $27.29
Triwest VA MM $27.29
Triwest VA CCN MM $27.29
Superior Chip KM $27.29
Superior Star KM $27.29
Superior Star Kids KM $27.29
Washington National Supp MM $27.29
Aetna MM $27.29
Blue Cross TX MM $27.29
United Healthcare MM $27.84
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $28.11
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $28.65
Molina Chip KM $28.65
Molina Star Plus KM $28.65
Molina Healthspring Star Plus KM $28.65
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $28.65
Amerigroup MM $29.47
Imperial Health Plan MM $30.02
ProCare Advantage MM $30.02
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $30.02
Healthcare Highways PPO $35.20
Christus Health HIX $38.21
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $43.94
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $54.58
Cigna New Business $85.51
Cigna PPO $190.70
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $198.94
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $198.94
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $221.32
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $234.97
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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M.avium-intra dna dir prob at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Texas Health Hospital Mansfield Mansfield $219.02 $27.29 – $89.09
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas not published $24.56 – $105.07
CHRISTUS Children's Hospital San Antonio not published $22.92 – $74.55
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $22.46 – $112.93
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $22.92 – $112.93
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock not published $59.61 – $118.98
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $22.46 – $112.93
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $22.46 – $112.93

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