Measure ureter pressure 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.

$57.79 with Amerigroup vs $3,436.00 with Healthcare Highways — 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
Amerigroup Star KM $57.79
Superior Star Kids KM $57.79
Superior Star KM $57.79
Superior Chip KM $57.79
Molina Healthspring Star Plus KM $60.68
Molina Chip KM $60.68
Molina Star Plus KM $60.68
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $60.68
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $72.71
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $99.27
Cigna New Business $123.00
Humana MM $141.95
Allwell Superior Medicare Advantage $149.42
Blue Cross TX MM $149.42
Triwest VA MM $149.42
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage MM $149.42
Triwest VA CCN MM $149.42
Wellcare MM $149.42
Aetna MM $149.42
Washington National Supp MM $149.42
Christus Health Med Adv MM $149.42
United Healthcare MM $152.41
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $153.90
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $156.89
Amerigroup MM $161.37
Imperial Health Plan MM $164.36
ProCare Advantage MM $164.36
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $164.36
United Healthcare HIX $179.00
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $203.44
Christus Health HIX $209.19
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $237.69
Cigna PPO $245.00
United Healthcare Star KM $276.72
United Healthcare Star Kids KM $276.72
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $290.13
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $298.84
United Healthcare All Payer $404.00
Healthcare Highways PPO $3,436.00
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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