Mecp2 gene full seq 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.

$316.72 with United Healthcare vs $4,544.96 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 $316.72
United Healthcare Star Kids KM $443.41
United Healthcare Star KM $443.41
United Healthcare All Payer $475.08
Humana MM $501.48
Allwell Superior Medicare Advantage $527.87
Christus Health Med Adv MM $527.87
Amerigroup Star KM $527.87
Wellcare MM $527.87
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage MM $527.87
Triwest VA MM $527.87
Triwest VA CCN MM $527.87
Superior Chip KM $527.87
Superior Star KM $527.87
Superior Star Kids KM $527.87
Washington National Supp MM $527.87
Aetna MM $527.87
Blue Cross TX MM $527.87
United Healthcare MM $538.43
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $543.71
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $554.26
Molina Chip KM $554.26
Molina Star Plus KM $554.26
Molina Healthspring Star Plus KM $554.26
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $554.26
Amerigroup MM $570.10
Imperial Health Plan MM $580.66
ProCare Advantage MM $580.66
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $580.66
Cigna New Business $670.54
Healthcare Highways PPO $678.48
Christus Health HIX $739.02
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $849.87
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $1,055.74
Cigna PPO $1,495.43
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $3,848.17
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $3,848.17
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $4,281.03
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $4,544.96
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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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,778.53 $36.00 – $2,667.80
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,368.10 $36.00 – $2,052.15
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST Waco $1,778.53 $443.41 – $2,223.16
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER Temple $1,778.53 $36.00 – $2,667.80
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PFLUGERVILLE Suite 100 $1,368.10 $36.00 – $2,729.09

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