#resp virpnl dfa-parainfluenza 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.

$9.86 with United Healthcare vs $141.46 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 $9.86
United Healthcare Star Kids KM $13.80
United Healthcare Star KM $13.80
United Healthcare All Payer $14.79
Humana MM $15.61
Allwell Superior Medicare Advantage $16.43
Christus Health Med Adv MM $16.43
Amerigroup Star KM $16.43
Wellcare MM $16.43
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage MM $16.43
Triwest VA MM $16.43
Triwest VA CCN MM $16.43
Superior Chip KM $16.43
Superior Star KM $16.43
Superior Star Kids KM $16.43
Washington National Supp MM $16.43
Aetna MM $16.43
Blue Cross TX MM $16.43
United Healthcare MM $16.76
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $16.92
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $17.25
Molina Chip KM $17.25
Molina Star Plus KM $17.25
Molina Healthspring Star Plus KM $17.25
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $17.25
Amerigroup MM $17.74
Imperial Health Plan MM $18.07
ProCare Advantage MM $18.07
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $18.07
Healthcare Highways PPO $21.30
Christus Health HIX $23.00
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $26.45
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $32.86
Cigna New Business $51.10
Cigna PPO $113.95
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $119.77
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $119.77
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $133.25
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $141.46
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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#resp virpnl dfa-parainfluenza at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $80.73 $10.00 – $100.91
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $70.20 $12.00 – $105.30
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $70.20 $12.00 – $87.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $80.73 $10.00 – $100.91
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $70.20 $12.00 – $105.30
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $70.20 $8.00 – $105.30
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $70.20 $12.00 – $105.30
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $80.73 $10.00 – $100.91

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