Test urine urobilinogen 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.

$2.68 with United Healthcare vs $38.49 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 $2.68
United Healthcare Star Kids KM $3.75
United Healthcare Star KM $3.75
United Healthcare All Payer $4.02
Humana MM $4.25
Allwell Superior Medicare Advantage $4.47
Christus Health Med Adv MM $4.47
Amerigroup Star KM $4.47
Wellcare MM $4.47
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage MM $4.47
Triwest VA MM $4.47
Triwest VA CCN MM $4.47
Superior Chip KM $4.47
Superior Star KM $4.47
Superior Star Kids KM $4.47
Washington National Supp MM $4.47
Aetna MM $4.47
Blue Cross TX MM $4.47
United Healthcare MM $4.56
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $4.60
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $4.69
Molina Chip KM $4.69
Molina Star Plus KM $4.69
Molina Healthspring Star Plus KM $4.69
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $4.69
Amerigroup MM $4.83
Imperial Health Plan MM $4.92
ProCare Advantage MM $4.92
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $4.92
Healthcare Highways PPO $5.56
Christus Health HIX $6.26
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $7.20
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $8.94
Cigna New Business $13.34
Cigna PPO $29.75
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $32.59
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $32.59
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $36.25
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $38.49
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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