Thromboxane urine 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.

$21.07 with United Healthcare vs $302.30 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 $21.07
United Healthcare Star Kids KM $29.49
United Healthcare Star KM $29.49
United Healthcare All Payer $31.60
Humana MM $33.35
Allwell Superior Medicare Advantage $35.11
Christus Health Med Adv MM $35.11
Amerigroup Star KM $35.11
Wellcare MM $35.11
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage MM $35.11
Triwest VA MM $35.11
Triwest VA CCN MM $35.11
Superior Chip KM $35.11
Superior Star KM $35.11
Superior Star Kids KM $35.11
Washington National Supp MM $35.11
Aetna MM $35.11
Blue Cross TX MM $35.11
United Healthcare MM $35.81
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $36.16
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $36.87
Molina Chip KM $36.87
Molina Star Plus KM $36.87
Molina Healthspring Star Plus KM $36.87
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $36.87
Amerigroup MM $37.92
Imperial Health Plan MM $38.62
ProCare Advantage MM $38.62
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $38.62
Healthcare Highways PPO $44.92
Christus Health HIX $49.15
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $56.53
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $70.22
Cigna New Business $71.09
Cigna PPO $158.55
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $255.95
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $255.95
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $284.74
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $302.30
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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Thromboxane urine at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Texas Health Hospital Mansfield Mansfield $422.47 $35.11 – $70.22
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas not published $31.60 – $135.17
CHRISTUS Children's Hospital San Antonio not published $29.49 – $62.47
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $28.90 – $144.97
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $29.49 – $144.97
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock not published $76.68 – $153.08
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $28.90 – $144.97
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $28.90 – $144.97

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