Adding walker to prev cast at CHRISTUS Good Shepherd Medical Center - Marshall

811 S Washington Ave, Marshall, TX · Christushealth · · NPI 1285280057

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jan 14, 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.

$17.17 with Superior 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
Superior Chip KM $17.17
Amerigroup Star KM $17.17
Superior Star Kids KM $17.17
Superior Star KM $17.17
Molina Star Plus KM $18.03
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $18.03
Molina Chip KM $18.03
Molina Healthspring Star Plus KM $18.03
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $22.89
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $31.25
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $64.05
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $74.83
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $91.34
Cigna New Business $123.00
Humana MM $143.16
United Healthcare MM $150.69
Wellcare MM $150.69
Aetna MM $150.69
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage MM $150.69
Allwell Superior Medicare Advantage $150.69
Christus Health Med Adv MM $150.69
Triwest VA CCN MM $150.69
Triwest VA MM $150.69
Washington National Supp MM $150.69
Blue Cross TX MM $150.69
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $155.21
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $158.22
Amerigroup MM $162.75
Imperial Health Plan MM $165.76
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $165.76
ProCare Advantage MM $165.76
United Healthcare HIX $179.00
Christus Health HIX $210.97
Cigna PPO $245.00
United Healthcare Star Kids KM $276.72
United Healthcare Star KM $276.72
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $301.38
United Healthcare All Payer $404.00
Healthcare Highways PPO $3,436.00
Phcs PPO not published by hospital
Humana Choicecare not published by hospital
Aetna All Plans not published by hospital
HealthSmart Preferred not published by hospital

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