Alpha-fetoprotein amniotic 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.

$10.20 with United Healthcare vs $158.55 with Cigna — 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 $10.20
United Healthcare All Payer $15.30
United Healthcare Star KM $15.66
United Healthcare Star Kids KM $15.66
Humana MM $16.15
Allwell Superior Medicare Advantage $17.00
Christus Health Med Adv MM $17.00
United Healthcare MM $17.00
Washington National Supp MM $17.00
Aetna MM $17.00
Wellcare MM $17.00
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage MM $17.00
Triwest VA MM $17.00
Triwest VA CCN MM $17.00
Superior Chip KM $17.00
Superior Star KM $17.00
Superior Star Kids KM $17.00
Blue Cross TX MM $17.00
Amerigroup Star KM $17.00
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $17.51
Molina Star Plus KM $17.85
Molina Healthspring Star Plus KM $17.85
Molina Chip KM $17.85
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $17.85
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $17.85
Amerigroup MM $18.36
Imperial Health Plan MM $18.70
ProCare Advantage MM $18.70
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $18.70
Christus Health HIX $23.80
Healthcare Highways PPO $24.08
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $27.37
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $34.00
Cigna New Business $71.09
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $123.93
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $123.93
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $137.87
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $146.37
Cigna PPO $158.55
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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