Apheresis platelets 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.

$164.30 with Superior vs $4,099.00 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
Superior Star KM $164.30
Superior Chip KM $164.30
Amerigroup Star KM $164.30
Superior Star Kids KM $164.30
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $172.52
Molina Star Plus KM $172.52
Molina Healthspring Star Plus KM $172.52
Molina Chip KM $172.52
United Healthcare HIX $179.00
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $203.91
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $278.42
Humana MM $396.63
United Healthcare All Payer $404.00
Triwest VA MM $417.51
Triwest VA CCN MM $417.51
United Healthcare MM $417.51
Washington National Supp MM $417.51
Aetna MM $417.51
Blue Cross TX MM $417.51
Wellcare MM $417.51
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage MM $417.51
Allwell Superior Medicare Advantage $417.51
Christus Health Med Adv MM $417.51
United Healthcare Star Kids KM $424.92
United Healthcare Star KM $424.92
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $430.04
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $438.39
Amerigroup MM $450.91
Imperial Health Plan MM $459.26
ProCare Advantage MM $459.26
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $459.26
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $570.56
Christus Health HIX $584.51
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $666.64
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $813.69
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $835.02
Cigna New Business $2,052.00
Healthcare Highways PPO $3,436.00
Cigna PPO $4,099.00
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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Apheresis platelets at other Texas hospitals

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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,692.74 $164.30 – $3,365.93
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,851.13 $175.80 – $4,276.70
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $2,851.13 $175.80 – $4,276.70
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $2,851.13 $164.30 – $4,276.70
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $2,771.94 $164.30 – $4,157.91
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $2,692.74 $164.30 – $3,365.93

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