Arthrodesis triple 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.

$523.41 with United Healthcare vs $49,387.95 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 Star Kids KM $523.41
United Healthcare Star KM $523.41
Cigna New Business $2,052.00
Healthcare Highways PPO $2,671.00
Cigna PPO $4,101.00
United Healthcare HIX $4,123.00
Superior Star Kids KM $7,350.15
Superior Star KM $7,350.15
Superior Chip KM $7,350.15
Amerigroup Star KM $7,350.15
Molina Chip KM $7,717.66
Molina Star Plus KM $7,717.66
Molina Healthspring Star Plus KM $7,717.66
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $7,717.66
United Healthcare All Payer $9,324.00
Humana MM $11,673.42
Triwest VA CCN MM $12,287.81
Triwest VA MM $12,287.81
United Healthcare MM $12,287.81
Washington National Supp MM $12,287.81
Aetna MM $12,287.81
Blue Cross TX MM $12,287.81
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage MM $12,287.81
Allwell Superior Medicare Advantage $12,287.81
Wellcare MM $12,287.81
Christus Health Med Adv MM $12,287.81
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $12,376.74
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $12,656.44
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $12,902.20
Amerigroup MM $13,270.83
Imperial Health Plan MM $13,516.59
ProCare Advantage MM $13,516.59
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $13,516.59
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $16,899.01
Christus Health HIX $17,202.93
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $24,575.62
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $34,631.07
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $40,462.41
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $49,387.95
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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Arthrodesis triple at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $10,629.07 $71.00 – $32,603.53
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $12,151.68 $71.00 – $32,603.53
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $10,629.07 $3,410.00 – $32,603.53
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $12,151.68 $71.00 – $32,603.53
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST Waco $10,629.07 $71.00 – $32,603.53
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER Temple $10,629.07 $71.00 – $32,603.53
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PFLUGERVILLE Suite 100 $12,151.68 $71.00 – $32,603.53

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