Assay of intrinsic factor 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.

$11.89 with United Healthcare vs $170.65 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 $11.89
United Healthcare Star KM $16.65
United Healthcare Star Kids KM $16.65
United Healthcare All Payer $17.84
Humana MM $18.83
Aetna MM $19.82
Superior Star Kids KM $19.82
Wellcare MM $19.82
Blue Cross TX MM $19.82
United Healthcare MM $19.82
Washington National Supp MM $19.82
Triwest VA MM $19.82
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage MM $19.82
Christus Health Med Adv MM $19.82
Allwell Superior Medicare Advantage $19.82
Superior Chip KM $19.82
Superior Star KM $19.82
Triwest VA CCN MM $19.82
Amerigroup Star KM $19.82
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $20.41
Molina Chip KM $20.81
Molina Star Plus KM $20.81
Molina Healthspring Star Plus KM $20.81
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $20.81
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $20.81
Amerigroup MM $21.41
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $21.80
ProCare Advantage MM $21.80
Imperial Health Plan MM $21.80
Healthcare Highways PPO $25.47
Christus Health HIX $27.75
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $31.91
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $39.64
Cigna New Business $67.75
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $144.49
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $144.49
Cigna PPO $151.10
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $160.74
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $170.65
Humana Choicecare not published by hospital
HealthSmart Preferred not published by hospital
Aetna All Plans not published by hospital
Phcs PPO not published by hospital

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