Chromosome study additional 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.

$20.66 with United Healthcare vs $326.95 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 $20.66
United Healthcare All Payer $30.99
United Healthcare Star KM $32.14
United Healthcare Star Kids KM $32.14
Humana MM $32.71
Allwell Superior Medicare Advantage $34.43
Christus Health Med Adv MM $34.43
United Healthcare MM $34.43
Washington National Supp MM $34.43
Aetna MM $34.43
Wellcare MM $34.43
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage MM $34.43
Triwest VA MM $34.43
Triwest VA CCN MM $34.43
Superior Chip KM $34.43
Superior Star KM $34.43
Superior Star Kids KM $34.43
Blue Cross TX MM $34.43
Amerigroup Star KM $34.43
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $35.46
Molina Star Plus KM $36.15
Molina Healthspring Star Plus KM $36.15
Molina Chip KM $36.15
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $36.15
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $36.15
Amerigroup MM $37.18
Imperial Health Plan MM $37.87
ProCare Advantage MM $37.87
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $37.87
Christus Health HIX $48.20
Healthcare Highways PPO $49.09
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $55.43
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $68.86
Cigna New Business $146.60
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $250.99
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $250.99
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $279.23
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $296.44
Cigna PPO $326.95
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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Chromosome study additional at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $297.75 $28.92 – $246.44
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $297.75 $23.65 – $172.34
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $297.75 $28.92 – $102.30
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $297.75 $28.92 – $246.44
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $297.75 $30.94 – $172.34
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $297.75 $26.00 – $172.34
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $297.75 $28.92 – $122.76
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $297.75 $28.92 – $246.44

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