Chylomicron screen, bf - sendout 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.

$36.90 with United Healthcare vs $529.52 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 $36.90
United Healthcare Star KM $51.66
United Healthcare Star Kids KM $51.66
United Healthcare All Payer $55.35
Humana MM $58.43
Allwell Superior Medicare Advantage $61.50
Christus Health Med Adv MM $61.50
United Healthcare MM $61.50
Washington National Supp MM $61.50
Aetna MM $61.50
Wellcare MM $61.50
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage MM $61.50
Triwest VA MM $61.50
Triwest VA CCN MM $61.50
Superior Chip KM $61.50
Superior Star KM $61.50
Superior Star Kids KM $61.50
Blue Cross TX MM $61.50
Amerigroup Star KM $61.50
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $63.35
Molina Star Plus KM $64.58
Molina Healthspring Star Plus KM $64.58
Molina Chip KM $64.58
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $64.58
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $64.58
Amerigroup MM $66.42
Imperial Health Plan MM $67.65
ProCare Advantage MM $67.65
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $67.65
Healthcare Highways PPO $79.20
Christus Health HIX $86.10
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $99.02
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $123.00
Cigna New Business $145.50
Cigna PPO $324.49
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $448.34
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $448.34
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $498.77
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $529.52
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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Chylomicron screen, bf - sendout at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $136.09 $10.00 – $170.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $156.29 $12.00 – $234.43
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $151.81 $12.00 – $189.76
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $136.09 $10.00 – $170.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $156.29 $12.00 – $234.43
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $156.29 $8.00 – $234.43
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $151.81 $12.00 – $227.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $136.09 $10.00 – $170.12

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