Foam stability fetal lung 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.

$11.35 with United Healthcare vs $178.32 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 $11.35
United Healthcare All Payer $17.02
United Healthcare Star KM $17.65
United Healthcare Star Kids KM $17.65
Humana MM $17.96
Allwell Superior Medicare Advantage $18.91
Christus Health Med Adv MM $18.91
United Healthcare MM $18.91
Washington National Supp MM $18.91
Aetna MM $18.91
Wellcare MM $18.91
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage MM $18.91
Triwest VA MM $18.91
Triwest VA CCN MM $18.91
Superior Chip KM $18.91
Superior Star KM $18.91
Superior Star Kids KM $18.91
Blue Cross TX MM $18.91
Amerigroup Star KM $18.91
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $19.48
Molina Star Plus KM $19.86
Molina Healthspring Star Plus KM $19.86
Molina Chip KM $19.86
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $19.86
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $19.86
Amerigroup MM $20.42
Imperial Health Plan MM $20.80
ProCare Advantage MM $20.80
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $20.80
Christus Health HIX $26.47
Healthcare Highways PPO $26.87
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $30.45
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $37.82
Cigna New Business $79.96
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $137.85
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $137.85
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $153.36
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $162.82
Cigna PPO $178.32
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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Foam stability fetal lung at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin (Ascension Seton) Austin $66.06 $15.88 – $140.66
Ascension Seton Northwest (Ascension Seton) Austin $66.06 $15.88 – $140.66
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas not published $17.02 – $72.80
CHRISTUS Children's Hospital San Antonio not published $17.65 – $70.30
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $15.56 – $78.07
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $15.88 – $78.07
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock not published $41.30 – $82.45
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $15.56 – $78.07

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