Gastrin test 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.

$10.61 with United Healthcare vs $168.40 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 $10.61
United Healthcare All Payer $15.92
United Healthcare Star KM $16.51
United Healthcare Star Kids KM $16.51
Humana MM $16.81
Allwell Superior Medicare Advantage $17.69
Christus Health Med Adv MM $17.69
United Healthcare MM $17.69
Washington National Supp MM $17.69
Aetna MM $17.69
Wellcare MM $17.69
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage MM $17.69
Triwest VA MM $17.69
Triwest VA CCN MM $17.69
Superior Chip KM $17.69
Superior Star KM $17.69
Superior Star Kids KM $17.69
Blue Cross TX MM $17.69
Amerigroup Star KM $17.69
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $18.22
Molina Star Plus KM $18.57
Molina Healthspring Star Plus KM $18.57
Molina Chip KM $18.57
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $18.57
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $18.57
Amerigroup MM $19.11
Imperial Health Plan MM $19.46
ProCare Advantage MM $19.46
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $19.46
Christus Health HIX $24.77
Healthcare Highways PPO $25.47
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $28.48
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $35.38
Cigna New Business $75.51
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $128.96
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $128.96
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $143.47
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $152.31
Cigna PPO $168.40
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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