Renin stimulation panel 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.

$125.59 with United Healthcare vs $1,802.25 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 $125.59
United Healthcare Star KM $175.83
United Healthcare Star Kids KM $175.83
United Healthcare All Payer $188.39
Humana MM $198.85
Allwell Superior Medicare Advantage $209.32
Christus Health Med Adv MM $209.32
United Healthcare MM $209.32
Washington National Supp MM $209.32
Aetna MM $209.32
Wellcare MM $209.32
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage MM $209.32
Triwest VA MM $209.32
Triwest VA CCN MM $209.32
Superior Chip KM $209.32
Superior Star KM $209.32
Superior Star Kids KM $209.32
Blue Cross TX MM $209.32
Amerigroup Star KM $209.32
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $215.60
Molina Star Plus KM $219.79
Molina Healthspring Star Plus KM $219.79
Molina Chip KM $219.79
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $219.79
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $219.79
Amerigroup MM $226.07
Imperial Health Plan MM $230.25
ProCare Advantage MM $230.25
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $230.25
Healthcare Highways PPO $269.08
Christus Health HIX $293.05
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $337.01
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $418.64
Cigna New Business $594.20
Cigna PPO $1,325.18
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $1,525.94
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $1,525.94
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $1,697.59
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $1,802.25
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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Renin stimulation panel at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas not published $188.39 – $805.88
CHRISTUS Children's Hospital San Antonio not published $175.83 – $490.56
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $172.31 – $861.45
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $175.83 – $861.45
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock not published $457.17 – $912.64
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $172.31 – $861.45
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $172.31 – $861.45
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $175.83 – $861.45

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