Test for porphobilinogen at CHRISTUS Good Shepherd Medical Center - Marshall
811 S Washington Ave, Marshall, TX · Christushealth · · NPI 1285280057
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Cash price 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 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.
$3.49 with United Healthcare vs $50.11 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| United Healthcare | HIX | $3.49 | — |
| United Healthcare | Star KM | $4.89 | — |
| United Healthcare | Star Kids KM | $4.89 | — |
| United Healthcare | All Payer | $5.24 | — |
| Humana | MM | $5.53 | — |
| Allwell | Superior Medicare Advantage | $5.82 | — |
| Christus Health | Med Adv MM | $5.82 | — |
| United Healthcare | MM | $5.82 | — |
| Washington National | Supp MM | $5.82 | — |
| Aetna | MM | $5.82 | — |
| Wellcare | MM | $5.82 | — |
| Cigna | Healthspring Medicare Advantage MM | $5.82 | — |
| Triwest | VA MM | $5.82 | — |
| Triwest | VA CCN MM | $5.82 | — |
| Superior | Chip KM | $5.82 | — |
| Superior | Star KM | $5.82 | — |
| Superior | Star Kids KM | $5.82 | — |
| Blue Cross TX | MM | $5.82 | — |
| Amerigroup | Star KM | $5.82 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan | MM | $5.99 | — |
| Molina | Star Plus KM | $6.11 | — |
| Molina | Healthspring Star Plus KM | $6.11 | — |
| Molina | Chip KM | $6.11 | — |
| Shared Health Insurance Company | MM | $6.11 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plan | Star Plus KM | $6.11 | — |
| Amerigroup | MM | $6.29 | — |
| Imperial Health Plan | MM | $6.40 | — |
| ProCare Advantage | MM | $6.40 | — |
| American Health Medicare | Advantage MM | $6.40 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | PPO | $7.41 | — |
| Christus Health | HIX | $8.15 | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas | Blue Advantage HMO | $9.37 | — |
| Naphcare Inc. | RRMB | $11.64 | — |
| Cigna | New Business | $17.76 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $39.60 | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas | HEB | $42.43 | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas | HMO | $42.43 | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas | PPO | $47.20 | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas | Traditional | $50.11 | — |
| 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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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD | HUMBLE | $239.89 | $4.79 – $23.69 |
| St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center | Pasadena | $48.20 | $4.65 – $103.28 |
| Ascension Seton Edgar B. Davis (Ascension Seton) | Luling | $63.45 | $4.86 – $79.31 |
| Ascension Seton Highland Lakes (Ascension Seton) | Burnet | $63.45 | $4.86 – $79.31 |
| Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin (Ascension Seton) | Austin | $49.50 | $4.86 – $61.88 |
| Ascension Seton Northwest (Ascension Seton) | Austin | $49.50 | $4.86 – $61.88 |
| Ascension Seton Smithville (Ascension Seton) | Smithville | $68.31 | $4.86 – $44.77 |
| Dell Children's Medical Center (Ascension Seton) | Austin | $132.83 | $4.86 – $44.77 |