Appl halo type body cast at Covenant Hospital Levelland

1900 College Ave, Levelland, TX · Providence · · NPI 1225146400

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 11, 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.

$272.54 with Bcbs vs $1,268.61 with Bcbs — 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
Bcbs Vapc3 Government $272.54
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $280.97
Superior Wellcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $295.01
Unitedhealthcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $296.42
Bcbs Ers Hmo $822.76
Bcbs Ppo $882.51
Bcbs Hmo $910.09
Baylor Scott And White Individual Bsw Premier Exchange $948.84
Baylor Scott And White Group Bsw Premier/Covenant Preferred All Commercial Plans $1,147.78
Baylor Scott And White Group Bsw Plus All Commercial Plans $1,188.91
Bcbs Traditional $1,268.61

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Appl halo type body cast at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital Lake Jackson $181.13 $77.63 – $258.75
Ascension Providence Waco $237.24 $99.86 – $434.36
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas not published $287.28 – $4,826.69
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $97.86 – $367.71
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $107.15 – $471.13
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock not published $263.50 – $489.52
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $97.86 – $399.89
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $97.86 – $409.08

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