Bronchial valve remov addl at Covenant Hospital Levelland
1900 College Ave, Levelland, TX · Providence · · NPI 1225146400
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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.
$1,734.37 with Bcbs vs $7,896.97 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.
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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| Bcbs | Vapc3 Government | $1,734.37 | — |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,788.01 | — |
| Superior | Wellcare Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,877.41 | — |
| Unitedhealthcare | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,886.35 | — |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $2,613.00 | — |
| Baylor Scott And White | Individual Bsw Premier Exchange | $4,483.56 | — |
| Bcbs | Ers Hmo | $5,121.58 | — |
| Baylor Scott And White | Group Bsw Premier/Covenant Preferred All Commercial Plans | $5,423.61 | — |
| Bcbs | Ppo | $5,493.54 | — |
| Baylor Scott And White | Group Bsw Plus All Commercial Plans | $5,618.00 | — |
| Bcbs | Hmo | $5,665.22 | — |
| Bcbs | Traditional | $7,896.97 | — |
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Bronchial valve remov addl at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | not published | $1,788.26 – $3,432.54 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | not published | $525.71 – $6,093.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE | FRIENDSWOOD | not published | $515.20 – $2,288.98 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $564.11 – $2,932.75 |
| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | not published | $1,245.13 – $3,047.20 |
| HCA HOUSTON CONROE | CONROE | not published | $515.20 – $2,489.26 |
| HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD | HUMBLE | not published | $515.20 – $2,546.49 |
| HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST | SPRING | not published | $564.11 – $2,546.49 |