Clearance of airways at Covenant Hospital Levelland
1900 College Ave, Levelland, TX · Providence · · NPI 1225146400
$221.34
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.
$527.00
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.
$213.38 with Bcbs vs $2,613.00 with Aetna — 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 | $213.38 | ↓ -4% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $219.97 | ↓ -1% |
| Superior | Wellcare Medicare Managed Care Plan | $230.97 | ↑ +4% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $232.07 | ↑ +5% |
| Bcbs | Ers Hmo | $658.58 | ↑ +198% |
| Baylor Scott And White | Individual Bsw Premier Exchange | $699.57 | ↑ +216% |
| Bcbs | Ppo | $706.41 | ↑ +219% |
| Bcbs | Hmo | $728.48 | ↑ +229% |
| Baylor Scott And White | Group Bsw Premier/Covenant Preferred All Commercial Plans | $846.24 | ↑ +282% |
| Baylor Scott And White | Group Bsw Plus All Commercial Plans | $876.57 | ↑ +296% |
| Phcs | All Commercial Plans | $1,000.00 | ↑ +352% |
| Bcbs | Traditional | $1,015.46 | ↑ +359% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $2,613.00 | ↑ +1081% |
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