Colonoscopy (diagnostic) at Covenant Hospital Levelland
1900 College Ave, Levelland, TX · Providence · · NPI 1225146400
$960.96
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.
$2,288.00
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.
$906.17 with Bcbs vs $4,837.00 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 | $906.17 | ↓ -6% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $934.20 | ↓ -3% |
| Superior | Wellcare Medicare Managed Care Plan | $980.91 | ↑ +2% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $985.58 | ↑ +3% |
| Phcs | All Commercial Plans | $2,150.00 | ↑ +124% |
| Bcbs | Ers Hmo | $2,734.69 | ↑ +185% |
| Bcbs | Ppo | $2,933.30 | ↑ +205% |
| Bcbs | Hmo | $3,024.96 | ↑ +215% |
| Baylor Scott And White | Individual Bsw Premier Exchange | $3,356.38 | ↑ +249% |
| Baylor Scott And White | Group Bsw Premier/Covenant Preferred All Commercial Plans | $4,060.10 | ↑ +323% |
| Baylor Scott And White | Group Bsw Plus All Commercial Plans | $4,205.61 | ↑ +338% |
| Bcbs | Traditional | $4,216.62 | ↑ +339% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $4,837.00 | ↑ +403% |
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Colonoscopy (diagnostic) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | $1,047.06 | $932.10 – $7,034.24 |
| St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center | Pasadena | $1,375.92 | $2,358.72 – $2,948.40 |
| Covenant Medical Center | Lubbock | $1,047.06 | $934.20 – $6,330.82 |
| Covenant Hospital Plainview | Plainview | $963.48 | $906.17 – $2,150.00 |
| Texas Health Hospital Mansfield | Mansfield | $8,607.73 | $806.66 – $2,761.00 |
| Texas Health Huguley Hospital Fort Worth South | Burleson | $8,607.73 | $806.66 – $2,761.00 |
| Covenant Specialty Hospital | Lubbock | $1,047.06 | not published |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | not published | $954.85 – $2,234.24 |