Craniectomy exc brain tumor meningioma 61519 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.

$11,192.48 with Bcbs vs $17,257.67 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 Ers Hmo $11,192.48
Bcbs Ppo $12,005.34
Bcbs Hmo $12,380.50
Baylor Scott And White Individual Bsw Premier Exchange $13,283.01
Baylor Scott And White Group Bsw Premier/Covenant Preferred All Commercial Plans $16,067.99
Baylor Scott And White Group Bsw Plus All Commercial Plans $16,643.88
Bcbs Traditional $17,257.67

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Craniectomy exc brain tumor meningioma 61519 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas not published $3,907.99 – $4,826.69
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $28,669.00 – $28,669.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $28,669.00 – $28,669.00
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock not published $3,688.81 – $6,659.21
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $28,669.00 – $28,669.00
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $28,669.00 – $28,669.00
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $28,669.00 – $28,669.00
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $28,669.00 – $28,669.00

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