Dx bronchoscope/lavage 31624 at Covenant Hospital Levelland
1900 College Ave, Levelland, TX · Providence · · NPI 1225146400
$1,616.16
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.
$3,848.00
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.
$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 | ↑ +7% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,788.01 | ↑ +11% |
| Superior | Wellcare Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,877.41 | ↑ +16% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,886.35 | ↑ +17% |
| Phcs | All Commercial Plans | $2,150.00 | ↑ +33% |
| Baylor Scott And White | Individual Bsw Premier Exchange | $4,483.56 | ↑ +177% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $4,837.00 | ↑ +199% |
| Bcbs | Ers Hmo | $5,121.58 | ↑ +217% |
| Baylor Scott And White | Group Bsw Premier/Covenant Preferred All Commercial Plans | $5,423.61 | ↑ +236% |
| Bcbs | Ppo | $5,493.54 | ↑ +240% |
| Baylor Scott And White | Group Bsw Plus All Commercial Plans | $5,618.00 | ↑ +248% |
| Bcbs | Hmo | $5,665.22 | ↑ +251% |
| Bcbs | Traditional | $7,896.97 | ↑ +389% |
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Dx bronchoscope/lavage 31624 at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | $4,599.84 | $1,245.13 – $4,524.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center | Pasadena | $1,655.64 | $2,838.24 – $3,547.80 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $2,562.70 | $1,285.00 – $7,322.00 |
| St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital | Madisonville | $879.03 | $639.94 – $5,023.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND | Pearland | $11,532.63 | $564.11 – $2,932.75 |
| St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital | Spring | $2,562.70 | $1,285.00 – $7,322.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital | Sugar Land | $2,562.70 | $1,285.00 – $7,322.00 |
| St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital | College Station | $879.03 | $2,762.65 – $5,023.00 |