Dx bronchoscope/wash 31622 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

$1,616.16

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.

$3,848.00

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.

$1,000.00 with Phcs 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.

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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
Phcs All Commercial Plans $1,000.00 ↓ -38%
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%
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/wash 31622 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $3,976.56 $1,000.00 – $4,579.48
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $2,466.80 $4,228.74 – $5,285.93
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $3,105.90 $958.00 – $8,874.00
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $3,105.90 $958.00 – $8,874.00
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $3,105.90 $958.00 – $8,874.00
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $3,105.90 $2,395.98 – $8,874.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $3,105.90 $958.00 – $8,874.00
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock $3,976.56 $1,000.00 – $4,121.53

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