Observation per hour at Covenant Hospital Levelland
1900 College Ave, Levelland, TX · Providence · · NPI 1225146400
$20.58
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.
$49.00
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.
$274.15 with Baylor Scott And White vs $449.09 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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| Baylor Scott And White | Individual Bsw Premier Exchange | $274.15 | ↑ +1232% |
| Bcbs | Ers Hmo | $304.06 | ↑ +1377% |
| Bcbs | Hmo | $329.50 | ↑ +1501% |
| Baylor Scott And White | Group Bsw Premier/Covenant Preferred All Commercial Plans | $331.63 | ↑ +1511% |
| Baylor Scott And White | Group Bsw Plus All Commercial Plans | $340.91 | ↑ +1557% |
| Bcbs | Traditional | $382.93 | ↑ +1761% |
| Bcbs | Ppo | $449.09 | ↑ +2082% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Observation per hour at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $644.35 | $489.80 – $489.80 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $82.93 | $27.64 – $384.20 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY | McKinney | $107.81 | $30.55 – $390.57 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY | Frisco | $107.81 | $50.31 – $390.57 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PFLUGERVILLE | Suite 100 | $82.93 | $15.20 – $384.20 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PLANO | Plano | $107.81 | $21.56 – $390.57 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - TAYLOR | Taylor | $82.93 | $26.26 – $110.58 |
| St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center | Pasadena | $155.40 | $4.39 – $90.00 |