Ecg < 30 days transmission & analysis at Covenant Children's Hospital
4015 22nd Pl, Lubbock, TX · Providence · · NPI 1437171568
$165.48
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.
$394.00
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.
$580.04 with Bcbs vs $886.22 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 | Blue Essentials Hmo | $580.04 | ↑ +251% |
| Bcbs | Par Traditional | $675.30 | ↑ +308% |
| Bcbs | Ers Blue Essentials For Healthselect Members Hmo | $835.19 | ↑ +405% |
| Bcbs | Ppo | $886.22 | ↑ +436% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Ecg < 30 days transmission & analysis at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Covenant Medical Center | Lubbock | $165.48 | $95.50 – $580.04 |
| Covenant Specialty Hospital | Lubbock | $165.48 | not published |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $714.43 | $147.05 – $1,071.64 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $644.32 | $90.72 – $917.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $714.43 | $90.72 – $1,071.64 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $714.43 | $239.80 – $1,071.64 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $644.32 | $90.72 – $966.48 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST | Waco | $714.43 | $90.72 – $917.00 |