Adapt behavior tx phys/qhp at Covenant Medical Center

3615 19th St, Lubbock, TX · Providence · · NPI 1972517365

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 11, 2026

$17.22

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.

$41.00

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.

$93.16 with Bcbs vs $188.11 with Unitedhealthcare — 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 Blue Essentials Hmo $93.16 ↑ +441%
Bcbs Par Traditional $108.46 ↑ +530%
Bcbs Ers Blue Essentials For Healthselect Members Hmo $134.14 ↑ +679%
Bcbs Ppo $142.34 ↑ +727%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $178.30 ↑ +935%
Superior Healthplan Wellcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $187.22 ↑ +987%
Unitedhealthcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $188.11 ↑ +992%

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Adapt behavior tx phys/qhp at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $17.22 $93.16 – $93.16
Texas Health Hospital Mansfield Mansfield $642.77 $37.46 – $356.61
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas not published $105.18 – $105.18
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $63.93 – $91.90
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $63.93 – $91.90
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $63.93 – $91.90
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $63.93 – $91.90
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $63.93 – $91.90

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