Arthrocentesis/aspiration/injection major joint/bursa w/ultrasound guidance (both sides) at Covenant Medical Center
3615 19th St, Lubbock, TX · Providence · · NPI 1972517365
$1,978.62
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.
$4,711.00
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.
$57.93 with Scott And White vs $2,688.00 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.
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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| Scott And White | Individual Bsw Premier Exchange | $57.93 | ↓ -97% |
| Scott And White | Group Bsw Premier/Covenant Preferred Other Commercial Plan | $70.07 | ↓ -96% |
| Bcbs | Blue Essentials Hmo | $80.06 | ↓ -96% |
| Bcbs | Par Traditional | $92.62 | ↓ -95% |
| Scott And White | Group Bsw Plus All Commercial Plans | $95.96 | ↓ -95% |
| Bcbs | Ers Blue Essentials For Healthselect Members Hmo | $106.23 | ↓ -95% |
| Bcbs | Ppo | $110.94 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $308.35 | ↓ -84% |
| Superior Healthplan | Wellcare Medicare Managed Care Plan | $323.77 | ↓ -84% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $325.31 | ↓ -84% |
| Aetna | New Business Tier 1 Other Commercial Plan | $1,553.00 | ↓ -22% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $2,467.00 | ↑ +25% |
| Aetna | Preferred Other Commercial Plan | $2,471.00 | ↑ +25% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $2,688.00 | ↑ +36% |
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Arthrocentesis/aspiration/injection major joint/bursa w/ultrasound guidance (both sides) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | $1,978.62 | $56.97 – $2,444.00 |
| Covenant Specialty Hospital | Lubbock | $1,978.62 | not published |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $984.66 | $65.41 – $4,826.69 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $1,123.56 | $47.34 – $1,404.45 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $910.79 | $50.65 – $1,366.18 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,111.46 | $47.34 – $1,389.33 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $1,123.56 | $47.34 – $1,404.45 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $910.79 | $50.65 – $1,366.18 |