Arthrocentesis/aspiration/injection small joint/bursa without ultrasound guidance at Covenant Medical Center
3615 19th St, Lubbock, TX · Providence · · NPI 1972517365
$516.18
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.
$1,229.00
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.
$26.61 with Scott And White vs $2,994.00 with Cigna — 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 | $26.61 | ↓ -95% |
| Scott And White | Group Bsw Premier/Covenant Preferred Other Commercial Plan | $32.19 | ↓ -94% |
| Bcbs | Blue Essentials Hmo | $38.10 | ↓ -93% |
| Bcbs | Par Traditional | $44.07 | ↓ -91% |
| Scott And White | Group Bsw Plus All Commercial Plans | $44.08 | ↓ -91% |
| Bcbs | Ers Blue Essentials For Healthselect Members Hmo | $50.55 | ↓ -90% |
| Bcbs | Ppo | $52.79 | ↓ -90% |
| Aetna | Preferred Other Commercial Plan | $283.88 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $308.35 | ↓ -40% |
| Superior Healthplan | Wellcare Medicare Managed Care Plan | $323.77 | ↓ -37% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $325.31 | ↓ -37% |
| Aetna | New Business Tier 1 Other Commercial Plan | $1,553.00 | ↑ +201% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $2,467.00 | ↑ +378% |
| Cigna | Oap | $2,681.00 | ↑ +419% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $2,688.00 | ↑ +421% |
| Cigna | New Buisness Other Commercial Plan | $2,994.00 | ↑ +480% |
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Arthrocentesis/aspiration/injection small joint/bursa without ultrasound guidance at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | $516.18 | $26.16 – $2,444.00 |
| Covenant Specialty Hospital | Lubbock | $516.18 | not published |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $602.98 | $22.70 – $753.73 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $471.34 | $24.29 – $733.72 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $599.59 | $22.70 – $749.49 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $602.98 | $22.70 – $753.73 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $471.34 | $24.29 – $733.72 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $471.34 | $22.70 – $733.72 |