Blood typing abo 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

$266.70

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.

$635.00

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.

$4.92 with Unitedhealthcare vs $535.34 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.

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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
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $4.92 ↓ -98%
Cigna New Buisness Other Commercial Plan $5.94 ↓ -98%
Aetna Preferred Other Commercial Plan $17.48 ↓ -93%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $133.65 ↓ -50%
Superior Healthplan Wellcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $140.34 ↓ -47%
Unitedhealthcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $141.01 ↓ -47%
Bcbs Par Traditional $475.37 ↑ +78%
Bcbs Ppo $521.16 ↑ +95%
Bcbs Blue Essentials Hmo $535.34 ↑ +101%
Bcbs Ers Blue Essentials For Healthselect Members Hmo $535.34 ↑ +101%

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Blood typing abo at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $266.70 $6.52 – $475.37
Covenant Specialty Hospital Lubbock $266.70 not published
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $162.75 $2.69 – $419.77
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $288.58 $2.46 – $12.56
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE $425.96 $2.46 – $12.56
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $359.02 $2.46 – $12.56
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $189.66 $2.38 – $406.41
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $180.25 $2.51 – $515.00

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