Brace knee extender plus 22-30in at Covenant Medical Center
3615 19th St, Lubbock, TX · Providence · · NPI 1972517365
$497.95
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.
$1,185.59
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.
$698.63 with Aetna vs $1,149.83 with Aetna — 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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| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $698.63 | ↑ +40% |
| Superior Healthplan | Wellcare Medicare Managed Care Plan | $733.56 | ↑ +47% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $737.05 | ↑ +48% |
| Aetna | Preferred Other Commercial Plan | $1,149.83 | ↑ +131% |
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Brace knee extender plus 22-30in at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | $497.95 | not published |
| Covenant Specialty Hospital | Lubbock | $497.95 | not published |
| HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD | HUMBLE | $1,480.00 | $684.66 – $1,502.05 |
| HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST | SPRING | $1,528.10 | $684.66 – $1,502.05 |
| St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital | Madisonville | $562.28 | $37.97 – $642.60 |
| St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin | Lufkin | $162.70 | $124.59 – $747.50 |
| St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital | College Station | $562.28 | $146.02 – $2,249.10 |
| St. Joseph Health Grimes Hospital | Navasota | $562.28 | $108.06 – $2,249.10 |