Brachytx isodose plan simple 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

$2,270.94

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.

$5,407.00

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.

$376.14 with Aetna vs $651.16 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
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $376.14 ↓ -83%
Superior Healthplan Wellcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $394.94 ↓ -83%
Unitedhealthcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $396.82 ↓ -83%
Bcbs Blue Essentials Hmo $519.87 ↓ -77%
Bcbs Par Traditional $578.22 ↓ -75%
Bcbs Ppo $582.20 ↓ -74%
Bcbs Ers Blue Essentials For Healthselect Members Hmo $651.16 ↓ -71%

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Brachytx isodose plan simple at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $2,270.94 $519.87 – $519.87
Covenant Specialty Hospital Lubbock $2,270.94 not published
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $4,163.04 $510.59 – $510.59
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $633.91 $179.61 – $915.33
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,032.38 $212.50 – $1,548.57
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $793.62 $158.72 – $992.02
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $633.91 $127.32 – $915.33
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,032.38 $331.39 – $1,548.57

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