Bundle his recording 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

$6,928.74

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.

$16,497.00

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.

$924.08 with Aetna vs $12,477.71 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 Preferred Other Commercial Plan $924.08 ↓ -87%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $4,554.00 ↓ -34%
Aetna New Business Tier 1 Other Commercial Plan $5,129.00 ↓ -26%
Scott And White Individual Bsw Premier Exchange $5,562.19 ↓ -20%
Scott And White Group Bsw Premier/Covenant Preferred Other Commercial Plan $6,728.38 ↓ -3%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $7,835.21 ↑ +13%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $8,144.00 ↑ +18%
Superior Healthplan Wellcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $8,226.97 ↑ +19%
Unitedhealthcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $8,266.14 ↑ +19%
Bcbs Blue Essentials Hmo $9,005.14 ↑ +30%
Scott And White Group Bsw Plus All Commercial Plans $9,214.25 ↑ +33%
Bcbs Par Traditional $10,417.71 ↑ +50%
Bcbs Ers Blue Essentials For Healthselect Members Hmo $11,947.99 ↑ +72%
Bcbs Ppo $12,477.71 ↑ +80%

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Bundle his recording at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $6,928.74 $5,469.84 – $12,536.56
Covenant Specialty Hospital Lubbock $6,928.74 not published
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $5,557.78 $1,574.70 – $18,500.61
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $3,958.33 $814.76 – $18,500.61
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $4,251.46 $850.29 – $18,500.61
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $5,557.78 $1,482.08 – $18,500.61
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $3,958.33 $1,270.62 – $18,500.61
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $3,958.33 $2,045.14 – $18,500.61

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