Clearance of airways 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

$241.50

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.

$575.00

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.

$197.56 with Scott And White vs $4,121.53 with Capstar — 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
Scott And White Individual Bsw Premier Exchange $197.56 ↓ -18%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $219.97 ↓ -9%
Superior Healthplan Wellcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $230.97 ↓ -4%
Unitedhealthcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $232.07 ↓ -4%
Scott And White Group Bsw Premier/Covenant Preferred Other Commercial Plan $238.98 ↓ -1%
Bcbs Blue Essentials Hmo $281.46 ↑ +17%
Aetna Preferred Other Commercial Plan $315.35 ↑ +31%
Bcbs Par Traditional $325.61 ↑ +35%
Scott And White Group Bsw Plus All Commercial Plans $327.28 ↑ +36%
Bcbs Ers Blue Essentials For Healthselect Members Hmo $373.44 ↑ +55%
Bcbs Ppo $390.00 ↑ +61%
Phcs All Commercial Plans $1,000.00 ↑ +314%
Aetna New Business Tier 1 Other Commercial Plan $1,553.00 ↑ +543%
Covenant Preferred All Commercial Plans $2,095.00 ↑ +767%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $2,467.00 ↑ +922%
Cigna Oap $2,681.00 ↑ +1010%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $2,688.00 ↑ +1013%
Cigna New Buisness Other Commercial Plan $2,994.00 ↑ +1140%
Capstar All Commercial Plans $4,121.53 ↑ +1607%

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Clearance of airways at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $241.50 $194.28 – $4,579.48
Covenant Specialty Hospital Lubbock $241.50 not published
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $278.30 $78.85 – $528.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $203.35 $41.86 – $528.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $246.73 $49.35 – $528.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $278.30 $74.21 – $528.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $203.35 $65.27 – $528.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $203.35 $105.06 – $3,235.82

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