Contrast exam thoracic aorta at Covenant Medical Center
3615 19th St, Lubbock, TX · Providence · · NPI 1972517365
$4,596.90
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.
$10,945.00
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.
$943.92 with Aetna vs $15,242.04 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.
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 | Preferred Other Commercial Plan | $943.92 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $3,171.87 | ↓ -31% |
| Superior Healthplan | Wellcare Medicare Managed Care Plan | $3,330.46 | ↓ -28% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $3,346.32 | ↓ -27% |
| Cigna | New Buisness Other Commercial Plan | $7,987.49 | ↑ +74% |
| Bcbs | Par Traditional | $12,082.78 | ↑ +163% |
| Bcbs | Blue Essentials Hmo | $13,606.98 | ↑ +196% |
| Bcbs | Ers Blue Essentials For Healthselect Members Hmo | $13,606.98 | ↑ +196% |
| Bcbs | Ppo | $15,242.04 | ↑ +232% |
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Contrast exam thoracic aorta at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | $4,596.90 | $8,770.58 – $12,082.78 |
| Covenant Specialty Hospital | Lubbock | $4,596.90 | not published |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $3,570.00 | $182.78 – $7,896.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $3,748.50 | $771.57 – $7,896.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $6,446.54 | $182.78 – $8,058.17 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $3,570.00 | $182.78 – $7,896.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $3,748.50 | $195.57 – $7,896.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $3,748.50 | $182.78 – $7,896.23 |