Cytopathology fna adequacy evaluation first episode each site interp/rpt 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

$526.68

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.

$1,254.00

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.

$47.64 with Unitedhealthcare vs $242.90 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
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $47.64 ↓ -91%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $52.35 ↓ -90%
Superior Healthplan Wellcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $54.97 ↓ -90%
Unitedhealthcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $55.23 ↓ -90%
Aetna Preferred Other Commercial Plan $165.96 ↓ -68%
Cigna New Buisness Other Commercial Plan $170.05 ↓ -68%
Bcbs Par Traditional $215.69 ↓ -59%
Bcbs Ppo $236.47 ↓ -55%
Bcbs Ers Blue Essentials For Healthselect Members Hmo $242.90 ↓ -54%
Bcbs Blue Essentials Hmo $242.90 ↓ -54%

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Cytopathology fna adequacy evaluation first episode each site interp/rpt at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $526.68 $186.72 – $215.69
Covenant Specialty Hospital Lubbock $526.68 not published
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $262.49 $35.00 – $328.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $285.20 $36.00 – $427.81
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $270.82 $36.00 – $338.52
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $262.49 $35.00 – $328.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $285.20 $36.00 – $427.81
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $285.20 $26.00 – $427.81

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