Drainage of mouth lesion 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

$292.74

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.

$697.00

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.

$237.93 with Aetna 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
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $237.93 ↓ -19%
Superior Healthplan Wellcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $249.83 ↓ -15%
Unitedhealthcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $251.02 ↓ -14%
Bcbs Blue Essentials Hmo $311.57 ↑ +6%
Bcbs Par Traditional $360.44 ↑ +23%
Bcbs Ers Blue Essentials For Healthselect Members Hmo $413.39 ↑ +41%
Bcbs Ppo $431.72 ↑ +47%
Scott And White Individual Bsw Premier Exchange $435.95 ↑ +49%
Scott And White Group Bsw Premier/Covenant Preferred Other Commercial Plan $527.36 ↑ +80%
Scott And White Group Bsw Plus All Commercial Plans $722.19 ↑ +147%
Phcs All Commercial Plans $1,000.00 ↑ +242%
Aetna Preferred Other Commercial Plan $1,301.36 ↑ +345%
Aetna New Business Tier 1 Other Commercial Plan $1,553.00 ↑ +431%
Covenant Preferred All Commercial Plans $2,095.00 ↑ +616%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $2,467.00 ↑ +743%
Cigna Oap $2,681.00 ↑ +816%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $2,688.00 ↑ +818%
Cigna New Buisness Other Commercial Plan $2,994.00 ↑ +923%
Capstar All Commercial Plans $4,121.53 ↑ +1308%

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Drainage of mouth lesion at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $292.74 $428.71 – $4,579.48
Covenant Specialty Hospital Lubbock $292.74 not published
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,576.20 $87.58 – $1,970.25
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $455.56 $71.00 – $683.34
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $455.56 $71.00 – $605.10
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,576.20 $87.58 – $1,970.25
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $455.56 $85.00 – $683.34
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $455.56 $87.58 – $683.34

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