Dx bronchoscope/lavage 31624 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

$4,599.84

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$10,952.00

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.

$1,266.15 with Scott And White vs $4,711.00 with Cigna — same scan, same building. Share

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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 $1,266.15 ↓ -72%
Scott And White Group Bsw Premier/Covenant Preferred Other Commercial Plan $1,531.62 ↓ -67%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,788.01 ↓ -61%
Aetna Preferred Other Commercial Plan $1,826.54 ↓ -60%
Superior Healthplan Wellcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,877.41 ↓ -59%
Unitedhealthcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,886.35 ↓ -59%
Scott And White Group Bsw Plus All Commercial Plans $2,097.49 ↓ -54%
Phcs All Commercial Plans $2,150.00 ↓ -53%
Bcbs Blue Essentials Hmo $2,188.83 ↓ -52%
Bcbs Par Traditional $2,532.18 ↓ -45%
Aetna New Business Tier 1 Other Commercial Plan $2,875.00 ↓ -37%
Bcbs Ers Blue Essentials For Healthselect Members Hmo $2,904.14 ↓ -37%
Bcbs Ppo $3,032.89 ↓ -34%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $4,554.00 ↓ -1%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $4,566.00 ↓ -1%
Cigna New Buisness Other Commercial Plan $4,574.00 ↓ -1%
Cigna Oap $4,711.00 ↑ +2%

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Dx bronchoscope/lavage 31624 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $4,599.84 $1,245.13 – $4,524.00
Covenant Specialty Hospital Lubbock $4,599.84 not published
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $1,655.64 $2,838.24 – $3,547.80
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $2,562.70 $1,285.00 – $7,322.00
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $879.03 $639.94 – $5,023.00
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland $11,532.63 $564.11 – $2,932.75
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $2,562.70 $1,285.00 – $7,322.00
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $2,562.70 $1,285.00 – $7,322.00

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