Ear irrigation 69209 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

$158.76

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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.

$378.00

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.

$59.26 with Aetna vs $2,688.00 with Unitedhealthcare — 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 $59.26 ↓ -63%
Superior Healthplan Wellcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $62.22 ↓ -61%
Unitedhealthcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $62.52 ↓ -61%
Scott And White Individual Bsw Premier Exchange $67.13 ↓ -58%
Scott And White Group Bsw Premier/Covenant Preferred Other Commercial Plan $81.20 ↓ -49%
Bcbs Blue Essentials Hmo $84.17 ↓ -47%
Bcbs Par Traditional $97.37 ↓ -39%
Scott And White Group Bsw Plus All Commercial Plans $111.20 ↓ -30%
Bcbs Ers Blue Essentials For Healthselect Members Hmo $111.67 ↓ -30%
Bcbs Ppo $116.62 ↓ -27%
Aetna New Business Tier 1 Other Commercial Plan $1,553.00 ↑ +878%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $2,467.00 ↑ +1454%
Aetna Preferred Other Commercial Plan $2,471.00 ↑ +1456%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $2,688.00 ↑ +1593%

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Ear irrigation 69209 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $158.76 $66.02 – $2,444.00
Covenant Specialty Hospital Lubbock $158.76 not published
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $461.34 $68.76 – $4,826.69
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $215.33 $56.30 – $269.17
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $84.92 $17.48 – $151.53
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $123.74 $24.75 – $154.67
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $215.33 $56.30 – $269.17
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $84.92 $27.26 – $151.53

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