Electrophysiology evaluation at Covenant Medical Center
3615 19th St, Lubbock, TX · Providence · · NPI 1972517365
$8,811.60
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.
$20,980.00
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.
$4,048.34 with Aetna vs $13,293.00 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.
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 | $4,048.34 | ↓ -54% |
| Aetna | New Business Tier 1 Other Commercial Plan | $5,129.00 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $7,835.21 | ↓ -11% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $8,144.00 | ↓ -8% |
| Superior Healthplan | Wellcare Medicare Managed Care Plan | $8,226.97 | ↓ -7% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $8,266.14 | ↓ -6% |
| Bcbs | Blue Essentials Hmo | $9,005.14 | ↑ +2% |
| Bcbs | Par Traditional | $10,417.71 | ↑ +18% |
| Bcbs | Ers Blue Essentials For Healthselect Members Hmo | $11,947.99 | ↑ +36% |
| Bcbs | Ppo | $12,477.71 | ↑ +42% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $13,293.00 | ↑ +51% |
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Electrophysiology evaluation at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | $8,811.60 | $8,068.00 – $12,536.56 |
| Covenant Specialty Hospital | Lubbock | $8,811.60 | not published |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $13,879.96 | $3,932.65 – $18,500.61 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $14,581.73 | $3,001.41 – $21,872.59 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $14,029.39 | $2,805.88 – $18,500.61 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $13,879.96 | $3,701.32 – $18,500.61 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $14,581.73 | $4,680.73 – $21,872.59 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $14,581.73 | $7,533.89 – $21,872.59 |