Home sleep test/type 3 porta 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

$179.76

Cash price

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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.

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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$428.00

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.

$216.91 with Aetna vs $965.21 with Aetna — 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 $216.91 ↑ +21%
Superior Healthplan Wellcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $227.75 ↑ +27%
Unitedhealthcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $228.84 ↑ +27%
Bcbs Par Traditional $603.21 ↑ +236%
Bcbs Ppo $661.31 ↑ +268%
Bcbs Blue Essentials Hmo $679.30 ↑ +278%
Bcbs Ers Blue Essentials For Healthselect Members Hmo $679.30 ↑ +278%
Aetna Preferred Other Commercial Plan $965.21 ↑ +437%

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Home sleep test/type 3 porta at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $179.76 $603.21 – $603.21
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $1,890.99 $279.47 – $412.78
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $330.86 $100.00 – $708.98
Texas Health Hospital Mansfield Mansfield $759.92 $216.79 – $433.81
Ascension Seton Cedar Park Hospital Cedar Park $456.66 $72.72 – $651.63
Adventhealth Central Texas Killeen $479.02 $216.91 – $532.65
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas not published $532.65 – $532.65
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $279.47 – $412.78

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