Infectious agent nucleic acid respiratory virus multiplex amplified probe 3-5 targets at Covenant Medical Center
3615 19th St, Lubbock, TX · Providence · · NPI 1972517365
$179.76
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.
$428.00
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.
$142.63 with Aetna vs $700.31 with Bcbs — 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 | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $142.63 | ↓ -21% |
| Superior Healthplan | Wellcare Medicare Managed Care Plan | $149.76 | ↓ -17% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $150.47 | ↓ -16% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $211.18 | ↑ +17% |
| Cigna | New Buisness Other Commercial Plan | $283.69 | ↑ +58% |
| Aetna | Preferred Other Commercial Plan | $483.72 | ↑ +169% |
| Bcbs | Par Traditional | $621.87 | ↑ +246% |
| Bcbs | Ppo | $681.77 | ↑ +279% |
| Bcbs | Blue Essentials Hmo | $700.31 | ↑ +290% |
| Bcbs | Ers Blue Essentials For Healthselect Members Hmo | $700.31 | ↑ +290% |
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Infectious agent nucleic acid respiratory virus multiplex amplified probe 3-5 targets at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | $179.76 | $311.50 – $621.87 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $345.55 | $10.00 – $342.31 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $363.10 | $12.00 – $342.31 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $363.10 | $12.00 – $342.31 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $345.55 | $10.00 – $342.31 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $363.10 | $12.00 – $342.31 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $363.10 | $8.00 – $342.31 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $363.10 | $12.00 – $342.31 |