Insert sq defib electrode 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

$7,792.26

Cash price

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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.

$18,553.00

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.

$3,340.00 with Aetna vs $16,200.72 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.

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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 New Business Tier 1 Other Commercial Plan $3,340.00 ↓ -57%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $5,305.00 ↓ -32%
Aetna Preferred Other Commercial Plan $5,313.00 ↓ -32%
Scott And White Individual Bsw Premier Exchange $7,854.44 ↑ +1%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $8,313.10 ↑ +7%
Superior Healthplan Wellcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $8,728.75 ↑ +12%
Unitedhealthcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $8,770.32 ↑ +13%
Scott And White Group Bsw Premier/Covenant Preferred Other Commercial Plan $9,501.24 ↑ +22%
Bcbs Blue Essentials Hmo $11,692.03 ↑ +50%
Scott And White Group Bsw Plus All Commercial Plans $13,011.56 ↑ +67%
Bcbs Par Traditional $13,526.07 ↑ +74%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $15,189.00 ↑ +95%
Bcbs Ers Blue Essentials For Healthselect Members Hmo $15,512.96 ↑ +99%
Bcbs Ppo $16,200.72 ↑ +108%

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Insert sq defib electrode at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $7,792.26 $5,260.00 – $16,277.14
Covenant Specialty Hospital Lubbock $7,792.26 not published
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $12,133.56 $6,075.14 – $21,045.99
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $12,415.17 $2,555.46 – $21,045.99
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $11,335.59 $6,075.14 – $21,045.99
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $12,133.56 $6,075.14 – $21,045.99
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $12,415.17 $6,500.40 – $21,045.99
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $12,415.17 $6,075.14 – $21,045.99

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