Insert swan-ganz cath 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

$2,896.74

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.

$6,897.00

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.

$626.85 with Aetna vs $3,541.17 with Scott And White — 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 Preferred Other Commercial Plan $626.85 ↓ -78%
Aetna New Business Tier 1 Other Commercial Plan $1,553.00 ↓ -46%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,581.33 ↓ -45%
Superior Healthplan Wellcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,660.39 ↓ -43%
Unitedhealthcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,668.30 ↓ -42%
Scott And White Individual Bsw Premier Exchange $2,055.18 ↓ -29%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $2,467.00 ↓ -15%
Scott And White Group Bsw Premier/Covenant Preferred Other Commercial Plan $2,486.07 ↓ -14%
Bcbs Blue Essentials Hmo $2,495.63 ↓ -14%
Bcbs Par Traditional $2,887.10 ↓ -0%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $2,967.00 ↑ +2%
Bcbs Ers Blue Essentials For Healthselect Members Hmo $3,311.19 ↑ +14%
Bcbs Ppo $3,458.00 ↑ +19%
Scott And White Group Bsw Plus All Commercial Plans $3,541.17 ↑ +22%

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Insert swan-ganz cath at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $2,896.74 $1,859.87 – $3,474.31
Covenant Specialty Hospital Lubbock $2,896.74 not published
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $3,551.79 $1,006.34 – $4,439.74
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $3,952.26 $71.00 – $17,181.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $3,505.49 $71.00 – $17,181.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $3,551.79 $947.14 – $17,181.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $3,952.26 $85.00 – $17,181.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $3,952.26 $2,042.00 – $5,928.39

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