Leg Vein Ultrasound (DVT study, both legs) at Covenant Medical Center
3615 19th St, Lubbock, TX · Providence · · NPI 1972517365
$766.50
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.
$1,825.00
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.
$239.69 with Aetna vs $852.46 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 | $239.69 | ↓ -69% |
| Superior Healthplan | Wellcare Medicare Managed Care Plan | $251.67 | ↓ -67% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $252.87 | ↓ -67% |
| Bcbs | Blue Essentials Hmo | $557.94 | ↓ -27% |
| Cigna | New Buisness Other Commercial Plan | $642.34 | ↓ -16% |
| Bcbs | Par Traditional | $649.57 | ↓ -15% |
| Bcbs | Ers Blue Essentials For Healthselect Members Hmo | $803.37 | ↑ +5% |
| Aetna | Preferred Other Commercial Plan | $843.32 | ↑ +10% |
| Bcbs | Ppo | $852.46 | ↑ +11% |
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Leg Vein Ultrasound (DVT study, both legs) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | $766.50 | $557.94 – $705.32 |
| Covenant Specialty Hospital | Lubbock | $766.50 | not published |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $2,975.02 | $629.94 – $629.94 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $1,200.85 | $184.78 – $1,501.07 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,092.58 | $224.89 – $1,638.86 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,090.23 | $184.78 – $1,362.79 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $1,200.85 | $184.78 – $1,501.07 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $1,092.58 | $197.71 – $1,638.86 |