Lipoprotein direct measurement ldl 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

$154.56

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.

$368.00

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.

$10.50 with Aetna vs $55.87 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 $10.50 ↓ -93%
Superior Healthplan Wellcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $11.02 ↓ -93%
Unitedhealthcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $11.08 ↓ -93%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $15.71 ↓ -90%
Cigna New Buisness Other Commercial Plan $20.90 ↓ -86%
Bcbs Par Traditional $45.78 ↓ -70%
Bcbs Ppo $50.19 ↓ -68%
Bcbs Blue Essentials Hmo $51.56 ↓ -67%
Bcbs Ers Blue Essentials For Healthselect Members Hmo $51.56 ↓ -67%
Aetna Preferred Other Commercial Plan $55.87 ↓ -64%

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Lipoprotein direct measurement ldl at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $154.56 $22.95 – $45.78
Covenant Specialty Hospital Lubbock $154.56 not published
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $43.92 $9.45 – $40.43
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $79.81 $8.82 – $80.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $67.98 $12.00 – $96.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $71.36 $8.82 – $80.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $79.81 $8.82 – $80.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $67.98 $9.44 – $96.75

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