Njx chemonucleolysis lmbr at Covenant Medical Center
3615 19th St, Lubbock, TX · Providence · · NPI 1972517365
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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.
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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.
$966.62 with Scott And White vs $7,215.00 with Unitedhealthcare — 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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| Scott And White | Individual Bsw Premier Exchange | $966.62 | — |
| Scott And White | Group Bsw Premier/Covenant Preferred Other Commercial Plan | $1,169.29 | — |
| Bcbs | Blue Essentials Hmo | $1,219.09 | — |
| Bcbs | Par Traditional | $1,410.32 | — |
| Scott And White | Group Bsw Plus All Commercial Plans | $1,601.29 | — |
| Bcbs | Ers Blue Essentials For Healthselect Members Hmo | $1,617.48 | — |
| Bcbs | Ppo | $1,689.19 | — |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,961.62 | — |
| Superior Healthplan | Wellcare Medicare Managed Care Plan | $2,059.70 | — |
| Unitedhealthcare | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $2,069.51 | — |
| Cigna | Oap | $2,681.00 | — |
| Aetna | New Business Tier 1 Other Commercial Plan | $2,875.00 | — |
| Cigna | New Buisness Other Commercial Plan | $2,994.00 | — |
| Aetna | Preferred Other Commercial Plan | $3,857.55 | — |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $4,566.00 | — |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $7,215.00 | — |
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Njx chemonucleolysis lmbr at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | not published | $950.57 – $4,524.00 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | not published | $995.99 – $4,826.69 |
| HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE | FRIENDSWOOD | not published | $5,752.82 – $5,752.82 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $5,752.82 – $5,752.82 |
| HCA HOUSTON CONROE | CONROE | not published | $1,971.43 – $5,752.82 |
| HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD | HUMBLE | not published | $1,971.43 – $5,752.82 |
| HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST | SPRING | not published | $5,752.82 – $5,752.82 |
| HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND | Pearland | not published | $5,752.82 – $5,752.82 |