Brachy source yttrium-90 at Covenant Hospital Plainview
2601 Dimmitt Rd, Plainview, TX · Providence · · NPI 1073580726
$35,900.28
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.
$85,476.85
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.
$17,237.88 with Bcbs vs $61,016.90 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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| Bcbs | Vapc3 Government | $17,237.88 | ↓ -52% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $17,771.01 | ↓ -50% |
| Superior | Wellcare Medicare Managed Care Plan | $18,659.56 | ↓ -48% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $18,748.42 | ↓ -48% |
| Bcbs | Hmo | $47,685.48 | ↑ +33% |
| Bcbs | Ers Hmo | $48,198.23 | ↑ +34% |
| Bcbs | Par Traditional | $58,795.00 | ↑ +64% |
| Bcbs | Ppo | $61,016.90 | ↑ +70% |
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Brachy source yttrium-90 at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE | FRIENDSWOOD | $73,177.56 | $31,277.57 – $31,277.57 |
| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | $35,900.28 | $66,998.95 – $66,998.95 |
| HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD | HUMBLE | $26,400.91 | $31,277.57 – $31,277.57 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $58,300.55 | $16,676.33 – $79,411.06 |
| St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital | Spring | $58,300.55 | $17,470.44 – $79,411.06 |
| St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital | Sugar Land | $58,300.55 | $17,470.44 – $79,411.06 |
| HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST | PASADENA | $99,999.99 | $31,277.57 – $31,277.57 |
| St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital | The Woodlands | $58,300.55 | $17,470.44 – $79,411.06 |