CT lower extremity w/contrast (both sides) at Covenant Hospital Plainview
2601 Dimmitt Rd, Plainview, TX · Providence · · NPI 1073580726
$1,231.86
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.
$2,933.00
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.
$170.91 with Bcbs vs $694.26 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 | $170.91 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $176.20 | ↓ -86% |
| Superior | Wellcare Medicare Managed Care Plan | $185.01 | ↓ -85% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $185.89 | ↓ -85% |
| Bcbs | Hmo | $419.11 | ↓ -66% |
| Bcbs | Ppo | $462.84 | ↓ -62% |
| Bcbs | Par Traditional | $464.66 | ↓ -62% |
| Baylor Scott And White | Individual Bsw Premier Exchange | $522.32 | ↓ -58% |
| Baylor Scott And White | Group Bsw Premier/Covenant Preferred All Commercial Plans | $631.83 | ↓ -49% |
| Baylor Scott And White | Group Bsw Plus All Commercial Plans | $649.53 | ↓ -47% |
| Bcbs | Ers Hmo | $694.26 | ↓ -44% |
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CT lower extremity w/contrast (both sides) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $4,003.20 | $849.15 – $849.15 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $2,399.92 | $167.39 – $2,999.89 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,877.52 | $236.02 – $2,816.28 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $2,252.48 | $167.39 – $2,815.60 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $2,399.92 | $167.39 – $2,999.89 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $1,877.52 | $167.39 – $2,816.28 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $1,877.52 | $171.41 – $2,816.28 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $2,252.48 | $167.39 – $3,378.72 |