Diagnostic anoscopy at Covenant Hospital Plainview

2601 Dimmitt Rd, Plainview, TX · Providence · · NPI 1073580726

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 11, 2026

$134.82

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.

$321.00

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.

$219.15 with Bcbs vs $2,613.00 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
Bcbs Ers Hmo $219.15 ↑ +63%
Bcbs Hmo $285.66 ↑ +112%
Bcbs Par Traditional $314.01 ↑ +133%
Bcbs Ppo $317.28 ↑ +135%
Baylor Scott And White Individual Bsw Premier Exchange $345.63 ↑ +156%
Baylor Scott And White Group Bsw Premier/Covenant Preferred All Commercial Plans $418.09 ↑ +210%
Bcbs Vapc3 Government $435.30 ↑ +223%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $448.76 ↑ +233%
Baylor Scott And White Group Bsw Plus All Commercial Plans $453.08 ↑ +236%
Superior Wellcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $471.20 ↑ +250%
Unitedhealthcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $473.44 ↑ +251%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $2,613.00 ↑ +1838%

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Diagnostic anoscopy at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $190.68 $155.48 – $2,444.00
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock $190.68 $158.10 – $2,681.00
Covenant Hospital Levelland Levelland $134.40 $390.33 – $559.85
Covenant Specialty Hospital Lubbock $190.68 not published
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas not published $136.29 – $4,826.69
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $174.45 – $174.45
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $223.51 – $223.51
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $189.71 – $451.00

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