Hhv-6 dna dir probe 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

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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.

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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.

$56.26 with Bcbs vs $246.50 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.

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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 Vapc3 Government $56.26
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $58.00
Superior Wellcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $60.90
Unitedhealthcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $61.19
Bcbs Par Traditional $214.60
Bcbs Hmo $218.08
Bcbs Ers Hmo $220.98
Bcbs Ppo $246.50

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Hhv-6 dna dir probe at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas not published $52.20 – $223.30
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $47.75 – $238.37
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $48.72 – $238.37
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock not published $126.68 – $252.88
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $47.75 – $238.37
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $47.75 – $238.37
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $48.72 – $238.37
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $48.72 – $238.37

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