8/100
#2,434 nationally
Covenant Medical Center
3615 19Th Street, Lubbock, TX 79410 · (806) 725-4431
Among the highest charge markups in the country
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Covenant Medical Center billed $11.43 in list charges. That gap does not change a Medicare patient's bill — but it is where an uninsured or out-of-network bill starts.
- Charge-to-payment
- 11.4x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 141
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in TX
- #165
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 3/5
- shown for context, not in the grade
How this grade was reached
Each component is scored against every other U.S. hospital in the same federal files, so the grade is a position in the country, not a pass mark we invented.
Better than 4% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 9% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 7% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 18% of U.S. hospitals.
What this hospital treats most
The ten procedures it billed Medicare for most often, with its charge beside the national middle.
| Procedure | Patients | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
908 | $50,097 | $2,354 | +158% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
492 | $183,167 | $15,712 | +181% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
208 | $134,790 | $10,986 | +211% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
176 | $47,331 | $2,821 | +88% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
176 | $34,448 | $1,622 | +193% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
160 | $158,860 | $13,333 | +189% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
155 | $164,716 | $20,221 | +24% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
139 | $18,217 | $1,407 | +81% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
116 | $123,978 | $11,118 | +166% |
|
Stroke (severe)
MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay |
112 | $174,048 | $15,147 | +128% |
Where its charges run furthest above the national middle
Only procedures it performed at least eleven times, so a single unusual case cannot produce the headline.
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 3 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5153 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$39,237 | $1,473 | +244% |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
$105,547 | $8,133 | +220% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$134,790 | $10,986 | +211% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$34,170 | $1,675 | +201% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$34,448 | $1,622 | +193% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
$153,084 | $12,285 | +189% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$158,860 | $13,333 | +189% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
$111,806 | $8,873 | +185% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5222 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$41,884 | $7,372 | +11% |
|
Other Operating Room Procedures for Injuries with Major Complications
MS-DRG 907 · Inpatient stay |
$208,069 | $24,768 | +20% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$63,262 | $9,261 | +23% |
|
Level 4 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5194 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$118,124 | $15,186 | +24% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$164,716 | $20,221 | +24% |
|
Level 2 Icd and Similar Procedures
APC 5232 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$198,452 | $28,463 | +34% |
|
Level 5 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5465 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$153,322 | $26,867 | +36% |
|
Percutaneous and Other Intracardiac Procedures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 274 · Inpatient stay |
$170,781 | $25,472 | +37% |
What this page cannot tell you
- It is not your bill. These are averages across Medicare patients. What you pay depends on your insurance, your plan's negotiated rate and your own case.
- It is not a quality rating. A hospital with a high markup may be excellent, and one with a low markup may not be. We checked: across every U.S. hospital, markup and the CMS quality star rating barely move together.
- A charge is not a cost. Hospitals do not collect their list charges from insured patients. The number matters because it is the opening figure on an uninsured or out-of-network bill.
- Ask for the real number. Every U.S. hospital must publish a machine-readable price file and give you a written good-faith estimate on request.