Ablation cardiac vagal inputs atrium at HCA HOUSTON CONROE

504 MEDICAL CENTER BOULEVARD, CONROE, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1962455816

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published May 14, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$620.06

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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.

$620.06

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.

$37.20 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,702.00 with United — 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
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $37.20 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $37.20 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $37.20 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $37.20 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $37.20 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $80.61 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $80.61 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $80.61 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $80.61 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $86.81 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MGMCD $86.81 ↓ -86%
Cigna CSN $91.77 ↓ -85%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $99.21 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $109.13 ↓ -82%
Cigna PPO $117.81 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $120.91 ↓ -81%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $126.49 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $146.95 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $146.95 ↓ -76%
TX Workforce Commission GVT $148.81 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $158.12 ↓ -74%
Aetna QHPExchange $164.32 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $169.28 ↓ -73%
Humana HMO $197.86 ↓ -68%
Humana PPO $197.86 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPPO $199.04 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBHMO $199.04 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPOS $199.04 ↓ -68%
Aetna COMMHMO $212.06 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMPPO $212.06 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMPOS $212.06 ↓ -66%
Imagine Health PPO $217.02 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $217.02 ↓ -65%
Curative Administrators COMM $248.02 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $248.02 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPOS $248.64 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPPO $248.64 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONHMO $248.64 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $266.63 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPOS $268.49 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPPO $268.49 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAHMO $268.49 ↓ -57%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $279.03 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $279.03 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $279.03 ↓ -55%
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↓ -52%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $323.74 ↓ -48%
Coventry National First Health COMM $330.49 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $341.03 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $341.03 ↓ -45%
BCBS BAV $356.94 ↓ -42%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $372.04 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $372.04 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $372.04 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $403.04 ↓ -35%
BCBS HMO $446.87 ↓ -28%
BCBS EPOSOA $455.17 ↓ -27%
BCBS PPO $463.47 ↓ -25%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $465.04 ↓ -25%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↓ -19%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $508.45 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $527.05 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $527.05 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $527.05 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $558.05 ↓ -10%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -3%
United SmallGroup $1,120.00 ↑ +81%
United AllPayerAppendix $1,600.00 ↑ +158%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1,702.00 ↑ +174%

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