Acetylcysteine 200 mg/ml (20 %) intravenous solution 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

$1,170.28

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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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$1,170.28

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.

$0.37 with Christus (USFHP) vs $1,053.25 with Affiliated PPO — 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
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $0.37 ↓ -100%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $0.61 ↓ -100%
United SmallGroup $0.61 ↓ -100%
United AllPayerAppendix $0.61 ↓ -100%
Cigna CSN $0.90 ↓ -100%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $0.97 ↓ -100%
Cigna PPO $1.15 ↓ -100%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $4.25 ↓ -100%
BCBS BAV $4.69 ↓ -100%
BCBS PPO $5.86 ↓ -99%
BCBS EPOSOA $5.86 ↓ -99%
BCBS HMO $5.86 ↓ -99%
Humana HMO $10.42 ↓ -99%
Humana PPO $10.42 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $70.22 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $70.22 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $70.22 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $70.22 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $70.22 ↓ -94%
Aetna MCR $77.59 ↓ -93%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $152.14 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $152.14 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $152.14 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $152.14 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $163.84 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MGMCD $163.84 ↓ -86%
Superior EPO $204.80 ↓ -82%
Superior HMO $204.80 ↓ -82%
United OptionsPPO $205.97 ↓ -82%
Superior ValueHMO $231.72 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $238.74 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $277.36 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $277.36 ↓ -76%
TX Workforce Commission GVT $280.87 ↓ -76%
Molina Healthcare HIX $315.98 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $409.60 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $503.22 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $526.63 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $623.76 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $643.65 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $643.65 ↓ -45%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $702.17 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $702.17 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $702.17 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $760.68 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $877.71 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $959.63 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $994.74 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $994.74 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $994.74 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,053.25 ↓ -10%

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Acetylcysteine 200 mg/ml (20 %) intravenous solution at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $110.18 $8.35 – $8.35
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $298.05 $0.96 – $135.26
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $1,012.20 $0.64 – $76.36
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland $1,306.71 $0.45 – $10.42
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $298.05 $0.79 – $135.26
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $298.05 $0.79 – $135.26
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA $195.96 $0.45 – $10.42
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $298.05 $0.79 – $135.26

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