Acetylcysteine non-comp unit at HCA HOUSTON CONROE
504 MEDICAL CENTER BOULEVARD, CONROE, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1962455816
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Cash price 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 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.
$3.00 with BCBS vs $379.40 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $3.00 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $3.30 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $4.13 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $4.13 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $4.13 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $8.46 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $13.96 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $13.96 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $13.96 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $21.51 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $23.29 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $25.29 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $25.29 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $25.29 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $25.29 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $25.29 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $27.74 | — |
| Aetna | MCR | $27.95 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $54.80 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $54.80 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $54.80 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $54.80 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $59.02 | — |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $59.02 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $65.55 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $65.55 | — |
| Superior | HMO | $73.77 | — |
| Superior | EPO | $73.77 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $74.19 | — |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $83.47 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $86.00 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $99.91 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $99.91 | — |
| TX Workforce Commission | GVT | $101.17 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $113.82 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $147.55 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $181.27 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $189.70 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $224.69 | — |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $231.86 | — |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $231.86 | — |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $252.94 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $252.94 | — |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $252.94 | — |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $274.01 | — |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $316.17 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $345.68 | — |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $358.33 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $358.33 | — |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $358.33 | — |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $379.40 | — |
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Acetylcysteine non-comp unit at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE | FRIENDSWOOD | $102.06 | $3.00 – $65.55 |
| HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD | HUMBLE | $56.41 | $3.00 – $65.55 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $4.62 | $0.27 – $1.19 |
| St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin | Lufkin | $2.52 | $3.27 – $15.11 |
| St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital | Spring | $4.62 | $0.27 – $1.19 |
| St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital | Sugar Land | $4.62 | $0.27 – $1.19 |
| HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST | PASADENA | $34.92 | $3.00 – $65.55 |
| St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital | The Woodlands | $4.62 | $0.27 – $1.19 |