After cataract laser surgery 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.
$204.16 with Texas Health Network vs $4,690.00 with Humana — 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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| Texas Health Network | MCD | $204.16 | — |
| Liberty County Indigent | LOCALGOV | $208.33 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $218.75 | — |
| United | MGMCD | $223.54 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $229.16 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $229.16 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $229.16 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $229.16 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $233.33 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $233.33 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $233.33 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $233.33 | — |
| Humana | MCD | $260.41 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $262.99 | — |
| WellMed | MGMCR | $555.27 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $882.06 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $948.00 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $948.00 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $948.00 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $948.00 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $948.00 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $993.58 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $1,049.35 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $1,115.25 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $1,176.08 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $1,534.00 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $1,579.00 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $1,732.00 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $2,012.00 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $2,098.00 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $2,098.00 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $2,115.00 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $2,128.00 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $2,191.00 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $2,229.00 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $2,229.00 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $2,251.00 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $2,299.00 | — |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $2,315.00 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $2,444.00 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $2,623.00 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $2,623.00 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $2,832.00 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $2,832.00 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $2,876.00 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $2,915.00 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $3,106.00 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $3,158.00 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $3,755.00 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $4,690.00 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $4,690.00 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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After cataract laser surgery at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $1,373.11 | $208.33 – $1,716.38 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,324.46 | $71.00 – $3,421.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,637.51 | $71.00 – $3,421.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $1,373.11 | $208.33 – $1,716.38 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $1,324.46 | $85.00 – $3,421.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $1,324.46 | $208.33 – $1,986.69 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $1,637.51 | $71.00 – $3,421.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $1,373.11 | $208.33 – $1,716.38 |