An fluoro guide for cvp 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

$2,009.85

Cash price

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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.

$2,009.85

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.

$120.59 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,808.87 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
Superior Health Plan CHIP $120.59 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $120.59 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $120.59 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $120.59 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $120.59 ↓ -94%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $128.13 ↓ -94%
Aetna MCR $133.25 ↓ -93%
BCBS BAV $162.34 ↓ -92%
BCBS HMO $247.52 ↓ -88%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $261.28 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $261.28 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $261.28 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $261.28 ↓ -87%
BCBS EPOSOA $274.46 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $281.38 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MGMCD $281.38 ↓ -86%
Cigna CSN $297.46 ↓ -85%
BCBS PPO $301.39 ↓ -85%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $321.58 ↓ -84%
Superior HMO $351.72 ↓ -83%
Superior EPO $351.72 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $353.73 ↓ -82%
Cigna PPO $381.87 ↓ -81%
Superior ValueHMO $397.95 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $410.01 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $476.33 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $476.33 ↓ -76%
TX Workforce Commission GVT $482.36 ↓ -76%
Aetna QHPExchange $505.65 ↓ -75%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $512.51 ↓ -75%
Molina Healthcare HIX $542.66 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $548.69 ↓ -73%
Aetna NBPPO $672.06 ↓ -67%
Aetna NBHMO $672.06 ↓ -67%
Aetna NBPOS $672.06 ↓ -67%
Imagine Health PPO $703.45 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $703.45 ↓ -65%
Aetna COMMPOS $714.91 ↓ -64%
Aetna COMMHMO $714.91 ↓ -64%
Aetna COMMPPO $714.91 ↓ -64%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $803.94 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $803.94 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPOS $840.61 ↓ -58%
Aetna OONPPO $840.61 ↓ -58%
Aetna OONHMO $840.61 ↓ -58%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $864.24 ↓ -57%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $904.43 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $904.43 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $904.43 ↓ -55%
Aetna ASAPPO $908.46 ↓ -55%
Aetna ASAPOS $908.46 ↓ -55%
Aetna ASAHMO $908.46 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,071.25 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $1,105.42 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $1,105.42 ↓ -45%
Humana PPO $1,148.53 ↓ -43%
Humana HMO $1,148.53 ↓ -43%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,205.91 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $1,205.91 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $1,205.91 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $1,306.40 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $1,507.39 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,648.08 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $1,708.37 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1,708.37 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,708.37 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,808.87 ↓ -10%

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An fluoro guide for cvp at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $604.24 $145.60 – $856.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $549.76 $113.16 – $824.63
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $754.13 $150.83 – $942.67
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $604.24 $161.13 – $856.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $549.76 $176.47 – $824.63
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $549.76 $284.04 – $824.63
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $754.13 $244.61 – $1,131.20
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $604.24 $145.60 – $856.00

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