Analgesics non-opioid definitive assay 1 or 2 acetaminophen 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

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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.

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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.

$0.05 with Aetna vs $127.56 with Cigna — 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
Aetna QHPExchange $0.05
Aetna NBPOS $0.06
Aetna NBPPO $0.06
Aetna NBHMO $0.06
Aetna COMMPOS $0.07
Aetna COMMHMO $0.07
Aetna COMMPPO $0.07
Aetna OONPOS $0.08
Aetna OONHMO $0.08
Aetna OONPPO $0.08
Aetna ASAPOS $0.09
Aetna ASAHMO $0.09
Aetna ASAPPO $0.09
Texas Health Network MCD $9.44
Liberty County Indigent LOCALGOV $9.63
Amerigroup MGMCD $9.63
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $9.63
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $9.63
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $9.63
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $9.63
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $9.63
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $9.63
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $9.63
United MGMCD $9.82
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $10.40
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $10.59
Molina Healthcare CHIP $10.59
Molina Healthcare STAR $10.59
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $10.59
Humana MCD $12.04
Cigna CSN $98.98
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $107.21
Humana HMO $116.96
Humana PPO $116.96
Cigna PPO $127.56
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Analgesics non-opioid definitive assay 1 or 2 acetaminophen at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $117.01 $9.63 – $165.77
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $117.01 $12.00 – $175.52
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $117.01 $9.63 – $146.26
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $117.01 $9.63 – $165.77
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $117.01 $10.30 – $175.52
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $117.01 $8.00 – $175.52
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $117.01 $9.63 – $175.52
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $117.01 $9.63 – $165.77

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