App high cost ss t/a/l >100sq cm 1st 100sq cm 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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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.

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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.

$948.00 with Superior Health Plan vs $7,014.00 with Oscar — 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 STARKids $948.00
Superior Health Plan STAR $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $948.00
Superior Health Plan CHIP $948.00
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $948.00
Texas Health Network MCD $1,534.54
United MGMCD $1,564.09
Liberty County Indigent LOCALGOV $1,565.86
Aetna QHPExchange $1,579.00
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $1,632.53
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $1,632.53
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $1,632.53
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $1,632.53
Amerigroup MGMCD $1,644.15
Molina Healthcare CHIP $1,722.45
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $1,722.45
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $1,722.45
Molina Healthcare STAR $1,722.45
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $1,840.10
Humana MCD $1,957.32
Aetna NBPOS $2,098.00
Aetna NBHMO $2,098.00
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $2,115.00
Aetna COMMHMO $2,229.00
Aetna COMMPOS $2,229.00
Aetna NBPPO $2,299.00
Cigna CSN $2,428.00
Aetna COMMPPO $2,444.00
Aetna OONHMO $2,623.00
Aetna OONPOS $2,623.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $2,631.00
Aetna ASAHMO $2,832.00
Aetna ASAPOS $2,832.00
Aetna OONPPO $2,876.00
Aetna ASAPPO $3,106.00
Cigna PPO $3,128.00
WellMed MGMCR $3,577.67
Humana PPO $4,690.00
Humana HMO $4,690.00
United SmallGroup $4,760.00
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $4,988.00
BCBS MyBlueHealth $5,180.48
BCBS BAV $5,835.49
Curative Administrators COMM $5,849.00
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $5,951.00
Evry Health BroadNetwork $6,077.00
BCBS HMO $6,162.99
BCBS EPOSOA $6,550.04
United AllPayerAppendix $6,800.00
BCBS PPO $6,907.31
Oscar HIX $7,014.00

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App high cost ss t/a/l >100sq cm 1st 100sq cm at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,033.56 $1,220.13 – $8,887.48
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,108.85 $71.00 – $8,887.48
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,168.39 $71.00 – $8,887.48
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,033.56 $1,254.03 – $8,887.48
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $2,108.85 $85.00 – $8,887.48
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $2,108.85 $1,565.86 – $8,887.48
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $2,168.39 $71.00 – $8,887.48
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $2,033.56 $1,254.03 – $8,887.48

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