Appl modality 1/> areas paraffin bath 97018 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.

$5.67 with Oscar vs $668.86 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
Oscar MGMCR $5.67
WellMed MGMCR $5.76
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $5.79
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $5.79
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $5.79
Devoted Health MGMCR $5.79
GEO Group - Joe Corley Detention Facility GVT $5.79
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $5.79
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $5.79
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $5.79
BCBS MCRPPO $5.79
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $5.79
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $5.79
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $5.79
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $5.79
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $5.79
Amerigroup DualEligible $5.79
Aetna MCR $5.84
Van Lang IPA MCR $5.85
United MCR $5.91
WellCare MCRHMO $5.96
WellCare PFFS $5.96
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $5.96
WellCare PPO $5.96
WellCare SNP $5.96
WellCare POS $5.96
Superior Health Plan PFFS $6.08
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $6.08
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $6.08
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $6.08
American Health Plan MGMCR $6.08
Shared Health MGMCR $6.08
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $6.08
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $6.08
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $6.08
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $6.14
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $6.14
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $6.14
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $6.14
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $6.14
Molina MGMCR $6.31
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $6.95
Verda Health Plan MCR $7.53
Community Health Choice HIX $8.40
Superior ValueHMO $8.40
Superior EPO $8.97
Superior HMO $8.97
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $11.46
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $12.16
Molina Healthcare HIX $12.45
BCBS MyBlueHealth $16.87
Aetna QHPExchange $17.04
BCBS BAV $18.60
Aetna NBPPO $22.63
Aetna NBPOS $22.63
Aetna NBHMO $22.63
BCBS HMO $23.29
BCBS EPOSOA $23.72
Aetna COMMHMO $24.01
Aetna COMMPOS $24.01
Aetna COMMPPO $24.01
BCBS PPO $24.15
Aetna OONHMO $28.30
Aetna OONPOS $28.30
Aetna OONPPO $28.30
Aetna ASAPPO $30.54
Aetna ASAPOS $30.54
Aetna ASAHMO $30.54
Superior Health Plan CHIP $44.59
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $44.59
Superior Health Plan STARKids $44.59
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $44.59
Superior Health Plan STAR $44.59
Humana HMO $82.98
Humana PPO $82.98
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $96.61
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $96.61
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $96.61
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $96.61
Amerigroup MGMCD $104.05
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $104.05
United OptionsPPO $130.80
Oscar HIX $144.92
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $151.61
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $176.13
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $176.13
TX Workforce Commission GVT $178.36
BCBS Traditional $260.11
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $319.57
United GlobalAppendix $334.43
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $334.43
Coventry National First Health COMM $396.11
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $408.75
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $408.75
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $445.91
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $445.91
Independent Medical System COMM $445.91
Coastal Comp COMM $483.07
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $557.38
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $609.41
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $631.70
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $631.70
Physicians, INC COMM $631.70
Affiliated PPO COMM $668.86

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