Artery to vein shunt 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.

$1,630.90 with Texas Health Network vs $11,153.00 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
Texas Health Network MCD $1,630.90
Liberty County Indigent LOCALGOV $1,664.18
Amerigroup MGMCD $1,747.39
United MGMCD $1,785.73
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $1,830.60
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $1,830.60
Molina Healthcare CHIP $1,830.60
Molina Healthcare STAR $1,830.60
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $1,863.88
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $1,863.88
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $1,863.88
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $1,863.88
Humana MCD $2,080.22
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $2,100.86
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $2,115.00
Aetna QHPExchange $2,156.00
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $2,369.00
Superior Health Plan CHIP $2,369.00
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $2,369.00
Superior Health Plan STAR $2,369.00
Superior Health Plan STARKids $2,369.00
Aetna NBHMO $2,864.00
Aetna NBPOS $2,864.00
Aetna COMMPOS $3,044.00
Aetna COMMHMO $3,044.00
Aetna NBPPO $3,108.00
WellMed MGMCR $3,187.73
Aetna COMMPPO $3,303.00
Aetna OONHMO $3,582.00
Aetna OONPOS $3,582.00
Aetna ASAPOS $3,870.00
Aetna ASAHMO $3,870.00
Aetna OONPPO $3,886.00
United SmallGroup $4,183.00
Aetna ASAPPO $4,197.00
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $4,340.00
Humana HMO $4,690.00
Humana PPO $4,690.00
BCBS MyBlueHealth $4,822.03
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $4,988.00
BCBS BAV $5,431.71
BCBS HMO $5,736.55
Curative Administrators COMM $5,849.00
United AllPayerAppendix $5,976.00
Evry Health BroadNetwork $6,077.00
BCBS EPOSOA $6,096.82
Cigna CSN $6,392.00
BCBS PPO $6,429.37
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $6,925.00
Cigna PPO $8,234.00
Oscar HIX $11,153.00

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Artery to vein shunt at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas not published $3,464.10 – $8,715.36
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $1,630.90 – $4,434.05
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $1,785.73 – $5,681.12
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $1,630.90 – $4,932.88
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $1,785.73 – $4,932.88
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston not published $1,929.00 – $1,929.00
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $1,785.73 – $5,681.12
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring not published $1,929.00 – $1,929.00

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