Arthrd ant ntrbd min dsc lum 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.

$2,369.00 with Superior Health Plan vs $68,725.00 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
Superior Health Plan STAR $2,369.00
Superior Health Plan STARKids $2,369.00
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $2,369.00
Superior Health Plan CHIP $2,369.00
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $2,369.00
Aetna QHPExchange $2,428.00
Aetna NBPOS $3,227.00
Aetna NBHMO $3,227.00
Aetna COMMHMO $3,428.00
Aetna COMMPOS $3,428.00
Aetna NBPPO $3,552.00
Aetna COMMPPO $3,774.00
Aetna OONHMO $4,036.00
Aetna OONPOS $4,036.00
Aetna ASAHMO $4,360.00
Aetna ASAPOS $4,360.00
Aetna OONPPO $4,439.00
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $4,505.00
Humana PPO $4,690.00
Humana HMO $4,690.00
Aetna ASAPPO $4,796.00
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $5,841.00
Averde Health Commercial $7,500.00
BCBS MyBlueHealth $14,702.99
BCBS BAV $16,194.14
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $17,522.00
United SmallGroup $18,200.00
BCBS PPO $18,342.67
BCBS EPOSOA $18,599.21
BCBS HMO $18,855.75
Verda Health Plan MCR $19,500.00
Shared Health MGMCR $19,500.00
United AllPayerAppendix $26,000.00
Curative Administrators COMM $35,974.00
Evry Health BroadNetwork $40,517.00
Oscar HIX $41,000.00
Cigna CSN $53,350.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $57,801.00
Cigna PPO $68,725.00
WellMed MGMCR not published by hospital

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