Arthrp w/prostc dstl rds 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 $27,609.65 with BCBS — 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 STARPLUS $948.00
Superior Health Plan CHIP $948.00
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $948.00
Superior Health Plan STAR $948.00
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $2,115.00
Aetna QHPExchange $2,370.00
Aetna NBPOS $3,148.00
Aetna NBHMO $3,148.00
Aetna COMMPOS $3,345.00
Aetna COMMHMO $3,345.00
Aetna NBPPO $3,388.00
Aetna COMMPPO $3,601.00
Aetna OONPOS $3,934.00
Aetna OONHMO $3,934.00
Aetna OONPPO $4,237.00
Aetna ASAPOS $4,250.00
Aetna ASAHMO $4,250.00
Aetna ASAPPO $4,577.00
Humana PPO $4,690.00
Humana HMO $4,690.00
Texas Health Network MCD $7,499.72
Liberty County Indigent LOCALGOV $7,652.78
Amerigroup MGMCD $8,035.42
United MGMCD $8,211.73
Molina Healthcare CHIP $8,418.06
Molina Healthcare STAR $8,418.06
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $8,418.06
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $8,418.06
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $8,571.11
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $8,571.11
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $8,571.11
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $8,571.11
Humana MCD $9,565.98
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $9,660.86
Curative Administrators COMM $9,875.00
Oscar HIX $10,586.00
Cigna CSN $10,740.00
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $10,949.00
Evry Health BroadNetwork $11,113.00
United SmallGroup $11,200.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $11,636.00
WellMed MGMCR $12,961.68
Cigna PPO $13,835.00
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $15,678.00
United AllPayerAppendix $16,000.00
BCBS MyBlueHealth $20,707.24
BCBS BAV $23,325.39
BCBS HMO $24,634.47
BCBS EPOSOA $26,181.56
BCBS PPO $27,609.65

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