Assay of fluoride 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.

$15.26 with Texas Health Network vs $247.67 with Humana — 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 $15.26
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $15.57
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $15.57
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $15.57
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $15.57
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $15.57
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $15.57
Amerigroup MGMCD $15.57
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $15.57
Liberty County Indigent LOCALGOV $15.57
United MGMCD $15.88
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $16.82
Molina Healthcare CHIP $17.13
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $17.13
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $17.13
Molina Healthcare STAR $17.13
Oscar MGMCR $18.17
WellMed MGMCR $18.45
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $18.54
Amerigroup DualEligible $18.54
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $18.54
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $18.54
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $18.54
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $18.54
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $18.54
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $18.54
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $18.54
BCBS MCRPPO $18.54
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $18.54
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $18.54
Devoted Health MGMCR $18.54
GEO Group - Joe Corley Detention Facility GVT $18.54
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $18.54
United AllPayerAppendix $18.54
United SmallGroup $18.54
Aetna MCR $18.70
Van Lang IPA MCR $18.73
United MCR $18.91
WellCare PPO $19.10
WellCare POS $19.10
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $19.10
WellCare PFFS $19.10
WellCare SNP $19.10
WellCare MCRHMO $19.10
Humana MCD $19.46
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $19.47
American Health Plan MGMCR $19.47
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $19.47
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $19.47
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $19.47
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $19.47
Superior Health Plan PFFS $19.47
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $19.47
Shared Health MGMCR $19.47
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $19.65
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $19.65
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $19.65
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $19.65
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $19.65
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $20.07
Molina MGMCR $20.21
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $22.25
Verda Health Plan MCR $24.10
Superior ValueHMO $26.88
Community Health Choice HIX $26.88
Superior HMO $28.74
Superior EPO $28.74
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $36.71
BCBS MyBlueHealth $37.45
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $38.93
Molina Healthcare HIX $39.86
BCBS BAV $41.34
BCBS HMO $51.73
Oscar HIX $53.58
BCBS EPOSOA $55.43
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $55.62
BCBS PPO $59.14
Aetna QHPExchange $67.91
Cigna CSN $76.68
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $83.06
Aetna NBPPO $90.32
Aetna NBHMO $90.32
Aetna NBPOS $90.32
Aetna COMMPOS $95.95
Aetna COMMHMO $95.95
Aetna COMMPPO $95.95
Cigna PPO $98.82
Aetna OONHMO $112.72
Aetna OONPOS $112.72
Aetna OONPPO $112.72
Aetna ASAHMO $121.88
Aetna ASAPPO $121.88
Aetna ASAPOS $121.88
Humana PPO $247.67
Humana HMO $247.67
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