Assistive tech assessment, ot 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.

$36.12 with Oscar vs $377.52 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
Oscar MGMCR $36.12
WellMed MGMCR $36.68
Devoted Health MGMCR $36.86
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $36.86
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $36.86
Amerigroup DualEligible $36.86
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $36.86
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $36.86
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $36.86
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $36.86
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $36.86
BCBS MCRPPO $36.86
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $36.86
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $36.86
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $36.86
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $36.86
GEO Group - Joe Corley Detention Facility GVT $36.86
Aetna MCR $37.17
Van Lang IPA MCR $37.23
United MCR $37.60
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $37.97
WellCare PFFS $37.97
WellCare POS $37.97
WellCare MCRHMO $37.97
WellCare SNP $37.97
WellCare PPO $37.97
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $38.70
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $38.70
Superior Health Plan PFFS $38.70
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $38.70
Shared Health MGMCR $38.70
American Health Plan MGMCR $38.70
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $38.70
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $38.70
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $38.70
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $39.07
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $39.07
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $39.07
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $39.07
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $39.07
Molina MGMCR $40.18
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $44.23
Verda Health Plan MCR $47.92
Superior ValueHMO $53.45
Community Health Choice HIX $53.45
Superior HMO $57.13
Superior EPO $57.13
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $72.98
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $77.41
Molina Healthcare HIX $79.25
BCBS MyBlueHealth $91.07
BCBS BAV $100.41
BCBS HMO $125.71
BCBS EPOSOA $128.05
BCBS PPO $130.38
Humana PPO $377.52
Humana HMO $377.52

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Assistive tech assessment, ot at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $96.08 $27.22 – $136.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $96.08 $25.62 – $136.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $96.08 $25.62 – $136.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - GRAPEVINE Grapevine $96.08 $24.02 – $136.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - IRVING Irving $96.08 $17.62 – $136.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - LAKE POINTE Rowlett $96.08 $17.62 – $136.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY McKinney $96.08 $27.22 – $136.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY Frisco $96.08 $44.84 – $136.12

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