Bone tendon board add on 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.

$26.79 with Aetna vs $363.60 with Affiliated PPO — 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
Aetna MCR $26.79
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $52.52
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $52.52
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $52.52
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $52.52
Amerigroup MGMCD $56.56
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $56.56
BCBS MyBlueHealth $65.85
Superior EPO $70.70
Superior HMO $70.70
United OptionsPPO $71.10
BCBS BAV $72.72
Superior ValueHMO $79.99
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $82.42
BCBS HMO $90.90
BCBS EPOSOA $92.92
BCBS PPO $94.54
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $95.75
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $95.75
Molina Healthcare HIX $109.08
BCBS Traditional $141.40
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $161.60
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $173.72
United GlobalAppendix $181.80
Coventry National First Health COMM $215.33
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $222.20
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $222.20
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $242.40
Independent Medical System COMM $242.40
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $242.40
Cigna CSN $271.16
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $293.57
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $303.00
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $331.28
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $343.40
Physicians, INC COMM $343.40
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $343.40
Cigna PPO $349.60
Affiliated PPO COMM $363.60

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Bone tendon board add on at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $5,096.00 $271.16 – $271.16
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $10,838.31 $320.87 – $23,224.95
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $12,740.24 $320.87 – $23,950.19
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $12,740.24 $320.87 – $23,950.19
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $12,740.24 $320.87 – $23,950.19
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $12,740.24 $320.87 – $23,950.19
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $12,740.24 $320.87 – $23,950.19
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $271.16 – $271.16

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