Boot j walker l 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

$449.00

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.

$449.00

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.

$26.94 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,506.78 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
Superior Health Plan STARKids $26.94 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $26.94 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $26.94 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $26.94 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $26.94 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $58.37 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $58.37 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $58.37 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $58.37 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $62.86 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MGMCD $62.86 ↓ -86%
Cigna CSN $66.45 ↓ -85%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $71.84 ↓ -84%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $73.19 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $79.02 ↓ -82%
BCBS BAV $80.82 ↓ -82%
Cigna PPO $85.31 ↓ -81%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $91.60 ↓ -80%
BCBS HMO $101.03 ↓ -77%
BCBS EPOSOA $103.27 ↓ -77%
BCBS PPO $105.07 ↓ -77%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $106.41 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $106.41 ↓ -76%
TX Workforce Commission GVT $107.76 ↓ -76%
BCBS Traditional $157.15 ↓ -65%
Oscar MGMCR $191.96 ↓ -57%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $193.07 ↓ -57%
WellMed MGMCR $194.90 ↓ -57%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $195.88 ↓ -56%
Devoted Health MGMCR $195.88 ↓ -56%
GEO Group - Joe Corley Detention Facility GVT $195.88 ↓ -56%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $195.88 ↓ -56%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $195.88 ↓ -56%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $195.88 ↓ -56%
Amerigroup DualEligible $195.88 ↓ -56%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $195.88 ↓ -56%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $195.88 ↓ -56%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $195.88 ↓ -56%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $195.88 ↓ -56%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $195.88 ↓ -56%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $195.88 ↓ -56%
BCBS MCRPPO $195.88 ↓ -56%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $195.88 ↓ -56%
Aetna MCR $197.54 ↓ -56%
Van Lang IPA MCR $197.84 ↓ -56%
United MCR $199.80 ↓ -56%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $201.76 ↓ -55%
WellCare PPO $201.76 ↓ -55%
WellCare PFFS $201.76 ↓ -55%
WellCare MCRHMO $201.76 ↓ -55%
WellCare POS $201.76 ↓ -55%
WellCare SNP $201.76 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $202.05 ↓ -55%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $205.67 ↓ -54%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $205.67 ↓ -54%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $205.67 ↓ -54%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $205.67 ↓ -54%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $205.67 ↓ -54%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $205.67 ↓ -54%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $205.67 ↓ -54%
Shared Health MGMCR $205.67 ↓ -54%
American Health Plan MGMCR $205.67 ↓ -54%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $207.63 ↓ -54%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $207.63 ↓ -54%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $207.63 ↓ -54%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $207.63 ↓ -54%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $207.63 ↓ -54%
Molina MGMCR $213.51 ↓ -52%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $235.06 ↓ -48%
Coventry National First Health COMM $239.32 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $246.95 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $246.95 ↓ -45%
Verda Health Plan MCR $254.64 ↓ -43%
Independent Medical System COMM $269.40 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $269.40 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $269.40 ↓ -40%
Superior ValueHMO $284.03 ↓ -37%
Community Health Choice HIX $284.03 ↓ -37%
Superior HMO $303.61 ↓ -32%
Superior EPO $303.61 ↓ -32%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $336.75 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $368.18 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $381.65 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $381.65 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $381.65 ↓ -15%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $387.84 ↓ -14%
Affiliated PPO COMM $404.10 ↓ -10%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $411.35 ↓ -8%
Molina Healthcare HIX $421.14 ↓ -6%
Humana HMO $1,506.78 ↑ +236%
Humana PPO $1,506.78 ↑ +236%

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