Brace ankle joint dflxn assist 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.

$75.70 with Oscar vs $594.14 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 $75.70
WellMed MGMCR $76.85
Amerigroup DualEligible $77.24
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $77.24
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $77.24
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $77.24
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $77.24
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $77.24
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $77.24
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $77.24
GEO Group - Joe Corley Detention Facility GVT $77.24
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $77.24
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $77.24
Devoted Health MGMCR $77.24
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $77.24
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $77.24
BCBS MCRPPO $77.24
Aetna MCR $77.90
Van Lang IPA MCR $78.01
United MCR $78.78
WellCare PFFS $79.56
WellCare PPO $79.56
WellCare SNP $79.56
WellCare POS $79.56
WellCare MCRHMO $79.56
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $79.56
American Health Plan MGMCR $81.10
Superior Health Plan PFFS $81.10
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $81.10
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $81.10
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $81.10
Shared Health MGMCR $81.10
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $81.10
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $81.10
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $81.10
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $81.87
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $81.87
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $81.87
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $81.87
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $81.87
Molina MGMCR $84.19
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $92.69
Verda Health Plan MCR $100.41
Superior ValueHMO $112.00
Community Health Choice HIX $112.00
Superior EPO $119.72
Superior HMO $119.72
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $152.94
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $162.20
Molina Healthcare HIX $166.07
Humana HMO $594.14
Humana PPO $594.14

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Brace ankle joint dflxn assist at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $75.70 – $166.07
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $75.70 – $166.07
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $75.70 – $166.07
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $75.70 – $166.07
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $75.70 – $166.07
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $75.70 – $166.07
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $75.70 – $166.07
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock not published $77.24 – $81.49

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