Brace ankle stablizing lg 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.

$119.86 with Oscar vs $940.79 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 $119.86
WellMed MGMCR $121.70
Amerigroup DualEligible $122.31
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $122.31
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $122.31
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $122.31
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $122.31
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $122.31
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $122.31
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $122.31
GEO Group - Joe Corley Detention Facility GVT $122.31
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $122.31
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $122.31
Devoted Health MGMCR $122.31
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $122.31
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $122.31
BCBS MCRPPO $122.31
Aetna MCR $123.35
Van Lang IPA MCR $123.53
United MCR $124.76
WellCare PFFS $125.98
WellCare PPO $125.98
WellCare SNP $125.98
WellCare POS $125.98
WellCare MCRHMO $125.98
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $125.98
American Health Plan MGMCR $128.43
Superior Health Plan PFFS $128.43
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $128.43
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $128.43
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $128.43
Shared Health MGMCR $128.43
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $128.43
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $128.43
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $128.43
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $129.65
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $129.65
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $129.65
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $129.65
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $129.65
Molina MGMCR $133.32
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $146.77
Verda Health Plan MCR $159.00
Superior ValueHMO $177.35
Community Health Choice HIX $177.35
Superior EPO $189.58
Superior HMO $189.58
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $242.17
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $256.85
Molina Healthcare HIX $262.97
Humana HMO $940.79
Humana PPO $940.79

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Brace ankle stablizing lg at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $387.00 $119.86 – $262.97
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $94.89 not published
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $21.00 $7.78 – $61.00
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $21.00 $29.89 – $61.00
St. Joseph Health Grimes Hospital Navasota $21.00 $22.12 – $67.71
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock $94.89 $122.31 – $129.04
St. Joseph Health Burleson Hospital Caldwell $21.00 $13.42 – $61.00
Covenant Hospital Plainview Plainview $94.89 not published

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