Brace back epic lso 637 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.

$852.75 with Oscar vs $11,545.99 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 $852.75
WellMed MGMCR $865.80
Amerigroup DualEligible $870.15
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $870.15
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $870.15
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $870.15
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $870.15
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $870.15
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $870.15
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $870.15
GEO Group - Joe Corley Detention Facility GVT $870.15
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $870.15
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $870.15
Devoted Health MGMCR $870.15
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $870.15
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $870.15
BCBS MCRPPO $870.15
Aetna MCR $877.55
Van Lang IPA MCR $878.85
United MCR $887.55
WellCare PFFS $896.25
WellCare PPO $896.25
WellCare SNP $896.25
WellCare POS $896.25
WellCare MCRHMO $896.25
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $896.25
American Health Plan MGMCR $913.66
Superior Health Plan PFFS $913.66
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $913.66
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $913.66
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $913.66
Shared Health MGMCR $913.66
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $913.66
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $913.66
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $913.66
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $922.36
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $922.36
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $922.36
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $922.36
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $922.36
Molina MGMCR $948.46
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $1,044.18
Verda Health Plan MCR $1,131.19
Superior ValueHMO $1,261.72
Community Health Choice HIX $1,261.72
Superior EPO $1,348.73
Superior HMO $1,348.73
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $1,722.90
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $1,827.32
Molina Healthcare HIX $1,870.82
Humana HMO $11,545.99
Humana PPO $11,545.99

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Brace back epic lso 637 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $852.75 – $1,870.82
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $852.75 – $1,870.82
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $852.75 – $1,870.82
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $852.75 – $1,870.82
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $852.75 – $1,870.82
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $852.75 – $1,870.82
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $852.75 – $1,870.82
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock not published $870.15 – $918.01

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