Carboprost tromethamine 250 mcg/ml intramuscular solution 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

$429.01

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$429.01

Gross charge

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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.

$22.61 with United vs $386.11 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

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

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
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $22.61 ↓ -95%
United SmallGroup $22.61 ↓ -95%
United AllPayerAppendix $22.61 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STAR $25.74 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $25.74 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $25.74 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $25.74 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $25.74 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $55.77 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $55.77 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $55.77 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $55.77 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MGMCD $60.06 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $60.06 ↓ -86%
Cigna CSN $63.49 ↓ -85%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $68.64 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $75.51 ↓ -82%
Cigna PPO $81.51 ↓ -81%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $87.52 ↓ -80%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $98.78 ↓ -77%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $101.68 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $101.68 ↓ -76%
TX Workforce Commission GVT $102.96 ↓ -76%
BCBS BAV $108.86 ↓ -75%
BCBS PPO $136.08 ↓ -68%
BCBS HMO $136.08 ↓ -68%
BCBS EPOSOA $136.08 ↓ -68%
Humana HMO $136.90 ↓ -68%
Humana PPO $136.90 ↓ -68%
BCBS Traditional $150.15 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $171.60 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $184.47 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $193.05 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $228.66 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $235.96 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $235.96 ↓ -45%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $257.41 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $257.41 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $257.41 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $278.86 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $321.76 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $351.79 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $364.66 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $364.66 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $364.66 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $386.11 ↓ -10%

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Carboprost tromethamine 250 mcg/ml intramuscular solution at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $581.70 $22.61 – $22.61
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $1,182.91 not published
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $726.58 $22.61 – $98.78
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland $93.16 $22.61 – $22.61
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA $437.68 $22.61 – $22.61
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $1,915.00 $22.61 – $98.78
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock $1,182.91 not published
Covenant Hospital Plainview Plainview $1,182.91 not published

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