Colistimethate sodium inj 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

$74.82

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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.

$74.82

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.

$4.49 with Superior Health Plan vs $172.01 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 STARPLUS $4.49 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $4.49 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $4.49 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $4.49 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $4.49 ↓ -94%
Aetna MCR $4.96 ↓ -93%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $9.73 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $9.73 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $9.73 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $9.73 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $10.47 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MGMCD $10.47 ↓ -86%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $12.08 ↓ -84%
Superior EPO $13.09 ↓ -83%
Superior HMO $13.09 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $13.17 ↓ -82%
Superior ValueHMO $14.81 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $15.26 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $17.73 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $17.73 ↓ -76%
TX Workforce Commission GVT $17.96 ↓ -76%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $19.93 ↓ -73%
United SmallGroup $19.93 ↓ -73%
United AllPayerAppendix $19.93 ↓ -73%
Molina Healthcare HIX $20.20 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $26.19 ↓ -65%
Cigna CSN $27.56 ↓ -63%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $29.84 ↓ -60%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $31.61 ↓ -58%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $32.17 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $33.67 ↓ -55%
BCBS BAV $34.84 ↓ -53%
Cigna PPO $35.54 ↓ -52%
Coventry National First Health COMM $39.88 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $41.15 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $41.15 ↓ -45%
BCBS HMO $43.55 ↓ -42%
BCBS PPO $43.55 ↓ -42%
BCBS EPOSOA $43.55 ↓ -42%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $44.89 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $44.89 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $44.89 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $48.63 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $56.11 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $61.35 ↓ -18%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $63.60 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $63.60 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $63.60 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $67.34 ↓ -10%
Humana HMO $172.01 ↑ +130%
Humana PPO $172.01 ↑ +130%

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Colistimethate sodium inj at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $209.79 $11.94 – $172.01
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $88.52 $39.86 – $64.40
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $31.96 $14.52 – $67.67
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $164.85 $9.07 – $58.32
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $31.96 $14.89 – $67.67
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $31.96 $14.89 – $67.67
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA $21.77 $11.94 – $172.01
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $31.96 $14.89 – $67.67

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