Collagen drsg>16<=48 sq in 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.

$29.37 with Oscar vs $230.45 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 $29.37
WellMed MGMCR $29.82
Devoted Health MGMCR $29.97
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $29.97
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $29.97
Amerigroup DualEligible $29.97
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $29.97
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $29.97
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $29.97
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $29.97
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $29.97
BCBS MCRPPO $29.97
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $29.97
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $29.97
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $29.97
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $29.97
GEO Group - Joe Corley Detention Facility GVT $29.97
Aetna MCR $30.22
Van Lang IPA MCR $30.27
BCBS MyBlueHealth $30.28
United MCR $30.57
WellCare MCRHMO $30.87
WellCare SNP $30.87
WellCare POS $30.87
WellCare PPO $30.87
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $30.87
WellCare PFFS $30.87
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $31.47
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $31.47
Superior Health Plan PFFS $31.47
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $31.47
Shared Health MGMCR $31.47
American Health Plan MGMCR $31.47
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $31.47
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $31.47
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $31.47
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $31.77
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $31.77
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $31.77
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $31.77
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $31.77
Molina MGMCR $32.67
BCBS BAV $33.46
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $35.96
Verda Health Plan MCR $38.96
BCBS HMO $41.76
Community Health Choice HIX $43.46
Superior ValueHMO $43.46
BCBS EPOSOA $44.20
Superior EPO $46.45
Superior HMO $46.45
BCBS PPO $46.64
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $59.34
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $62.94
Molina Healthcare HIX $64.44
Humana HMO $230.45
Humana PPO $230.45

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Collagen drsg>16<=48 sq in at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $32.43 $28.08 – $28.08
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $12.87 $9.93 – $36.75
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $5.20 $8.67 – $34.65
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $12.87 $9.93 – $36.75
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $12.87 $9.93 – $36.75
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $12.87 $9.93 – $36.75
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $12.87 $9.93 – $36.75
St. Luke's Health Memorial Livingston Livingston $5.20 $7.63 – $34.65

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