Collar cerv 18.25x3.5in serp firm density sm 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.

$2.34 with Superior Health Plan vs $234.54 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 CHPFC $2.34
Superior Health Plan CHIP $2.34
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $2.34
Superior Health Plan STARKids $2.34
Superior Health Plan STAR $2.34
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $5.07
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $5.07
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $5.07
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $5.07
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $5.46
Amerigroup MGMCD $5.46
Cigna CSN $5.77
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $6.24
BCBS MyBlueHealth $6.36
United OptionsPPO $6.86
BCBS BAV $7.02
Cigna PPO $7.41
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $7.96
BCBS HMO $8.78
BCBS EPOSOA $8.97
BCBS PPO $9.13
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $9.24
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $9.24
TX Workforce Commission GVT $9.36
BCBS Traditional $13.65
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $16.77
United GlobalAppendix $17.55
Coventry National First Health COMM $20.79
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $21.45
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $21.45
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $23.40
Independent Medical System COMM $23.40
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $23.40
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $29.25
Oscar MGMCR $29.89
WellMed MGMCR $30.35
Devoted Health MGMCR $30.50
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $30.50
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $30.50
Amerigroup DualEligible $30.50
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $30.50
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $30.50
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $30.50
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $30.50
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $30.50
BCBS MCRPPO $30.50
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $30.50
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $30.50
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $30.50
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $30.50
GEO Group - Joe Corley Detention Facility GVT $30.50
Aetna MCR $30.76
Van Lang IPA MCR $30.80
United MCR $31.11
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $31.41
WellCare POS $31.41
WellCare MCRHMO $31.41
WellCare SNP $31.41
WellCare PPO $31.41
WellCare PFFS $31.41
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $31.98
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $32.02
American Health Plan MGMCR $32.02
Shared Health MGMCR $32.02
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $32.02
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $32.02
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $32.02
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $32.02
Superior Health Plan PFFS $32.02
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $32.02
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $32.33
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $32.33
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $32.33
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $32.33
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $32.33
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $33.15
Physicians, INC COMM $33.15
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $33.15
Molina MGMCR $33.25
Affiliated PPO COMM $35.10
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $36.60
Verda Health Plan MCR $39.65
Superior ValueHMO $44.23
Community Health Choice HIX $44.23
Superior HMO $47.27
Superior EPO $47.27
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $60.39
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $64.05
Molina Healthcare HIX $65.58
Humana HMO $234.54
Humana PPO $234.54

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Collar cerv 18.25x3.5in serp firm density sm at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $88.00 $29.89 – $65.58
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $154.14 not published
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $232.75 $6.76 – $47.70
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $232.75 $10.60 – $45.05
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA $177.00 $29.89 – $65.58
St. Joseph Health Grimes Hospital Navasota $232.75 $10.60 – $58.83
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock $154.14 $30.50 – $32.18
St. Joseph Health Burleson Hospital Caldwell $232.75 $10.60 – $47.70

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