Critical care each additional 30 minutes 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

$5,600.00

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.

$5,600.00

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.

$101.88 with Humana vs $7,960.00 with BCBS — 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
Humana HMO $101.88 ↓ -98%
Humana PPO $101.88 ↓ -98%
Aetna MCR $371.28 ↓ -93%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $728.00 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $728.00 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $728.00 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $728.00 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MGMCD $784.00 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $784.00 ↓ -86%
Superior EPO $980.00 ↓ -83%
Superior HMO $980.00 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $985.60 ↓ -82%
Superior ValueHMO $1,108.80 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $1,142.40 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $1,327.20 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $1,327.20 ↓ -76%
TX Workforce Commission GVT $1,344.00 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,428.00 ↓ -75%
Molina Healthcare HIX $1,512.00 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $1,528.80 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $1,960.00 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $1,960.00 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $2,240.00 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $2,240.00 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $2,408.00 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $2,520.00 ↓ -55%
Aetna QHPExchange $2,537.00 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $2,984.80 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $3,080.00 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $3,080.00 ↓ -45%
Oscar HIX $3,343.00 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $3,360.00 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $3,360.00 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $3,360.00 ↓ -40%
Aetna NBHMO $3,372.00 ↓ -40%
Aetna NBPOS $3,372.00 ↓ -40%
Aetna COMMHMO $3,582.00 ↓ -36%
Aetna COMMPOS $3,582.00 ↓ -36%
Coastal Comp COMM $3,640.00 ↓ -35%
Aetna NBPPO $3,999.00 ↓ -29%
Averde Health Commercial $4,000.00 ↓ -29%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $4,200.00 ↓ -25%
Aetna OONPOS $4,213.00 ↓ -25%
Aetna OONHMO $4,213.00 ↓ -25%
Aetna COMMPPO $4,248.00 ↓ -24%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $4,520.00 ↓ -19%
Aetna ASAPOS $4,551.00 ↓ -19%
Aetna ASAHMO $4,551.00 ↓ -19%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $4,592.00 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $4,760.00 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $4,760.00 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $4,760.00 ↓ -15%
Cigna CSN $4,988.00 ↓ -11%
Aetna OONPPO $4,996.00 ↓ -11%
Affiliated PPO COMM $5,040.00 ↓ -10%
United SmallGroup $5,320.00 ↓ -5%
BCBS BAV $5,360.00 ↓ -4%
Aetna ASAPPO $5,399.00 ↓ -4%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $5,404.00 ↓ -4%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $5,457.00 ↓ -3%
BCBS HMO $6,400.00 ↑ +14%
Cigna PPO $6,425.00 ↑ +15%
BCBS EPOSOA $7,200.00 ↑ +29%
United AllPayerAppendix $7,600.00 ↑ +36%
BCBS PPO $7,960.00 ↑ +42%

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Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,597.43 $437.05 – $437.05
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $686.86 $220.48 – $10,880.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $686.86 $354.88 – $1,030.28
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