CT guidance for needle placement at HCA HOUSTON CONROE
504 MEDICAL CENTER BOULEVARD, CONROE, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1962455816
$13,978.69
Cash price 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.
$13,978.69
Gross charge 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.
$137.63 with BCBS vs $12,580.82 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $137.63 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | BAV | $174.39 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | HMO | $265.88 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $294.81 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | PPO | $323.75 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $725.00 | ↓ -95% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $838.72 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $838.72 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $838.72 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $838.72 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $838.72 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | MCR | $926.79 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $963.00 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $963.00 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $963.00 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $1,024.00 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $1,024.00 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $1,024.00 | ↓ -93% |
| Humana | PPO | $1,179.62 | ↓ -92% |
| Humana | HMO | $1,179.62 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $1,203.00 | ↓ -91% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $1,203.00 | ↓ -91% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $1,203.00 | ↓ -91% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $1,301.00 | ↓ -91% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $1,301.00 | ↓ -91% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $1,301.00 | ↓ -91% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $1,817.23 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $1,817.23 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $1,817.23 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $1,817.23 | ↓ -87% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $1,957.02 | ↓ -86% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $1,957.02 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | CSN | $2,068.85 | ↓ -85% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $2,236.59 | ↓ -84% |
| Superior | HMO | $2,446.27 | ↓ -83% |
| Superior | EPO | $2,446.27 | ↓ -83% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $2,460.25 | ↓ -82% |
| Cigna | PPO | $2,655.95 | ↓ -81% |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $2,767.78 | ↓ -80% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $2,851.65 | ↓ -80% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $3,312.95 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $3,312.95 | ↓ -76% |
| TX Workforce Commission | GVT | $3,354.89 | ↓ -76% |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $3,774.25 | ↓ -73% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $4,892.54 | ↓ -65% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $5,591.48 | ↓ -60% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $6,010.84 | ↓ -57% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $6,290.41 | ↓ -55% |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $6,290.41 | ↓ -55% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $7,450.64 | ↓ -47% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $7,688.28 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $7,688.28 | ↓ -45% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $8,387.21 | ↓ -40% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $8,387.21 | ↓ -40% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $8,387.21 | ↓ -40% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $9,086.15 | ↓ -35% |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $10,484.02 | ↓ -25% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $11,462.53 | ↓ -18% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $11,881.89 | ↓ -15% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $11,881.89 | ↓ -15% |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $11,881.89 | ↓ -15% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $12,580.82 | ↓ -10% |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $1,506.04 | $156.40 – $2,133.56 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,650.56 | $262.75 – $2,475.84 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,981.41 | $262.75 – $2,476.76 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $1,506.04 | $179.08 – $2,133.56 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $1,650.56 | $319.84 – $2,475.84 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $1,650.56 | $852.79 – $2,475.84 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $1,981.41 | $262.75 – $2,972.11 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $1,506.04 | $156.40 – $2,133.56 |