Dextrose 5 % and lactated ringers intravenous solution at HCA HOUSTON CONROE
504 MEDICAL CENTER BOULEVARD, CONROE, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1962455816
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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.
$9.70 with BCBS vs $522.22 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 |
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| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $9.70 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $9.98 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $9.98 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $9.98 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $10.69 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $13.37 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $13.37 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $13.37 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $19.70 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $21.33 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $25.40 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $34.81 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $34.81 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $34.81 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $34.81 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $34.81 | — |
| Aetna | MCR | $38.47 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $49.58 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $49.58 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $75.43 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $75.43 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $75.43 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $75.43 | — |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $81.23 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $81.23 | — |
| Superior | EPO | $101.54 | — |
| Superior | HMO | $101.54 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $102.12 | — |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $114.89 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $118.37 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $137.52 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $137.52 | — |
| TX Workforce Commission | GVT | $139.26 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $156.66 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $203.08 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $232.10 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $249.50 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $261.11 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $309.27 | — |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $319.13 | — |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $319.13 | — |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $348.14 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $348.14 | — |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $348.14 | — |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $377.16 | — |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $435.18 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $475.80 | — |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $493.20 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $493.20 | — |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $493.20 | — |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $522.22 | — |
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Dextrose 5 % and lactated ringers intravenous solution at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $137.39 | $19.06 – $19.06 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | $389.04 | $9.70 – $49.58 |
| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | $47.27 | $18.51 – $22.61 |
| HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD | HUMBLE | $370.65 | $9.70 – $49.58 |
| HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST | SPRING | $354.45 | $9.70 – $49.58 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $10.11 | $0.59 – $2.64 |
| St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin | Lufkin | $18.22 | $5.45 – $40.61 |
| St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital | Spring | $10.11 | $0.59 – $2.64 |