Diagnostic laryngoscopy 31505 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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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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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.

$55.08 with Texas Health Network vs $5,841.00 with Healthcare Highways — 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

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
Texas Health Network MCD $55.08
Liberty County Indigent LOCALGOV $56.20
Amerigroup MGMCD $59.01
United MGMCD $60.30
Molina Healthcare CHIP $61.82
Molina Healthcare STAR $61.82
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $61.82
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $61.82
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $62.94
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $62.94
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $62.94
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $62.94
Humana MCD $70.25
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $70.94
WellMed MGMCR $201.52
BCBS MyBlueHealth $463.81
BCBS BAV $510.71
BCBS PPO $539.62
BCBS EPOSOA $566.60
BCBS HMO $593.58
Superior Health Plan STAR $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $948.00
Superior Health Plan CHIP $948.00
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARKids $948.00
United SmallGroup $1,120.00
United AllPayerAppendix $1,600.00
Curative Administrators COMM $1,672.00
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1,702.00
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $2,115.00
Oscar HIX $2,358.00
Cigna CSN $2,518.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $2,728.00
Cigna PPO $3,244.00
Humana HMO $4,690.00
Humana PPO $4,690.00
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $5,841.00

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Diagnostic laryngoscopy 31505 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $325.51 $56.20 – $490.70
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $242.14 $49.84 – $490.70
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $231.71 $56.20 – $490.70
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $325.51 $56.20 – $490.70
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $242.14 $60.13 – $490.70
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $242.14 $56.20 – $490.70
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $231.71 $56.20 – $490.70
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $325.51 $56.20 – $490.70

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