Diatrizoate meglumine 18 % urethral solution 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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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.

$0.07 with Christus (USFHP) vs $1.21 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.

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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
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $0.07
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $0.08
Superior Health Plan CHIP $0.08
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $0.08
Superior Health Plan STAR $0.08
Superior Health Plan STARKids $0.08
Aetna MCR $0.09
United AllPayerAppendix $0.12
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $0.12
United SmallGroup $0.12
Cigna CSN $0.17
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $0.17
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $0.17
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $0.17
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $0.17
BCBS MyBlueHealth $0.18
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $0.18
BCBS BAV $0.19
Amerigroup MGMCD $0.19
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $0.19
Cigna PPO $0.22
Superior EPO $0.23
Superior HMO $0.23
BCBS PPO $0.24
United OptionsPPO $0.24
BCBS HMO $0.24
BCBS EPOSOA $0.24
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $0.27
Superior ValueHMO $0.27
TX Workforce Commission GVT $0.32
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $0.32
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $0.32
Molina Healthcare HIX $0.36
BCBS Traditional $0.47
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $0.58
United GlobalAppendix $0.60
Coventry National First Health COMM $0.71
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $0.74
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $0.74
Humana PPO $0.78
Humana HMO $0.78
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $0.80
Independent Medical System COMM $0.80
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $0.80
Coastal Comp COMM $0.87
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $1.00
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1.10
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1.14
Physicians, INC COMM $1.14
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1.14
Affiliated PPO COMM $1.21

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Diatrizoate meglumine 18 % urethral solution at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $510.98 $0.35 – $0.35
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $4.54 $0.08 – $0.78
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $296.24 $0.08 – $0.78
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $37.80 $0.26 – $0.36
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING $284.39 $0.08 – $0.78
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $46.09 $0.08 – $106.84
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland $105.81 $0.08 – $0.78
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $46.09 $0.10 – $106.84

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