Echo exam of eye at HCA HOUSTON CONROE
504 MEDICAL CENTER BOULEVARD, CONROE, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1962455816
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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.
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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.
$84.16 with Texas Health Network vs $831.68 with Humana — 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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| Texas Health Network | MCD | $84.16 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $85.54 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $85.54 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $85.54 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $85.54 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $85.88 | — |
| Liberty County Indigent | LOCALGOV | $85.88 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $85.88 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $85.88 | — |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $85.88 | — |
| United | MGMCD | $87.25 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $92.38 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $94.47 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $94.47 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $94.47 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $94.47 | — |
| Humana | MCD | $107.35 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $140.47 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $153.71 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $177.98 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $182.03 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $182.03 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $213.00 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $271.35 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $300.88 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $320.44 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $330.41 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $425.90 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $425.90 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $425.90 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $453.05 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $453.05 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $453.05 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $532.71 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $532.71 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $532.71 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $575.71 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $575.71 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $575.71 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $831.68 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $831.68 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Echo exam of eye at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin (Ascension Seton) | Austin | $116.46 | $49.16 – $533.79 |
| Ascension Seton Northwest (Ascension Seton) | Austin | $116.46 | $49.16 – $533.79 |
| Ascension Seton Smithville (Ascension Seton) | Smithville | $91.98 | $49.16 – $533.79 |
| Dell Children's Medical Center (Ascension Seton) | Austin | $178.85 | $49.16 – $533.79 |
| Dell Seton Medical Center at The University of Texas (Ascension Seton) | Austin | $116.46 | $49.16 – $533.79 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | not published | $307.27 – $307.27 |
| HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE | FRIENDSWOOD | not published | $84.16 – $320.44 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $85.54 – $320.44 |