Ed svc ckd grp per session 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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Cash price

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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.

$22.78 with Christus (USFHP) vs $242.92 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.

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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 $22.78
Oscar MGMCR $26.26
WellMed MGMCR $26.67
Devoted Health MGMCR $26.80
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $26.80
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $26.80
Amerigroup DualEligible $26.80
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $26.80
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $26.80
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $26.80
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $26.80
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $26.80
BCBS MCRPPO $26.80
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $26.80
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $26.80
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $26.80
GEO Group - Joe Corley Detention Facility GVT $26.80
Aetna MCR $27.03
Van Lang IPA MCR $27.07
United MCR $27.34
WellCare PFFS $27.60
WellCare MCRHMO $27.60
WellCare SNP $27.60
WellCare POS $27.60
WellCare PPO $27.60
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $27.60
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $28.14
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $28.14
Superior Health Plan PFFS $28.14
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $28.14
Shared Health MGMCR $28.14
American Health Plan MGMCR $28.14
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $28.14
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $28.14
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $28.14
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $28.41
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $28.41
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $28.41
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $28.41
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $28.41
Molina MGMCR $29.21
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $32.16
Verda Health Plan MCR $34.84
Community Health Choice HIX $38.86
Superior ValueHMO $38.86
Superior EPO $41.54
Superior HMO $41.54
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $53.06
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $56.28
Molina Healthcare HIX $57.62
BCBS MyBlueHealth $61.57
BCBS BAV $67.88
BCBS HMO $84.98
BCBS EPOSOA $86.56
BCBS PPO $88.14
Humana HMO $242.92
Humana PPO $242.92

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