Esophageal dilat s&i 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

$12,725.04

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.

$12,725.04

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.

$50.74 with BCBS vs $11,452.54 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
BCBS MyBlueHealth $50.74 ↓ -100%
BCBS BAV $64.29 ↓ -99%
BCBS HMO $98.02 ↓ -99%
BCBS EPOSOA $108.69 ↓ -99%
BCBS PPO $119.36 ↓ -99%
Aetna QHPExchange $500.63 ↓ -96%
Aetna NBHMO $665.38 ↓ -95%
Aetna NBPPO $665.38 ↓ -95%
Aetna NBPOS $665.38 ↓ -95%
Aetna COMMHMO $707.81 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMMPOS $707.81 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMMPPO $707.81 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $763.50 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $763.50 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $763.50 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $763.50 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $763.50 ↓ -94%
Aetna OONPOS $832.26 ↓ -93%
Aetna OONHMO $832.26 ↓ -93%
Aetna OONPPO $832.26 ↓ -93%
Aetna MCR $843.67 ↓ -93%
Aetna ASAPOS $899.43 ↓ -93%
Aetna ASAPPO $899.43 ↓ -93%
Aetna ASAHMO $899.43 ↓ -93%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $1,654.26 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $1,654.26 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $1,654.26 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $1,654.26 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MGMCD $1,781.51 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $1,781.51 ↓ -86%
Cigna CSN $1,883.31 ↓ -85%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $2,036.01 ↓ -84%
Superior EPO $2,226.88 ↓ -83%
Superior HMO $2,226.88 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $2,239.61 ↓ -82%
Cigna PPO $2,417.76 ↓ -81%
Superior ValueHMO $2,519.56 ↓ -80%
Humana HMO $2,542.33 ↓ -80%
Humana PPO $2,542.33 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $2,595.91 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $3,015.83 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $3,015.83 ↓ -76%
TX Workforce Commission GVT $3,054.01 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $3,244.89 ↓ -74%
Molina Healthcare HIX $3,435.76 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $3,473.94 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $4,453.76 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $4,453.76 ↓ -65%
Curative Administrators COMM $5,090.02 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $5,090.02 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $5,471.77 ↓ -57%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $5,726.27 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $5,726.27 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $5,726.27 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $6,782.45 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $6,998.77 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $6,998.77 ↓ -45%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $7,635.02 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $7,635.02 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $7,635.02 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $8,271.28 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $9,543.78 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $10,434.53 ↓ -18%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $10,816.28 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $10,816.28 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $10,816.28 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $11,452.54 ↓ -10%

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