Established Patient Office Visit (level 5) 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.

$109.75 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,646.32 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
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $109.75
Superior Health Plan CHIP $109.75
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $109.75
Superior Health Plan STAR $109.75
Superior Health Plan STARKids $109.75
Aetna MCR $121.28
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $237.80
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $237.80
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $237.80
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $237.80
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $256.09
Amerigroup MGMCD $256.09
BCBS MyBlueHealth $263.95
BCBS BAV $291.02
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00
Humana HMO $315.77
Humana PPO $315.77
Superior HMO $320.12
Superior EPO $320.12
United OptionsPPO $321.95
Superior ValueHMO $362.19
BCBS HMO $364.34
BCBS EPOSOA $371.11
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $373.16
BCBS PPO $377.88
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $433.53
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $433.53
TX Workforce Commission GVT $439.02
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $466.46
Molina Healthcare HIX $493.89
Evry Health BroadNetwork $499.38
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00
Aetna NBPPO $587.19
Aetna NBPOS $587.19
Aetna NBHMO $587.19
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00
Aetna COMMHMO $625.60
Aetna COMMPOS $625.60
Aetna COMMPPO $625.60
BCBS Traditional $640.23
Imagine Health PPO $640.23
Curative Administrators COMM $731.70
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $731.70
Aetna OONPOS $733.53
Aetna OONPPO $733.53
Aetna OONHMO $733.53
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $786.57
Aetna ASAPPO $792.06
Aetna ASAHMO $792.06
Aetna ASAPOS $792.06
Averde Health Commercial $823.16
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $823.16
United GlobalAppendix $823.16
Coventry National First Health COMM $974.98
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $1,006.08
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $1,006.08
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,097.54
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $1,097.54
Independent Medical System COMM $1,097.54
Coastal Comp COMM $1,189.01
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $1,371.93
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,499.98
Physicians, INC COMM $1,554.85
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,554.85
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1,554.85
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,646.32

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Established Patient Office Visit (level 5) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $450.00 $434.28 – $434.28
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $884.58 $263.95 – $315.77
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $1,971.10 $263.95 – $315.77
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $174.65 $82.00 – $499.00
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $113.58 $30.45 – $224.47
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $253.49 $83.24 – $499.40
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $174.65 $74.00 – $499.00
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $174.65 $74.00 – $499.00

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