Fees w/laryngeal sense test 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.

$215.74 with Oscar vs $4,690.00 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
Oscar MGMCR $215.74
WellMed MGMCR $219.04
Devoted Health MGMCR $220.14
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $220.14
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $220.14
Amerigroup DualEligible $220.14
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $220.14
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $220.14
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $220.14
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $220.14
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $220.14
BCBS MCRPPO $220.14
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $220.14
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $220.14
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $220.14
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $220.14
GEO Group - Joe Corley Detention Facility GVT $220.14
Aetna MCR $222.01
Van Lang IPA MCR $222.34
United MCR $224.54
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $226.74
WellCare PFFS $226.74
WellCare POS $226.74
WellCare MCRHMO $226.74
WellCare SNP $226.74
WellCare PPO $226.74
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $231.15
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $231.15
Superior Health Plan PFFS $231.15
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $231.15
Shared Health MGMCR $231.15
American Health Plan MGMCR $231.15
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $231.15
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $231.15
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $231.15
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $233.35
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $233.35
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $233.35
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $233.35
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $233.35
BCBS MyBlueHealth $239.50
Molina MGMCR $239.95
BCBS BAV $264.06
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $264.17
Verda Health Plan MCR $286.18
Community Health Choice HIX $319.20
Superior ValueHMO $319.20
BCBS HMO $330.59
BCBS EPOSOA $336.73
Superior EPO $341.22
Superior HMO $341.22
BCBS PPO $342.87
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $435.88
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $462.29
Molina Healthcare HIX $473.30
Humana PPO $4,690.00
Humana HMO $4,690.00

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas not published $394.05 – $394.05
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $224.43 – $492.37
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $224.43 – $492.37
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HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $224.43 – $492.37
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $224.43 – $492.37
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $224.43 – $492.37
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $224.43 – $492.37

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