#flow interp 9 - 15 markers 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.
$62.81 with United vs $701.57 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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| United | AllPayerAppendix | $62.81 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $62.81 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $62.81 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $133.22 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $147.07 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $173.59 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $184.00 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $188.02 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $197.19 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $210.38 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $223.70 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $236.57 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $314.60 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $314.60 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $314.60 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $334.23 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $334.23 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $334.23 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $392.64 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $392.64 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $392.64 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $424.54 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $424.54 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $424.54 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $701.57 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $701.57 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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#flow interp 9 - 15 markers at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $564.24 | $15.26 – $160.92 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $564.24 | $11.09 – $80.80 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $564.24 | $10.77 – $340.96 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $564.24 | $14.36 – $240.06 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $564.24 | $17.29 – $416.14 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $564.24 | $26.00 – $80.80 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $564.24 | $17.96 – $340.96 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $564.24 | $14.36 – $160.92 |