Ghs flow volume loop 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

$1,186.19

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.

$1,186.19

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.

$71.17 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,067.57 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 $71.17 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $71.17 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $71.17 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $71.17 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $71.17 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $154.20 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $154.20 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $154.20 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $154.20 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MGMCD $166.07 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $166.07 ↓ -86%
Cigna CSN $175.56 ↓ -85%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $189.79 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $208.77 ↓ -82%
Cigna PPO $225.38 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $231.31 ↓ -80%
Humana HMO $233.08 ↓ -80%
Humana PPO $233.08 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $241.98 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $281.13 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $281.13 ↓ -76%
TX Workforce Commission GVT $284.69 ↓ -76%
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↓ -75%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $302.48 ↓ -74%
Aetna QHPExchange $314.34 ↓ -74%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $323.83 ↓ -73%
Aetna NBHMO $380.77 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPOS $380.77 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPPO $380.77 ↓ -68%
Aetna COMMHMO $405.68 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMPOS $405.68 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMPPO $405.68 ↓ -66%
Imagine Health PPO $415.17 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $415.17 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $474.48 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $474.48 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONHMO $475.66 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPPO $475.66 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPOS $475.66 ↓ -60%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↓ -58%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $510.06 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPPO $513.62 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAHMO $513.62 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPOS $513.62 ↓ -57%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $533.79 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $533.79 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $533.79 ↓ -55%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $592.25 ↓ -50%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -49%
Coventry National First Health COMM $632.24 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $652.40 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $652.40 ↓ -45%
BCBS BAV $653.00 ↓ -45%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $711.71 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $711.71 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $711.71 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $771.02 ↓ -35%
BCBS HMO $817.51 ↓ -31%
BCBS EPOSOA $832.70 ↓ -30%
BCBS PPO $847.88 ↓ -29%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $889.64 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $972.68 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $1,008.26 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,008.26 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1,008.26 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,067.57 ↓ -10%

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