Glucose blood by monitoring device cleared by fda for home use 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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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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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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$3.21 with Oscar vs $35.49 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

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

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 $3.21
WellMed MGMCR $3.26
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $3.28
United AllPayerAppendix $3.28
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $3.28
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $3.28
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $3.28
Devoted Health MGMCR $3.28
GEO Group - Joe Corley Detention Facility GVT $3.28
Amerigroup DualEligible $3.28
United SmallGroup $3.28
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $3.28
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $3.28
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $3.28
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $3.28
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $3.28
BCBS MCRPPO $3.28
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $3.28
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $3.28
Van Lang IPA MCR $3.31
Aetna MCR $3.31
United MCR $3.35
WellCare PPO $3.38
WellCare SNP $3.38
WellCare POS $3.38
WellCare MCRHMO $3.38
WellCare PFFS $3.38
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $3.38
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $3.44
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $3.44
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $3.44
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $3.44
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $3.44
Superior Health Plan PFFS $3.44
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $3.44
American Health Plan MGMCR $3.44
Shared Health MGMCR $3.44
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $3.48
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $3.48
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $3.48
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $3.48
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $3.48
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $3.55
Molina MGMCR $3.58
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $3.94
Verda Health Plan MCR $4.26
Superior ValueHMO $4.76
Community Health Choice HIX $4.76
Superior EPO $5.08
Superior HMO $5.08
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $6.49
BCBS MyBlueHealth $6.63
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $6.89
Molina Healthcare HIX $7.05
BCBS BAV $7.31
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $7.98
BCBS HMO $9.15
Oscar HIX $9.48
BCBS EPOSOA $9.81
BCBS PPO $10.46
Aetna QHPExchange $12.00
Cigna CSN $13.94
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $15.10
Aetna NBHMO $15.96
Aetna NBPPO $15.96
Aetna NBPOS $15.96
Aetna COMMHMO $16.96
Aetna COMMPPO $16.96
Aetna COMMPOS $16.96
Cigna PPO $17.97
Aetna OONHMO $19.92
Aetna OONPOS $19.92
Aetna OONPPO $19.92
Aetna ASAPPO $21.54
Aetna ASAHMO $21.54
Aetna ASAPOS $21.54
Humana PPO $35.49
Humana HMO $35.49
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Glucose blood by monitoring device cleared by fda for home use at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $33.96 $3.12 – $42.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $33.96 $5.46 – $50.94
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $34.80 $3.12 – $43.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $33.96 $3.12 – $42.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $33.96 $3.12 – $50.94
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $33.96 $7.87 – $50.94
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $34.80 $3.12 – $52.20
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $33.96 $3.12 – $42.45

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