Heavy duty control cable 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.

$123.85 with Oscar vs $972.05 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 $123.85
WellMed MGMCR $125.75
Amerigroup DualEligible $126.38
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $126.38
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $126.38
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $126.38
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $126.38
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $126.38
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $126.38
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $126.38
GEO Group - Joe Corley Detention Facility GVT $126.38
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $126.38
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $126.38
Devoted Health MGMCR $126.38
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $126.38
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $126.38
BCBS MCRPPO $126.38
Aetna MCR $127.45
Van Lang IPA MCR $127.64
United MCR $128.91
WellCare PFFS $130.17
WellCare PPO $130.17
WellCare SNP $130.17
WellCare POS $130.17
WellCare MCRHMO $130.17
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $130.17
American Health Plan MGMCR $132.70
Superior Health Plan PFFS $132.70
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $132.70
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $132.70
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $132.70
Shared Health MGMCR $132.70
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $132.70
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $132.70
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $132.70
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $133.96
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $133.96
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $133.96
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $133.96
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $133.96
Molina MGMCR $137.75
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $151.66
Verda Health Plan MCR $164.29
Superior ValueHMO $183.25
Community Health Choice HIX $183.25
Superior EPO $195.89
Superior HMO $195.89
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $250.23
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $265.40
Molina Healthcare HIX $271.72
Humana HMO $972.05
Humana PPO $972.05

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Heavy duty control cable at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $123.85 – $271.72
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $123.85 – $271.72
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $123.85 – $271.72
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $123.85 – $271.72
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $123.85 – $271.72
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $123.85 – $271.72
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $123.85 – $271.72
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock not published $126.38 – $133.33

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