Hydromorphone 0.2 mg/ml in 0.9% nacl IV pca opioid naive - 4 hr dose limit (wrapper) 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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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.

$0.14 with Christus (USFHP) vs $9.72 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
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $0.14
BCBS MyBlueHealth $0.18
BCBS BAV $0.19
Cigna CSN $0.22
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $0.23
United AllPayerAppendix $0.23
United SmallGroup $0.23
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $0.24
BCBS HMO $0.24
BCBS EPOSOA $0.24
BCBS PPO $0.24
Cigna PPO $0.28
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $0.65
Superior Health Plan CHIP $0.65
Superior Health Plan STAR $0.65
Superior Health Plan STARKids $0.65
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $0.65
Aetna MCR $0.72
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $1.40
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $1.40
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $1.40
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $1.40
Amerigroup MGMCD $1.51
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $1.51
Superior EPO $1.89
Superior HMO $1.89
United OptionsPPO $1.90
Superior ValueHMO $2.14
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $2.20
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $2.56
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $2.56
TX Workforce Commission GVT $2.59
Molina Healthcare HIX $2.92
Humana HMO $3.45
Humana PPO $3.45
BCBS Traditional $3.78
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $4.64
United GlobalAppendix $4.86
Coventry National First Health COMM $5.76
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $5.94
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $5.94
Independent Medical System COMM $6.48
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $6.48
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $6.48
Coastal Comp COMM $7.02
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $8.10
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $8.86
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $9.18
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $9.18
Physicians, INC COMM $9.18
Affiliated PPO COMM $9.72

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $705.89 $0.35 – $0.35
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