Imp extar knee shck absrb 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.
$2,156.00 with Aetna vs $42,664.92 with BCBS — 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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| Aetna | QHPExchange | $2,156.00 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $2,864.00 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $2,864.00 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $3,044.00 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $3,044.00 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $3,108.00 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $3,303.00 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $3,582.00 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $3,582.00 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $3,870.00 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $3,870.00 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $3,886.00 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $4,197.00 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $11,200.00 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $15,678.00 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $16,000.00 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $31,998.69 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $36,044.50 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $38,067.40 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $40,458.11 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $42,664.92 | — |
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Imp extar knee shck absrb at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE | FRIENDSWOOD | not published | $29,424.08 – $29,424.08 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $37,699.60 – $37,699.60 |
| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | not published | $6,355.00 – $6,355.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD | HUMBLE | not published | $32,734.29 – $32,734.29 |
| HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST | SPRING | not published | $32,734.29 – $32,734.29 |
| HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND | Pearland | not published | $37,699.60 – $37,699.60 |
| HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST | PASADENA | not published | $31,998.69 – $31,998.69 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | not published | $31,998.69 – $31,998.69 |