Inj levocarnitine per 1 gm 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

$122.13

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.

$122.13

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.

$7.33 with Superior Health Plan vs $287.52 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
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $7.33 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $7.33 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $7.33 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $7.33 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $7.33 ↓ -94%
Aetna MCR $8.10 ↓ -93%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $15.88 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $15.88 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $15.88 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $15.88 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $17.10 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MGMCD $17.10 ↓ -86%
Superior EPO $21.37 ↓ -83%
Superior HMO $21.37 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $21.49 ↓ -82%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $23.27 ↓ -81%
Superior ValueHMO $24.18 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $24.91 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $28.94 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $28.94 ↓ -76%
TX Workforce Commission GVT $29.31 ↓ -76%
Molina Healthcare HIX $32.98 ↓ -73%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $38.40 ↓ -69%
United AllPayerAppendix $38.40 ↓ -69%
United SmallGroup $38.40 ↓ -69%
BCBS Traditional $42.75 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $52.52 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $54.96 ↓ -55%
Cigna CSN $58.78 ↓ -52%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $63.64 ↓ -48%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $64.92 ↓ -47%
Coventry National First Health COMM $65.10 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $67.17 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $67.17 ↓ -45%
BCBS BAV $71.54 ↓ -41%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $73.28 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $73.28 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $73.28 ↓ -40%
Cigna PPO $75.78 ↓ -38%
Coastal Comp COMM $79.38 ↓ -35%
BCBS EPOSOA $89.42 ↓ -27%
BCBS HMO $89.42 ↓ -27%
BCBS PPO $89.42 ↓ -27%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $91.60 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $100.15 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $103.81 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $103.81 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $103.81 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $109.92 ↓ -10%
Humana HMO $287.52 ↑ +135%
Humana PPO $287.52 ↑ +135%

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Inj levocarnitine per 1 gm at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $1,047.82 $24.38 – $287.52
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $284.34 $24.38 – $287.52
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $285.08 $85.02 – $134.22
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $1,083.90 $23.27 – $287.52
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING $485.49 $24.38 – $287.52
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $51.76 $16.63 – $75.59
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $114.94 $23.11 – $148.54
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland $854.39 $24.38 – $287.52

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