Inj mepivacaine hcl/10 ml 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.

$2.24 with Superior Health Plan vs $33.66 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
Superior Health Plan STARKids $2.24
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $2.24
Superior Health Plan CHIP $2.24
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $2.24
Superior Health Plan STAR $2.24
Aetna MCR $2.48
BCBS MyBlueHealth $2.59
BCBS BAV $2.85
BCBS HMO $3.56
BCBS PPO $3.56
BCBS EPOSOA $3.56
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $3.75
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $4.86
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $4.86
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $4.86
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $4.86
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $5.24
Amerigroup MGMCD $5.24
United SmallGroup $6.19
United AllPayerAppendix $6.19
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $6.19
Superior EPO $6.54
Superior HMO $6.54
United OptionsPPO $6.58
Superior ValueHMO $7.41
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $7.63
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $8.86
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $8.86
TX Workforce Commission GVT $8.98
Cigna CSN $9.24
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $10.01
Molina Healthcare HIX $10.10
Cigna PPO $11.92
BCBS Traditional $13.09
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $16.08
United GlobalAppendix $16.83
Coventry National First Health COMM $19.93
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $20.57
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $20.57
Humana PPO $22.40
Humana HMO $22.40
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $22.44
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $22.44
Independent Medical System COMM $22.44
Coastal Comp COMM $24.31
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $28.05
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $30.67
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $31.79
Physicians, INC COMM $31.79
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $31.79
Affiliated PPO COMM $33.66

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