Insert sq defib electrode 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

$19,006.14

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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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$19,006.14

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.

$300.00 with Texas Athletic Network vs $95,000.00 with United — same scan, same building. Share

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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
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↓ -98%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↓ -97%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan STAR $948.00 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $948.00 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $948.00 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $948.00 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $948.00 ↓ -95%
Aetna QHPExchange $1,944.00 ↓ -90%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $2,115.00 ↓ -89%
Aetna NBHMO $2,580.00 ↓ -86%
Aetna NBPOS $2,580.00 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $2,660.86 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MGMCD $2,660.86 ↓ -86%
Aetna COMMHMO $2,742.00 ↓ -86%
Aetna COMMPOS $2,742.00 ↓ -86%
Aetna NBPPO $2,986.00 ↓ -84%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $3,098.00 ↓ -84%
Aetna COMMPPO $3,174.00 ↓ -83%
Aetna OONPOS $3,228.00 ↓ -83%
Aetna OONHMO $3,228.00 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $3,345.08 ↓ -82%
BCBS BAV $3,421.11 ↓ -82%
Aetna ASAPOS $3,486.00 ↓ -82%
Aetna ASAHMO $3,486.00 ↓ -82%
Aetna OONPPO $3,732.00 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $3,877.25 ↓ -80%
Aetna ASAPPO $4,034.00 ↓ -79%
BCBS HMO $4,276.38 ↓ -78%
BCBS EPOSOA $4,371.41 ↓ -77%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $4,504.46 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $4,504.46 ↓ -76%
TX Workforce Commission GVT $4,561.47 ↓ -76%
Humana PPO $4,690.00 ↓ -75%
Humana HMO $4,690.00 ↓ -75%
Texas Health Network MCD $5,953.64 ↓ -69%
Liberty County Indigent LOCALGOV $6,075.14 ↓ -68%
United MGMCD $6,518.87 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $6,652.15 ↓ -65%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $6,682.65 ↓ -65%
Molina Healthcare STAR $6,682.65 ↓ -65%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $6,682.65 ↓ -65%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $6,682.65 ↓ -65%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $6,804.16 ↓ -64%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $6,804.16 ↓ -64%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $6,804.16 ↓ -64%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $6,804.16 ↓ -64%
Humana MCD $7,593.93 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $7,602.46 ↓ -60%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $7,669.26 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $8,172.64 ↓ -57%
WellMed MGMCR $8,354.67 ↓ -56%
United GlobalAppendix $8,552.76 ↓ -55%
Oscar HIX $9,653.00 ↓ -49%
Curative Administrators COMM $9,875.00 ↓ -48%
Coventry National First Health COMM $10,130.27 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $10,453.38 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $10,453.38 ↓ -45%
Cigna CSN $10,740.00 ↓ -43%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $10,949.00 ↓ -42%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $11,113.00 ↓ -42%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $11,403.68 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $11,403.68 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $11,403.68 ↓ -40%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $11,636.00 ↓ -39%
Coastal Comp COMM $12,353.99 ↓ -35%
Cigna PPO $13,835.00 ↓ -27%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $14,254.60 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $15,585.03 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $16,155.22 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $16,155.22 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $16,155.22 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $17,105.53 ↓ -10%
BCBS PPO $17,729.09 ↓ -7%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $64,880.00 ↑ +241%
United SmallGroup $66,500.00 ↑ +250%
United AllPayerAppendix $95,000.00 ↑ +400%

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