Insert swan-ganz cath 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.

$300.00 with Texas Athletic Network vs $16,261.00 with Aetna — 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
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $454.05
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $454.05
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $454.05
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $454.05
Amerigroup MGMCD $488.98
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $488.98
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00
Cigna CSN $516.92
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $558.83
BCBS MyBlueHealth $569.31
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00
United OptionsPPO $614.71
BCBS BAV $628.68
Cigna PPO $663.61
Oscar HIX $681.07
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $712.51
BCBS HMO $785.85
BCBS EPOSOA $803.32
BCBS PPO $817.29
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $827.77
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $827.77
TX Workforce Commission GVT $838.24
Evry Health BroadNetwork $953.50
Humana PPO $1,114.51
Humana HMO $1,114.51
BCBS Traditional $1,222.44
Imagine Health PPO $1,222.44
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,397.07
Curative Administrators COMM $1,397.07
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $1,501.85
United SmallGroup $1,534.00
United GlobalAppendix $1,571.71
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1,732.00
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,861.60
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $1,920.97
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $1,920.97
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $2,095.61
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $2,095.61
Independent Medical System COMM $2,095.61
United AllPayerAppendix $2,191.00
Coastal Comp COMM $2,270.24
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $2,434.00
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $2,619.51
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $2,795.00
Superior Health Plan STARKids $2,795.00
Superior Health Plan STAR $2,795.00
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $2,795.00
Superior Health Plan CHIP $2,795.00
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,864.00
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $2,968.78
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $2,968.78
Physicians, INC COMM $2,968.78
Affiliated PPO COMM $3,143.41
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $3,498.00
Averde Health Commercial $5,000.00
Aetna QHPExchange $9,064.00
Aetna NBHMO $12,039.00
Aetna NBPPO $12,039.00
Aetna NBPOS $12,039.00
Aetna COMMPPO $12,794.00
Aetna COMMHMO $12,794.00
Aetna COMMPOS $12,794.00
Aetna OONPOS $15,050.00
Aetna OONPPO $15,050.00
Aetna OONHMO $15,050.00
Aetna ASAPPO $16,261.00
Aetna ASAPOS $16,261.00
Aetna ASAHMO $16,261.00

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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $3,551.79 $1,006.34 – $4,439.74
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $3,952.26 $71.00 – $17,181.00
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $3,551.79 $947.14 – $17,181.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $3,952.26 $85.00 – $17,181.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $3,952.26 $2,042.00 – $5,928.39
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $3,505.49 $71.00 – $5,258.24
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $3,551.79 $947.14 – $4,439.74

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