Insitu hybridization (fish) 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

$2,746.14

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.

$2,746.14

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.

$164.77 with Superior Health Plan vs $2,471.53 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 $164.77 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $164.77 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $164.77 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $164.77 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $164.77 ↓ -94%
United AllPayerAppendix $291.26 ↓ -89%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $291.26 ↓ -89%
United SmallGroup $291.26 ↓ -89%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $357.00 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $357.00 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $357.00 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $357.00 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $384.46 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MGMCD $384.46 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $483.32 ↓ -82%
Oscar HIX $535.50 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $560.21 ↓ -80%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $572.49 ↓ -79%
BCBS BAV $632.00 ↓ -77%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $650.84 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $650.84 ↓ -76%
TX Workforce Commission GVT $659.07 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $700.27 ↓ -74%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $749.70 ↓ -73%
BCBS HMO $790.71 ↓ -71%
BCBS EPOSOA $847.40 ↓ -69%
Aetna QHPExchange $858.01 ↓ -69%
BCBS PPO $904.08 ↓ -67%
Cigna CSN $906.92 ↓ -67%
BCBS Traditional $961.15 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $961.15 ↓ -65%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $982.32 ↓ -64%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,098.46 ↓ -60%
Aetna NBPOS $1,141.04 ↓ -58%
Aetna NBHMO $1,141.04 ↓ -58%
Aetna NBPPO $1,141.04 ↓ -58%
Cigna PPO $1,168.73 ↓ -57%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $1,180.84 ↓ -57%
Aetna COMMPPO $1,212.25 ↓ -56%
Aetna COMMPOS $1,212.25 ↓ -56%
Aetna COMMHMO $1,212.25 ↓ -56%
United GlobalAppendix $1,235.76 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $1,235.76 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $1,235.76 ↓ -55%
Aetna OONPOS $1,424.08 ↓ -48%
Aetna OONPPO $1,424.08 ↓ -48%
Aetna OONHMO $1,424.08 ↓ -48%
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,463.69 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $1,510.38 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $1,510.38 ↓ -45%
Aetna ASAPOS $1,539.79 ↓ -44%
Aetna ASAHMO $1,539.79 ↓ -44%
Aetna ASAPPO $1,539.79 ↓ -44%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,647.68 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $1,647.68 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $1,647.68 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $1,784.99 ↓ -35%
Humana PPO $2,056.45 ↓ -25%
Humana HMO $2,056.45 ↓ -25%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $2,059.61 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,251.83 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $2,334.22 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $2,334.22 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $2,334.22 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $2,471.53 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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