Interrog device eval heart 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

$1,300.13

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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.

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$1,300.13

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.

$78.01 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,170.12 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 CHIP $78.01 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $78.01 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $78.01 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $78.01 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $78.01 ↓ -94%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $84.82 ↓ -93%
BCBS BAV $93.53 ↓ -93%
BCBS HMO $117.09 ↓ -91%
BCBS EPOSOA $119.26 ↓ -91%
BCBS PPO $121.44 ↓ -91%
Humana PPO $157.40 ↓ -88%
Humana HMO $157.40 ↓ -88%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $169.02 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $169.02 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $169.02 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $169.02 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $182.02 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MGMCD $182.02 ↓ -86%
Cigna CSN $192.42 ↓ -85%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $208.02 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $228.82 ↓ -82%
Cigna PPO $247.02 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $253.53 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $265.23 ↓ -80%
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↓ -77%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $308.13 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $308.13 ↓ -76%
TX Workforce Commission GVT $312.03 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $331.53 ↓ -75%
Aetna QHPExchange $344.53 ↓ -74%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $354.94 ↓ -73%
Aetna NBPOS $417.34 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPPO $417.34 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBHMO $417.34 ↓ -68%
Aetna COMMHMO $444.64 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMPOS $444.64 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMPPO $444.64 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $455.05 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $455.05 ↓ -65%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↓ -62%
Curative Administrators COMM $520.05 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $520.05 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONHMO $521.35 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPPO $521.35 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPOS $521.35 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $559.06 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPOS $562.96 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPPO $562.96 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAHMO $562.96 ↓ -57%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $585.06 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $585.06 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $585.06 ↓ -55%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -54%
Coventry National First Health COMM $692.97 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $715.07 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $715.07 ↓ -45%
Independent Medical System COMM $780.08 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $780.08 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $780.08 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $845.08 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $975.10 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,066.11 ↓ -18%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,105.11 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $1,105.11 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1,105.11 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,170.12 ↓ -10%

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