Intro long gi tube w/mult fluo at HCA HOUSTON CONROE
504 MEDICAL CENTER BOULEVARD, CONROE, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1962455816
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Cash price 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 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.
$48.84 with BCBS vs $2,946.98 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $48.84 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $61.88 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $94.35 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $104.62 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $114.88 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $196.47 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $196.47 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $196.47 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $196.47 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $196.47 | — |
| Aetna | MCR | $217.09 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $425.67 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $425.67 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $425.67 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $425.67 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $457.08 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $458.42 | — |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $458.42 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $484.61 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $523.91 | — |
| Superior | EPO | $573.02 | — |
| Superior | HMO | $573.02 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $576.30 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $607.51 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $607.51 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $607.51 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $622.14 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $646.25 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $646.25 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $646.25 | — |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $648.34 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $667.98 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $759.87 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $759.87 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $759.87 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $776.04 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $776.04 | — |
| TX Workforce Commission | GVT | $785.86 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $821.20 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $821.20 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $821.20 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $834.98 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $884.09 | — |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $893.92 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $1,146.05 | — |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $1,146.05 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $1,309.77 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $1,309.77 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $1,408.00 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $1,473.49 | — |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $1,473.49 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $1,473.49 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $1,745.27 | — |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $1,800.93 | — |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $1,800.93 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $1,964.65 | — |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $1,964.65 | — |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $1,964.65 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $2,114.53 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $2,114.53 | — |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $2,128.37 | — |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $2,455.82 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $2,685.02 | — |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $2,783.26 | — |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $2,783.26 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $2,783.26 | — |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $2,946.98 | — |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $644.50 | $55.50 – $913.04 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $644.50 | $93.24 – $966.74 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $613.81 | $93.24 – $767.26 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $644.50 | $63.55 – $913.04 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $644.50 | $113.50 – $966.74 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $644.50 | $332.99 – $966.74 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $613.81 | $93.24 – $920.71 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $644.50 | $55.50 – $913.04 |