Iron 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.

$5.32 with Texas Health Network vs $541.06 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
Texas Health Network MCD $5.32
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $5.43
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $5.43
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $5.43
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $5.43
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $5.43
Amerigroup MGMCD $5.43
Liberty County Indigent LOCALGOV $5.43
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $5.43
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $5.43
United MGMCD $5.54
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $5.86
Molina Healthcare STAR $5.97
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $5.97
Molina Healthcare CHIP $5.97
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $5.97
Oscar MGMCR $6.34
WellMed MGMCR $6.44
Amerigroup DualEligible $6.47
GEO Group - Joe Corley Detention Facility GVT $6.47
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $6.47
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $6.47
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $6.47
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $6.47
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $6.47
BCBS MCRPPO $6.47
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $6.47
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $6.47
Devoted Health MGMCR $6.47
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $6.47
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $6.47
United AllPayerAppendix $6.47
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $6.47
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $6.47
United SmallGroup $6.47
Aetna MCR $6.52
Van Lang IPA MCR $6.53
United MCR $6.60
WellCare SNP $6.66
WellCare PPO $6.66
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $6.66
WellCare PFFS $6.66
WellCare MCRHMO $6.66
WellCare POS $6.66
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $6.79
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $6.79
American Health Plan MGMCR $6.79
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $6.79
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $6.79
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $6.79
Superior Health Plan PFFS $6.79
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $6.79
Humana MCD $6.79
Shared Health MGMCR $6.79
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $6.86
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $6.86
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $6.86
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $6.86
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $6.86
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $7.00
Molina MGMCR $7.05
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $7.76
Verda Health Plan MCR $8.41
Superior ValueHMO $9.38
Community Health Choice HIX $9.38
Superior EPO $10.03
Superior HMO $10.03
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $12.81
BCBS MyBlueHealth $13.07
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $13.59
Molina Healthcare HIX $13.91
BCBS BAV $14.43
BCBS HMO $18.05
Oscar HIX $18.70
BCBS EPOSOA $19.35
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $19.42
BCBS PPO $20.64
Aetna QHPExchange $23.71
Cigna CSN $26.50
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $28.70
Aetna NBPPO $31.54
Aetna NBPOS $31.54
Aetna NBHMO $31.54
Aetna COMMPPO $33.51
Aetna COMMHMO $33.51
Aetna COMMPOS $33.51
Cigna PPO $34.15
Superior Health Plan STARKids $36.07
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $36.07
Superior Health Plan STAR $36.07
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $36.07
Superior Health Plan CHIP $36.07
Aetna OONHMO $39.36
Aetna OONPOS $39.36
Aetna OONPPO $39.36
Aetna ASAHMO $42.56
Aetna ASAPPO $42.56
Aetna ASAPOS $42.56
Humana HMO $86.45
Humana PPO $86.45
United OptionsPPO $105.81
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $122.64
TX Workforce Commission GVT $144.28
Evry Health BroadNetwork $164.12
Imagine Health PPO $210.41
BCBS Traditional $210.41
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $258.51
Averde Health Commercial $270.53
United GlobalAppendix $270.53
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $270.53
Coventry National First Health COMM $320.43
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $330.65
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $330.65
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $360.71
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $360.71
Independent Medical System COMM $360.71
Coastal Comp COMM $390.77
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $450.88
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $492.97
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $511.00
Physicians, INC COMM $511.00
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $511.00
Affiliated PPO COMM $541.06
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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