Irradiation of blood product each unit reference 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

$271.90

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.

$271.90

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.

$16.31 with Superior Health Plan vs $600.00 with Texas Athletic Network — 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 CHPFC $16.31 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $16.31 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $16.31 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $16.31 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $16.31 ↓ -94%
United AllPayerAppendix $33.84 ↓ -88%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $33.84 ↓ -88%
United SmallGroup $33.84 ↓ -88%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $35.35 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $35.35 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $35.35 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $35.35 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MGMCD $38.07 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $38.07 ↓ -86%
Cigna CSN $40.24 ↓ -85%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $43.50 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $47.85 ↓ -82%
Cigna PPO $51.66 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $53.02 ↓ -81%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $55.47 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $64.44 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $64.44 ↓ -76%
TX Workforce Commission GVT $65.26 ↓ -76%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $67.53 ↓ -75%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $69.33 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $74.23 ↓ -73%
BCBS BAV $74.55 ↓ -73%
Humana PPO $86.76 ↓ -68%
Humana HMO $86.76 ↓ -68%
BCBS HMO $93.27 ↓ -66%
Imagine Health PPO $95.17 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $95.17 ↓ -65%
BCBS EPOSOA $99.96 ↓ -63%
BCBS PPO $106.64 ↓ -61%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $108.76 ↓ -60%
Aetna QHPExchange $110.86 ↓ -59%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $116.92 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $122.35 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $122.35 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $122.35 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $144.92 ↓ -47%
Aetna NBPOS $147.43 ↓ -46%
Aetna NBPPO $147.43 ↓ -46%
Aetna NBHMO $147.43 ↓ -46%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $149.54 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $149.54 ↓ -45%
Aetna COMMHMO $156.63 ↓ -42%
Aetna COMMPPO $156.63 ↓ -42%
Aetna COMMPOS $156.63 ↓ -42%
Independent Medical System COMM $163.14 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $163.14 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $163.14 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $176.74 ↓ -35%
Aetna OONPOS $184.00 ↓ -32%
Aetna OONPPO $184.00 ↓ -32%
Aetna OONHMO $184.00 ↓ -32%
Aetna ASAPPO $198.95 ↓ -27%
Aetna ASAHMO $198.95 ↓ -27%
Aetna ASAPOS $198.95 ↓ -27%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $203.93 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $222.96 ↓ -18%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $231.11 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $231.11 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $231.11 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $244.71 ↓ -10%
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↑ +10%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↑ +84%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↑ +121%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Irradiation of blood product each unit reference at other Texas hospitals

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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $124.24 $10.00 – $155.30
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