IV Fluids (each additional hour) at HCA HOUSTON CONROE

504 MEDICAL CENTER BOULEVARD, CONROE, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1962455816

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 24, 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.

$15.12 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 $15.12 —
Superior Health Plan CHIP $15.12 —
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $15.12 —
Superior Health Plan STARKids $15.12 —
Superior Health Plan STAR $15.12 —
BCBS MyBlueHealth $32.03 —
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $32.76 —
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $32.76 —
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $32.76 —
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $32.76 —
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $35.28 —
Amerigroup MGMCD $35.28 —
BCBS BAV $35.32 —
Cigna CSN $37.30 —
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $40.32 —
BCBS HMO $44.22 —
United OptionsPPO $44.35 —
BCBS EPOSOA $45.04 —
BCBS PPO $45.86 —
Cigna PPO $47.88 —
Oscar HIX $49.14 —
TX Workforce Commission GVT $60.48 —
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $64.26 —
Evry Health BroadNetwork $68.80 —
Aetna NBHMO $78.37 —
Aetna NBPPO $78.37 —
Aetna NBPOS $78.37 —
United AllPayerAppendix $78.94 —
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $78.94 —
United SmallGroup $78.94 —
Aetna COMMHMO $83.41 —
Aetna COMMPPO $83.41 —
Aetna COMMPOS $83.41 —
Humana PPO $83.49 —
Humana HMO $83.49 —
Imagine Health PPO $88.20 —
BCBS Traditional $88.20 —
Aetna OONHMO $97.78 —
Aetna OONPPO $97.78 —
Aetna OONPOS $97.78 —
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $100.80 —
Curative Administrators COMM $100.80 —
Aetna ASAHMO $105.59 —
Aetna ASAPOS $105.59 —
Aetna ASAPPO $105.59 —
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $108.36 —
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $113.40 —
Averde Health Commercial $113.40 —
United GlobalAppendix $113.40 —
Coventry National First Health COMM $130.54 —
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $138.60 —
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $138.60 —
Independent Medical System COMM $151.20 —
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $151.20 —
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $151.20 —
Coastal Comp COMM $163.80 —
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $189.00 —
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $206.64 —
Physicians, INC COMM $214.20 —
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $214.20 —
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $214.20 —
Affiliated PPO COMM $226.80 —
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 —
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 —
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 —

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IV Fluids (each additional hour) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $357.20 $52.71 – $52.71
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $190.67 $42.03 – $238.34
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $200.22 $41.21 – $300.33
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $241.37 $41.34 – $301.71
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $190.67 $32.03 – $238.34
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $200.22 $44.69 – $300.33
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $200.22 $103.45 – $300.33
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $241.37 $41.34 – $362.05

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