Kit cath f 8f w/glv + wipe ster 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.

$9.77 with Oscar vs $76.65 with Humana — 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
Oscar MGMCR $9.77
WellMed MGMCR $9.92
Devoted Health MGMCR $9.97
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $9.97
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $9.97
Amerigroup DualEligible $9.97
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $9.97
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $9.97
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $9.97
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $9.97
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $9.97
BCBS MCRPPO $9.97
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $9.97
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $9.97
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $9.97
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $9.97
GEO Group - Joe Corley Detention Facility GVT $9.97
Aetna MCR $10.05
Van Lang IPA MCR $10.07
BCBS MyBlueHealth $10.07
United MCR $10.17
WellCare MCRHMO $10.27
WellCare SNP $10.27
WellCare POS $10.27
WellCare PPO $10.27
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $10.27
WellCare PFFS $10.27
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $10.47
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $10.47
Superior Health Plan PFFS $10.47
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $10.47
Shared Health MGMCR $10.47
American Health Plan MGMCR $10.47
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $10.47
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $10.47
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $10.47
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $10.57
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $10.57
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $10.57
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $10.57
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $10.57
Molina MGMCR $10.87
BCBS BAV $11.12
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $11.96
Verda Health Plan MCR $12.96
BCBS HMO $13.89
Community Health Choice HIX $14.46
Superior ValueHMO $14.46
BCBS EPOSOA $14.70
Superior EPO $15.45
Superior HMO $15.45
BCBS PPO $15.51
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $19.74
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $20.94
Molina Healthcare HIX $21.44
Humana HMO $76.65
Humana PPO $76.65

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Kit cath f 8f w/glv + wipe ster at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $12.34 $9.34 – $9.34
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $14.53 $10.58 – $74.70
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $14.53 $11.69 – $70.55
St. Joseph Health Grimes Hospital Navasota $14.53 $11.69 – $92.13
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock $12.34 $9.34 – $38.98
St. Joseph Health Burleson Hospital Caldwell $14.53 $11.69 – $74.70
Ascension Providence Waco $19.08 $9.09 – $10.15
Covenant Hospital Plainview Plainview $12.34 $8.93 – $8.93

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