Lactated ringers intravenous solution 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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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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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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$0.72 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 STAR $0.72
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $0.72
Superior Health Plan STARKids $0.72
Superior Health Plan CHIP $0.72
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $0.72
Aetna MCR $0.80
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $1.56
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $1.56
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $1.56
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $1.56
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $1.68
Amerigroup MGMCD $1.68
Superior EPO $2.10
Superior HMO $2.10
United OptionsPPO $2.11
Oscar HIX $2.34
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $2.38
Superior ValueHMO $2.38
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $2.45
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $2.84
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $2.84
TX Workforce Commission GVT $2.88
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $3.06
Aetna QHPExchange $3.18
Molina Healthcare HIX $3.24
Evry Health BroadNetwork $3.28
Aetna NBPPO $3.85
Aetna NBPOS $3.85
Aetna NBHMO $3.85
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $3.93
United AllPayerAppendix $3.93
United SmallGroup $3.93
Aetna COMMPOS $4.10
Aetna COMMHMO $4.10
Aetna COMMPPO $4.10
BCBS Traditional $4.20
Imagine Health PPO $4.20
Curative Administrators COMM $4.80
Aetna OONPPO $4.81
Aetna OONHMO $4.81
Aetna OONPOS $4.81
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $5.16
Aetna ASAHMO $5.20
Aetna ASAPPO $5.20
Aetna ASAPOS $5.20
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $5.40
United GlobalAppendix $5.40
Averde Health Commercial $5.40
Cigna CSN $5.95
Coventry National First Health COMM $6.40
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $6.45
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $6.60
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $6.60
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $7.20
Independent Medical System COMM $7.20
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $7.20
Cigna PPO $7.68
Coastal Comp COMM $7.80
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $9.00
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $9.84
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $10.20
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $10.20
Physicians, INC COMM $10.20
Affiliated PPO COMM $10.80
BCBS MyBlueHealth $11.64
BCBS BAV $12.83
BCBS PPO $16.04
BCBS HMO $16.04
BCBS EPOSOA $16.04
Humana HMO $24.45
Humana PPO $24.45
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00

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Lactated ringers intravenous solution at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $116.56 $22.87 – $22.87
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $48.11 $8.62 – $23.72
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $10.66 $3.44 – $22.84
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $24.28 $0.59 – $2.64
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $47.66 $2.73 – $285.96
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $24.28 $0.59 – $2.64
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $24.28 $0.59 – $2.64
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $24.28 $0.59 – $2.64

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