Laryngeal function studies 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.

$85.68 with Oscar vs $365.25 with BCBS — 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 $85.68
WellMed MGMCR $86.99
Devoted Health MGMCR $87.43
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $87.43
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $87.43
Amerigroup DualEligible $87.43
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $87.43
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $87.43
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $87.43
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $87.43
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $87.43
BCBS MCRPPO $87.43
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $87.43
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $87.43
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $87.43
GEO Group - Joe Corley Detention Facility GVT $87.43
Aetna MCR $88.17
Van Lang IPA MCR $88.30
United MCR $89.18
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $90.05
WellCare PFFS $90.05
WellCare POS $90.05
WellCare MCRHMO $90.05
WellCare SNP $90.05
WellCare PPO $90.05
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $91.80
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $91.80
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $91.80
Superior Health Plan PFFS $91.80
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $91.80
Shared Health MGMCR $91.80
American Health Plan MGMCR $91.80
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $91.80
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $91.80
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $92.68
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $92.68
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $92.68
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $92.68
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $92.68
Molina MGMCR $95.30
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $104.92
Verda Health Plan MCR $113.66
Community Health Choice HIX $126.77
Superior ValueHMO $126.77
Superior HMO $135.52
Superior EPO $135.52
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $173.11
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $183.60
Molina Healthcare HIX $187.97
BCBS MyBlueHealth $255.13
BCBS BAV $281.30
Humana PPO $335.45
Humana HMO $335.45
BCBS HMO $352.17
BCBS EPOSOA $358.71
BCBS PPO $365.25

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $342.68 $70.54 – $514.03
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $342.68 $68.54 – $428.36
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $342.68 $155.00 – $514.03
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $342.68 $112.00 – $514.03
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST Waco $342.68 $68.54 – $428.36
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER Temple $342.68 $85.67 – $514.03
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PFLUGERVILLE Suite 100 $342.68 $62.83 – $514.03

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