M/phmtrc alys ishquant/semiq 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

$1,887.00

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.

$1,887.00

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.

$113.22 with Superior Health Plan vs $3,557.51 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
Superior Health Plan CHIP $113.22 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $113.22 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $113.22 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $113.22 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $113.22 ↓ -94%
United AllPayerAppendix $149.16 ↓ -92%
United SmallGroup $149.16 ↓ -92%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $149.16 ↓ -92%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $245.31 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $245.31 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $245.31 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $245.31 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $264.18 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MGMCD $264.18 ↓ -86%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $289.87 ↓ -85%
BCBS BAV $320.00 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $332.11 ↓ -82%
Oscar HIX $367.96 ↓ -81%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $384.95 ↓ -80%
BCBS HMO $400.37 ↓ -79%
BCBS EPOSOA $429.07 ↓ -77%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $447.22 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $447.22 ↓ -76%
TX Workforce Commission GVT $452.88 ↓ -76%
BCBS PPO $457.76 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $481.19 ↓ -74%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $515.15 ↓ -73%
Imagine Health PPO $660.45 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $660.45 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $754.80 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $811.41 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $849.15 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $849.15 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $849.15 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,005.77 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $1,037.85 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $1,037.85 ↓ -45%
Independent Medical System COMM $1,132.20 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $1,132.20 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,132.20 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $1,226.55 ↓ -35%
Aetna QHPExchange $1,311.96 ↓ -30%
Cigna CSN $1,387.81 ↓ -26%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $1,415.25 ↓ -25%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $1,503.19 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,547.34 ↓ -18%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,603.95 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1,603.95 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $1,603.95 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,698.30 ↓ -10%
Aetna NBPOS $1,744.74 ↓ -8%
Aetna NBHMO $1,744.74 ↓ -8%
Aetna NBPPO $1,744.74 ↓ -8%
Cigna PPO $1,788.45 ↓ -5%
Aetna COMMPOS $1,853.61 ↓ -2%
Aetna COMMPPO $1,853.61 ↓ -2%
Aetna COMMHMO $1,853.61 ↓ -2%
Aetna OONHMO $2,177.52 ↑ +15%
Aetna OONPOS $2,177.52 ↑ +15%
Aetna OONPPO $2,177.52 ↑ +15%
Aetna ASAPPO $2,354.44 ↑ +25%
Aetna ASAHMO $2,354.44 ↑ +25%
Aetna ASAPOS $2,354.44 ↑ +25%
Humana PPO $3,557.51 ↑ +89%
Humana HMO $3,557.51 ↑ +89%
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