Meperidine (pf) 25 mg/ml injection (wrapper) 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

$9.94

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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.

$9.94

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.

$0.60 with Superior Health Plan vs $48.95 with Cigna — 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 $0.60 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $0.60 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $0.60 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $0.60 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $0.60 ↓ -94%
Aetna MCR $0.66 ↓ -93%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $1.29 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $1.29 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $1.29 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $1.29 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $1.39 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MGMCD $1.39 ↓ -86%
Superior HMO $1.74 ↓ -82%
Superior EPO $1.74 ↓ -82%
United OptionsPPO $1.75 ↓ -82%
Superior ValueHMO $1.97 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $2.03 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $2.36 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $2.36 ↓ -76%
TX Workforce Commission GVT $2.39 ↓ -76%
Molina Healthcare HIX $2.68 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $3.48 ↓ -65%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $3.57 ↓ -64%
BCBS BAV $3.93 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $4.27 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $4.47 ↓ -55%
BCBS HMO $4.91 ↓ -51%
BCBS PPO $4.91 ↓ -51%
BCBS EPOSOA $4.91 ↓ -51%
Coventry National First Health COMM $5.30 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $5.47 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $5.47 ↓ -45%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $5.96 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $5.96 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $5.96 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $6.46 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $7.46 ↓ -25%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $8.15 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $8.15 ↓ -18%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $8.45 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $8.45 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $8.45 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $8.95 ↓ -10%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $13.45 ↑ +35%
United SmallGroup $13.45 ↑ +35%
United AllPayerAppendix $13.45 ↑ +35%
Cigna CSN $37.97 ↑ +282%
Humana PPO $39.64 ↑ +299%
Humana HMO $39.64 ↑ +299%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $41.11 ↑ +314%
Cigna PPO $48.95 ↑ +392%

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