Metered dose inhaler drug 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.

$3.61 with Superior Health Plan vs $54.21 with Affiliated PPO — 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 $3.61
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $3.61
Superior Health Plan STARKids $3.61
Superior Health Plan STAR $3.61
Superior Health Plan CHIP $3.61
Aetna MCR $3.99
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $7.83
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $7.83
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $7.83
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $7.83
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $8.43
Amerigroup MGMCD $8.43
Cigna CSN $8.91
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $9.64
BCBS MyBlueHealth $9.82
Superior HMO $10.54
Superior EPO $10.54
United OptionsPPO $10.60
BCBS BAV $10.84
Cigna PPO $11.44
Superior ValueHMO $11.93
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $12.29
BCBS HMO $13.55
BCBS EPOSOA $13.85
BCBS PPO $14.09
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $14.27
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $14.27
TX Workforce Commission GVT $14.46
Molina Healthcare HIX $16.26
BCBS Traditional $21.08
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $24.09
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $25.90
United GlobalAppendix $27.10
Coventry National First Health COMM $32.10
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $33.13
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $33.13
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $36.14
Independent Medical System COMM $36.14
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $36.14
Humana PPO $38.08
Humana HMO $38.08
Coastal Comp COMM $39.15
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $45.17
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $49.39
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $51.20
Physicians, INC COMM $51.20
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $51.20
Affiliated PPO COMM $54.21

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Metered dose inhaler drug at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $57.68 $17.04 – $133.69
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $431.10 $4.50 – $11.84
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $57.68 $22.73 – $133.69
St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital Lake Jackson $86.37 $26.80 – $116.12
St. Joseph Health Grimes Hospital Navasota $57.68 $22.73 – $148.40
St. Luke's Health Memorial Livingston Livingston $431.10 $2.61 – $11.84
St. Luke's Health Memorial San Augustine San Augustine $431.10 $2.14 – $12.32
St. Joseph Health Burleson Hospital Caldwell $57.68 $22.73 – $133.69

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