Methotrexate sodium (pf) 1 gram solution for injection 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

$28.05

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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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$28.05

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.

$1.68 with Superior Health Plan vs $25.25 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 STARKids $1.68 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $1.68 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $1.68 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $1.68 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $1.68 ↓ -94%
Aetna MCR $1.86 ↓ -93%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $2.33 ↓ -92%
BCBS BAV $2.57 ↓ -91%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $2.58 ↓ -91%
BCBS EPOSOA $3.21 ↓ -89%
BCBS PPO $3.21 ↓ -89%
BCBS HMO $3.21 ↓ -89%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $3.65 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $3.65 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $3.65 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $3.65 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $3.93 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MGMCD $3.93 ↓ -86%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $4.26 ↓ -85%
United SmallGroup $4.26 ↓ -85%
United AllPayerAppendix $4.26 ↓ -85%
Superior HMO $4.91 ↓ -82%
Superior EPO $4.91 ↓ -82%
United OptionsPPO $4.94 ↓ -82%
Cigna CSN $5.47 ↓ -80%
Superior ValueHMO $5.55 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $5.72 ↓ -80%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $5.92 ↓ -79%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $6.65 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $6.65 ↓ -76%
TX Workforce Commission GVT $6.73 ↓ -76%
Cigna PPO $7.05 ↓ -75%
Molina Healthcare HIX $7.57 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $9.82 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $12.06 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $12.62 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $14.95 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $15.43 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $15.43 ↓ -45%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $16.83 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $16.83 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $16.83 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $18.23 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $21.04 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $23.00 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $23.84 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $23.84 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $23.84 ↓ -15%
Humana PPO $24.35 ↓ -13%
Humana HMO $24.35 ↓ -13%
Affiliated PPO COMM $25.25 ↓ -10%
Aetna COMMHMO not published by hospital
Aetna COMMPOS not published by hospital
Aetna COMMPPO not published by hospital
Aetna NBHMO not published by hospital
Aetna NBPOS not published by hospital
Aetna NBPPO not published by hospital
Aetna OONHMO not published by hospital
Aetna OONPOS not published by hospital
Aetna ASAHMO not published by hospital
Aetna OONPPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHPExchange not published by hospital
Aetna ASAPOS not published by hospital
Aetna ASAPPO not published by hospital

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