Methylprednisolone acetate 40 mg/ml suspension 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

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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.

$0.12 with Christus (USFHP) vs $34.92 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
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $0.12
United AllPayerAppendix $0.20
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $0.20
United SmallGroup $0.20
Cigna CSN $0.29
BCBS MyBlueHealth $0.30
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $0.31
BCBS BAV $0.33
Cigna PPO $0.37
BCBS HMO $0.41
BCBS EPOSOA $0.41
BCBS PPO $0.41
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $2.33
Superior Health Plan CHIP $2.33
Superior Health Plan STAR $2.33
Superior Health Plan STARKids $2.33
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $2.33
Aetna MCR $2.57
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $5.04
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $5.04
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $5.04
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $5.04
Amerigroup MGMCD $5.43
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $5.43
Superior EPO $6.79
Superior HMO $6.79
United OptionsPPO $6.83
Superior ValueHMO $7.68
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $7.92
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $9.20
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $9.20
TX Workforce Commission GVT $9.31
Molina Healthcare HIX $10.48
Humana HMO $12.38
Humana PPO $12.38
BCBS Traditional $13.58
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $16.68
United GlobalAppendix $17.46
Coventry National First Health COMM $20.68
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $21.34
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $21.34
Independent Medical System COMM $23.28
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $23.28
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $23.28
Coastal Comp COMM $25.22
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $29.10
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $31.82
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $32.98
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $32.98
Physicians, INC COMM $32.98
Affiliated PPO COMM $34.92

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