Methylprednisolone sodium succinate 1,000 mg intravenous solution 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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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.

$0.26 with Christus (USFHP) vs $21.38 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 $0.26
United AllPayerAppendix $0.43
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $0.43
United SmallGroup $0.43
BCBS MyBlueHealth $0.60
Cigna CSN $0.63
BCBS BAV $0.66
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $0.68
Cigna PPO $0.81
BCBS EPOSOA $0.83
BCBS HMO $0.83
BCBS PPO $0.83
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $1.43
Superior Health Plan CHIP $1.43
Superior Health Plan STAR $1.43
Superior Health Plan STARKids $1.43
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $1.43
Aetna MCR $1.57
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $3.09
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $3.09
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $3.09
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $3.09
Amerigroup MGMCD $3.33
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $3.33
Superior EPO $4.16
Superior HMO $4.16
United OptionsPPO $4.18
Superior ValueHMO $4.70
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $4.84
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $5.63
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $5.63
TX Workforce Commission GVT $5.70
Molina Healthcare HIX $6.41
Humana HMO $7.58
Humana PPO $7.58
BCBS Traditional $8.31
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $10.21
United GlobalAppendix $10.69
Coventry National First Health COMM $12.66
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $13.06
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $13.06
Independent Medical System COMM $14.25
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $14.25
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $14.25
Coastal Comp COMM $15.44
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $17.81
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $19.48
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $20.19
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $20.19
Physicians, INC COMM $20.19
Affiliated PPO COMM $21.38

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