Metronidazole 500 mg/100 ml in sodium chlor(iso) intravenous piggyback 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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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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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.

$0.03 with Christus (USFHP) vs $4.54 with Affiliated PPO — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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 $0.03
BCBS MyBlueHealth $0.04
BCBS BAV $0.04
BCBS HMO $0.05
United AllPayerAppendix $0.05
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $0.05
United SmallGroup $0.05
BCBS EPOSOA $0.05
BCBS PPO $0.05
Cigna CSN $0.07
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $0.08
Cigna PPO $0.09
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $0.30
Superior Health Plan CHIP $0.30
Superior Health Plan STAR $0.30
Superior Health Plan STARKids $0.30
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $0.30
Aetna MCR $0.33
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $0.66
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $0.66
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $0.66
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $0.66
Amerigroup MGMCD $0.71
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $0.71
Superior EPO $0.88
Superior HMO $0.88
United OptionsPPO $0.89
Superior ValueHMO $1.00
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $1.03
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $1.20
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $1.20
TX Workforce Commission GVT $1.21
Molina Healthcare HIX $1.36
Humana HMO $1.61
Humana PPO $1.61
BCBS Traditional $1.77
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $2.17
United GlobalAppendix $2.27
Coventry National First Health COMM $2.69
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $2.78
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $2.78
Independent Medical System COMM $3.03
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $3.03
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $3.03
Coastal Comp COMM $3.28
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $3.79
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $4.14
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $4.29
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $4.29
Physicians, INC COMM $4.29
Affiliated PPO COMM $4.54

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $108.72 $0.08 – $0.08
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $14.52 $0.02 – $15.98
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $14.52 $0.02 – $15.98
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $14.52 $0.02 – $16.92
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $14.52 $0.03 – $16.92
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