Misoprostol, oral, 200 mcg 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.

$0.49 with Superior Health Plan vs $16.46 with Humana — 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 STARPLUS $0.49
Superior Health Plan CHIP $0.49
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $0.49
Superior Health Plan STAR $0.49
Superior Health Plan STARKids $0.49
Aetna MCR $0.54
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $1.06
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $1.06
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $1.06
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $1.06
Amerigroup MGMCD $1.15
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $1.15
Superior EPO $1.43
Superior HMO $1.43
United OptionsPPO $1.44
BCBS MyBlueHealth $1.49
Superior ValueHMO $1.62
BCBS BAV $1.64
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $1.67
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $1.94
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $1.94
TX Workforce Commission GVT $1.97
BCBS PPO $2.05
BCBS HMO $2.05
BCBS EPOSOA $2.05
Molina Healthcare HIX $2.21
Cigna CSN $2.40
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $2.59
BCBS Traditional $2.87
Cigna PPO $3.09
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $3.28
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $3.52
United GlobalAppendix $3.69
Coventry National First Health COMM $4.37
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $4.50
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $4.50
Independent Medical System COMM $4.91
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $4.91
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $4.91
Coastal Comp COMM $5.32
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $6.14
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $6.72
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $6.96
Physicians, INC COMM $6.96
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $6.96
Affiliated PPO COMM $7.37
Humana HMO $16.46
Humana PPO $16.46

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Misoprostol, oral, 200 mcg at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas not published $2.93 – $2.93
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $1.49 – $16.46
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $1.49 – $16.46
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock not published $2.84 – $3.03
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $1.49 – $16.46
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $1.49 – $16.46
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $1.49 – $16.46
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $1.49 – $16.46

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