Morphine 4 mg/ml injection (wrapper)|discarded drug not administered 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.

$1.11 with Superior Health Plan vs $25.37 with Cigna — 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 CHPFC $1.11
Superior Health Plan STAR $1.11
Superior Health Plan STARKids $1.11
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $1.11
Superior Health Plan CHIP $1.11
Aetna MCR $1.23
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $2.42
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $2.42
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $2.42
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $2.42
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $2.60
Amerigroup MGMCD $2.60
Superior HMO $3.25
Superior EPO $3.25
United OptionsPPO $3.27
Superior ValueHMO $3.68
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $3.79
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $4.40
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $4.40
TX Workforce Commission GVT $4.46
Molina Healthcare HIX $5.02
Humana HMO $5.93
Humana PPO $5.93
BCBS Traditional $6.50
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $6.77
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $7.99
United GlobalAppendix $8.36
Coventry National First Health COMM $9.90
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $10.22
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $10.22
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $11.15
Independent Medical System COMM $11.15
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $11.15
United SmallGroup $11.17
United AllPayerAppendix $11.17
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $11.17
Coastal Comp COMM $12.08
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $13.93
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $15.24
Physicians, INC COMM $15.79
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $15.79
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $15.79
BCBS MyBlueHealth $16.27
Affiliated PPO COMM $16.72
BCBS BAV $17.93
Cigna CSN $19.67
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $21.30
BCBS EPOSOA $22.41
BCBS PPO $22.41
BCBS HMO $22.41
Cigna PPO $25.37

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Morphine 4 mg/ml injection (wrapper)|discarded drug not administered at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $57.47 $31.96 – $31.96
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $57.96 $28.23 – $31.04
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING $19.69 $6.64 – $19.67
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $22.12 $12.03 – $54.64
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $10.59 $6.11 – $39.23
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $22.12 $12.03 – $54.64
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $22.12 $12.03 – $54.64
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $22.12 $12.03 – $54.64

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