Mr sfty implt&/fb asmt stf 1 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

$272.50

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.

$272.50

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.

$16.35 with Superior Health Plan vs $245.25 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
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $16.35 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $16.35 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $16.35 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $16.35 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $16.35 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $35.42 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $35.42 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $35.42 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $35.42 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MGMCD $38.15 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $38.15 ↓ -86%
Cigna CSN $40.33 ↓ -85%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $43.10 ↓ -84%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $43.60 ↓ -84%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $46.53 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $47.96 ↓ -82%
Cigna PPO $51.77 ↓ -81%
BCBS BAV $54.61 ↓ -80%
United SmallGroup $55.10 ↓ -80%
United AllPayerAppendix $55.10 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $55.59 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $64.58 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $64.58 ↓ -76%
TX Workforce Commission GVT $65.40 ↓ -76%
Aetna QHPExchange $72.21 ↓ -74%
BCBS HMO $83.27 ↓ -69%
Aetna NBHMO $87.47 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPOS $87.47 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPPO $87.47 ↓ -68%
BCBS EPOSOA $92.33 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMHMO $93.19 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMPPO $93.19 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMPOS $93.19 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $95.38 ↓ -65%
BCBS PPO $101.39 ↓ -63%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $109.00 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPOS $109.27 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONHMO $109.27 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPPO $109.27 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $117.17 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAHMO $117.99 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPOS $117.99 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPPO $117.99 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $122.63 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $122.63 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $145.24 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $149.88 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $149.88 ↓ -45%
Independent Medical System COMM $163.50 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $163.50 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $163.50 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $177.13 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $204.38 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $223.45 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $231.63 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $231.63 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $231.63 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $245.25 ↓ -10%

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