New Patient Office Visit (level 2) 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.

$48.58 with Superior Health Plan vs $728.68 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 CHIP $48.58
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $48.58
Superior Health Plan STARKids $48.58
Superior Health Plan STAR $48.58
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $48.58
Aetna MCR $53.68
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $105.25
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $105.25
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $105.25
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $105.25
Amerigroup MGMCD $113.35
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $113.35
BCBS MyBlueHealth $120.60
BCBS BAV $132.97
Superior EPO $141.69
Superior HMO $141.69
United OptionsPPO $142.50
Superior ValueHMO $160.31
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $165.17
BCBS HMO $166.47
BCBS EPOSOA $169.57
BCBS PPO $172.66
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $191.88
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $191.88
TX Workforce Commission GVT $194.31
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $206.46
Molina Healthcare HIX $218.60
Evry Health BroadNetwork $221.03
Humana PPO $226.94
Humana HMO $226.94
Aetna NBPPO $259.89
Aetna NBPOS $259.89
Aetna NBHMO $259.89
Aetna COMMPPO $276.90
Aetna COMMHMO $276.90
Aetna COMMPOS $276.90
BCBS Traditional $283.37
Imagine Health PPO $283.37
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00
Curative Administrators COMM $323.86
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $323.86
Aetna OONPOS $324.67
Aetna OONPPO $324.67
Aetna OONHMO $324.67
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $348.15
Aetna ASAHMO $350.57
Aetna ASAPPO $350.57
Aetna ASAPOS $350.57
United GlobalAppendix $364.34
Averde Health Commercial $364.34
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $364.34
Coventry National First Health COMM $431.54
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $445.30
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $445.30
Independent Medical System COMM $485.78
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $485.78
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $485.78
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00
Coastal Comp COMM $526.27
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $607.23
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $663.90
Physicians, INC COMM $688.19
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $688.19
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $688.19
Affiliated PPO COMM $728.68

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New Patient Office Visit (level 2) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $412.32 $198.43 – $198.43
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $165.90 $60.82 – $474.00
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $203.88 $7.90 – $110.16
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $66.56 $36.30 – $217.80
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $165.90 $74.00 – $474.00
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $165.90 $74.00 – $474.00
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $203.88 $34.10 – $224.91
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $165.90 $74.00 – $474.00

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