Ost pch drain for barrier fl 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.

$5.00 with Oscar vs $39.25 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
Oscar MGMCR $5.00
WellMed MGMCR $5.07
Devoted Health MGMCR $5.10
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $5.10
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $5.10
Amerigroup DualEligible $5.10
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $5.10
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $5.10
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $5.10
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $5.10
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $5.10
BCBS MCRPPO $5.10
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $5.10
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $5.10
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $5.10
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $5.10
GEO Group - Joe Corley Detention Facility GVT $5.10
Aetna MCR $5.14
Van Lang IPA MCR $5.15
BCBS MyBlueHealth $5.16
United MCR $5.20
WellCare MCRHMO $5.25
WellCare SNP $5.25
WellCare POS $5.25
WellCare PPO $5.25
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $5.25
WellCare PFFS $5.25
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $5.35
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $5.35
Superior Health Plan PFFS $5.35
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $5.35
Shared Health MGMCR $5.35
American Health Plan MGMCR $5.35
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $5.35
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $5.35
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $5.35
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $5.41
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $5.41
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $5.41
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $5.41
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $5.41
Molina MGMCR $5.56
BCBS BAV $5.70
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $6.12
Verda Health Plan MCR $6.63
BCBS HMO $7.11
Community Health Choice HIX $7.39
Superior ValueHMO $7.39
BCBS EPOSOA $7.53
Superior EPO $7.90
Superior HMO $7.90
BCBS PPO $7.95
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $10.10
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $10.71
Molina Healthcare HIX $10.96
Humana HMO $39.25
Humana PPO $39.25

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Ost pch drain for barrier fl at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $76.00 $5.00 – $10.96
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $29.00 $5.00 – $10.96
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock not published $4.78 – $4.78
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $5.00 – $10.96
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $5.00 – $10.96
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $5.00 – $10.96
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $5.00 – $10.96
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $5.00 – $10.96

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