Paricalcitol 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

$48.09

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.

$48.09

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.

$0.97 with Christus (USFHP) vs $43.28 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
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $0.97 ↓ -98%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1.60 ↓ -97%
United AllPayerAppendix $1.60 ↓ -97%
United SmallGroup $1.60 ↓ -97%
Cigna CSN $1.62 ↓ -97%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $1.76 ↓ -96%
Cigna PPO $2.09 ↓ -96%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $2.84 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $2.89 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $2.89 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $2.89 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $2.89 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $2.89 ↓ -94%
BCBS BAV $3.13 ↓ -93%
Aetna MCR $3.19 ↓ -93%
BCBS PPO $3.92 ↓ -92%
BCBS HMO $3.92 ↓ -92%
BCBS EPOSOA $3.92 ↓ -92%
Humana HMO $5.36 ↓ -89%
Humana PPO $5.36 ↓ -89%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $6.25 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $6.25 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $6.25 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $6.25 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MGMCD $6.73 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $6.73 ↓ -86%
Superior HMO $8.42 ↓ -82%
Superior EPO $8.42 ↓ -82%
United OptionsPPO $8.46 ↓ -82%
Superior ValueHMO $9.52 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $9.81 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $11.40 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $11.40 ↓ -76%
TX Workforce Commission GVT $11.54 ↓ -76%
Molina Healthcare HIX $12.98 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $16.83 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $20.68 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $21.64 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $25.63 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $26.45 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $26.45 ↓ -45%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $28.85 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $28.85 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $28.85 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $31.26 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $36.07 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $39.43 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $40.88 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $40.88 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $40.88 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $43.28 ↓ -10%

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HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $437.72 $0.81 – $5.36
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