Platelet pheresis irr ea 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

$2,086.88

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.

$2,086.88

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.

$125.21 with Superior Health Plan vs $5,400.34 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
Superior Health Plan CHIP $125.21 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $125.21 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $125.21 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $125.21 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $125.21 ↓ -94%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $292.16 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MGMCD $292.16 ↓ -86%
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↓ -86%
Cigna CSN $308.86 ↓ -85%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $333.90 ↓ -84%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $340.16 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $367.29 ↓ -82%
BCBS BAV $375.64 ↓ -82%
Cigna PPO $396.51 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $406.94 ↓ -81%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $417.71 ↓ -80%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $417.71 ↓ -80%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $417.71 ↓ -80%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $417.71 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $425.72 ↓ -80%
United MGMCD $426.06 ↓ -80%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $451.13 ↓ -78%
BCBS HMO $469.55 ↓ -77%
BCBS EPOSOA $479.98 ↓ -77%
BCBS PPO $488.33 ↓ -77%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $494.59 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $494.59 ↓ -76%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↓ -76%
TX Workforce Commission GVT $500.85 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $532.15 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $569.72 ↓ -73%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -71%
BCBS Traditional $730.41 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $730.41 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $834.75 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $834.75 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $897.36 ↓ -57%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $939.10 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $939.10 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $939.10 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,112.31 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $1,147.78 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $1,147.78 ↓ -45%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $1,252.13 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $1,252.13 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,252.13 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $1,356.47 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $1,565.16 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,711.24 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $1,773.85 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,773.85 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1,773.85 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,878.19 ↓ -10%
Aetna QHPExchange $2,255.90 ↑ +8%
Aetna NBHMO $3,000.07 ↑ +44%
Aetna NBPPO $3,000.07 ↑ +44%
Aetna NBPOS $3,000.07 ↑ +44%
Aetna COMMHMO $3,187.28 ↑ +53%
Aetna COMMPOS $3,187.28 ↑ +53%
Aetna COMMPPO $3,187.28 ↑ +53%
Aetna OONHMO $3,744.24 ↑ +79%
Aetna OONPOS $3,744.24 ↑ +79%
Aetna OONPPO $3,744.24 ↑ +79%
Aetna ASAPPO $4,048.46 ↑ +94%
Aetna ASAPOS $4,048.46 ↑ +94%
Aetna ASAHMO $4,048.46 ↑ +94%
Humana PPO $5,400.34 ↑ +159%
Humana HMO $5,400.34 ↑ +159%

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Platelet pheresis irr ea at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $1,144.50 $94.00 – $3,270.00
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $1,030.93 $47.00 – $5,891.00
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $1,144.50 $88.00 – $3,270.00
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $1,144.50 $88.00 – $3,270.00
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $1,030.93 $47.00 – $5,891.00
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $1,144.50 $88.00 – $3,270.00
St. Joseph Health Grimes Hospital Navasota $1,030.93 $47.00 – $6,539.01
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $1,144.50 $88.00 – $3,270.00

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