Pm device progr eval dual 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

$1,295.52

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.

$1,295.52

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.

$77.73 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,165.97 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 $77.73 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $77.73 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $77.73 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $77.73 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $77.73 ↓ -94%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $84.82 ↓ -93%
BCBS BAV $93.53 ↓ -93%
BCBS HMO $117.09 ↓ -91%
BCBS EPOSOA $119.26 ↓ -91%
BCBS PPO $121.44 ↓ -91%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $168.42 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $168.42 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $168.42 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $168.42 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MGMCD $181.37 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $181.37 ↓ -86%
Humana PPO $183.70 ↓ -86%
Humana HMO $183.70 ↓ -86%
Cigna CSN $191.74 ↓ -85%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $207.28 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $228.01 ↓ -82%
Cigna PPO $246.15 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $252.63 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $264.29 ↓ -80%
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↓ -77%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $307.04 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $307.04 ↓ -76%
TX Workforce Commission GVT $310.92 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $330.36 ↓ -74%
Aetna QHPExchange $343.31 ↓ -74%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $353.68 ↓ -73%
Aetna NBPOS $415.86 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPPO $415.86 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBHMO $415.86 ↓ -68%
Aetna COMMHMO $443.07 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMPOS $443.07 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMPPO $443.07 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $453.43 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $453.43 ↓ -65%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↓ -61%
Curative Administrators COMM $518.21 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $518.21 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONHMO $519.50 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPPO $519.50 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPOS $519.50 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $557.07 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPOS $560.96 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPPO $560.96 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAHMO $560.96 ↓ -57%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $582.98 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $582.98 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $582.98 ↓ -55%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -54%
Coventry National First Health COMM $690.51 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $712.54 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $712.54 ↓ -45%
Independent Medical System COMM $777.31 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $777.31 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $777.31 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $842.09 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $971.64 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,062.33 ↓ -18%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,101.19 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $1,101.19 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1,101.19 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,165.97 ↓ -10%

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Pm device progr eval dual at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $252.07 $35.62 – $315.09
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $309.84 $63.78 – $917.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $288.56 $35.62 – $917.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $252.07 $35.62 – $917.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $309.84 $35.62 – $917.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $309.84 $93.42 – $464.76
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $288.56 $35.62 – $432.84
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $252.07 $35.62 – $315.09

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