Polycentric hinge pair 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.

$300.07 with Oscar vs $2,355.23 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 $300.07
WellMed MGMCR $304.66
Amerigroup DualEligible $306.19
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $306.19
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $306.19
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $306.19
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $306.19
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $306.19
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $306.19
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $306.19
GEO Group - Joe Corley Detention Facility GVT $306.19
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $306.19
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $306.19
Devoted Health MGMCR $306.19
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $306.19
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $306.19
BCBS MCRPPO $306.19
Aetna MCR $308.79
Van Lang IPA MCR $309.25
United MCR $312.31
WellCare PFFS $315.38
WellCare PPO $315.38
WellCare SNP $315.38
WellCare POS $315.38
WellCare MCRHMO $315.38
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $315.38
American Health Plan MGMCR $321.50
Superior Health Plan PFFS $321.50
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $321.50
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $321.50
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $321.50
Shared Health MGMCR $321.50
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $321.50
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $321.50
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $321.50
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $324.56
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $324.56
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $324.56
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $324.56
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $324.56
Molina MGMCR $333.75
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $367.43
Verda Health Plan MCR $398.05
Superior ValueHMO $443.98
Community Health Choice HIX $443.98
Superior EPO $474.59
Superior HMO $474.59
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $606.26
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $643.00
Molina Healthcare HIX $658.31
Humana HMO $2,355.23
Humana PPO $2,355.23

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Polycentric hinge pair at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $300.07 – $658.31
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $300.07 – $658.31
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $300.07 – $658.31
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $300.07 – $658.31
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $300.07 – $658.31
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $300.07 – $658.31
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $300.07 – $658.31
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock not published $306.19 – $323.03

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