Postop dsg cast chg wrst/elb 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.

$1,574.95 with Oscar vs $12,361.81 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 $1,574.95
WellMed MGMCR $1,599.05
Amerigroup DualEligible $1,607.09
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $1,607.09
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $1,607.09
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $1,607.09
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $1,607.09
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $1,607.09
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $1,607.09
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $1,607.09
GEO Group - Joe Corley Detention Facility GVT $1,607.09
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $1,607.09
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $1,607.09
Devoted Health MGMCR $1,607.09
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,607.09
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $1,607.09
BCBS MCRPPO $1,607.09
Aetna MCR $1,620.75
Van Lang IPA MCR $1,623.16
United MCR $1,639.23
WellCare PFFS $1,655.30
WellCare PPO $1,655.30
WellCare SNP $1,655.30
WellCare POS $1,655.30
WellCare MCRHMO $1,655.30
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $1,655.30
American Health Plan MGMCR $1,687.44
Superior Health Plan PFFS $1,687.44
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $1,687.44
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $1,687.44
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $1,687.44
Shared Health MGMCR $1,687.44
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $1,687.44
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $1,687.44
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $1,687.44
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $1,703.52
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $1,703.52
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $1,703.52
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $1,703.52
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $1,703.52
Molina MGMCR $1,751.73
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $1,928.51
Verda Health Plan MCR $2,089.22
Superior ValueHMO $2,330.28
Community Health Choice HIX $2,330.28
Superior EPO $2,490.99
Superior HMO $2,490.99
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $3,182.04
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $3,374.89
Molina Healthcare HIX $3,455.24
Humana HMO $12,361.81
Humana PPO $12,361.81

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Postop dsg cast chg wrst/elb at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $1,574.95 – $3,455.24
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $1,574.95 – $3,455.24
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $1,574.95 – $3,455.24
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $1,574.95 – $3,455.24
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $1,574.95 – $3,455.24
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $1,574.95 – $3,455.24
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $1,574.95 – $3,455.24
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock not published $1,607.09 – $1,695.48

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