Prednisone 1 mg tablet 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.

$0.01 with Christus (USFHP) vs $6.72 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 $0.01
BCBS MyBlueHealth $0.02
BCBS BAV $0.02
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $0.02
United AllPayerAppendix $0.02
United SmallGroup $0.02
Cigna CSN $0.02
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $0.03
Cigna PPO $0.03
BCBS EPOSOA $0.03
BCBS HMO $0.03
BCBS PPO $0.03
Humana HMO $0.10
Humana PPO $0.10
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $0.45
Superior Health Plan CHIP $0.45
Superior Health Plan STAR $0.45
Superior Health Plan STARKids $0.45
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $0.45
Aetna MCR $0.50
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $0.97
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $0.97
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $0.97
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $0.97
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $1.05
Amerigroup MGMCD $1.05
Superior EPO $1.31
United OptionsPPO $1.31
Superior HMO $1.31
Superior ValueHMO $1.48
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $1.52
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $1.77
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $1.77
TX Workforce Commission GVT $1.79
Molina Healthcare HIX $2.02
BCBS Traditional $2.61
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $3.21
United GlobalAppendix $3.36
Coventry National First Health COMM $3.98
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $4.11
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $4.11
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $4.48
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $4.48
Independent Medical System COMM $4.48
Coastal Comp COMM $4.86
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $5.60
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $6.13
Physicians, INC COMM $6.35
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $6.35
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $6.35
Affiliated PPO COMM $6.72

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