Prgrmg dev eval scrms ip 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

$949.34

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.

$949.34

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.

$56.96 with Superior Health Plan vs $854.41 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 STAR $56.96 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $56.96 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $56.96 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $56.96 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $56.96 ↓ -94%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $84.82 ↓ -91%
BCBS BAV $93.53 ↓ -90%
BCBS HMO $117.09 ↓ -88%
BCBS EPOSOA $119.26 ↓ -87%
BCBS PPO $121.44 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $123.41 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $123.41 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $123.41 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $123.41 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $132.91 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MGMCD $132.91 ↓ -86%
Cigna CSN $140.50 ↓ -85%
Humana PPO $150.87 ↓ -84%
Humana HMO $150.87 ↓ -84%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $151.89 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $167.08 ↓ -82%
Cigna PPO $180.37 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $185.12 ↓ -81%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $193.67 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $224.99 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $224.99 ↓ -76%
TX Workforce Commission GVT $227.84 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $242.08 ↓ -75%
Aetna QHPExchange $251.58 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $259.17 ↓ -73%
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBHMO $304.74 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPPO $304.74 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPOS $304.74 ↓ -68%
Aetna COMMPOS $324.67 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMPPO $324.67 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMHMO $324.67 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $332.27 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $332.27 ↓ -65%
Curative Administrators COMM $379.74 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $379.74 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONHMO $380.69 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPPO $380.69 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPOS $380.69 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $408.22 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPOS $411.06 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAHMO $411.06 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPPO $411.06 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $427.20 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $427.20 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $427.20 ↓ -55%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↓ -47%
Coventry National First Health COMM $506.00 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $522.14 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $522.14 ↓ -45%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $569.60 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $569.60 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $569.60 ↓ -40%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -37%
Coastal Comp COMM $617.07 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $712.00 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $778.46 ↓ -18%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $806.94 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $806.94 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $806.94 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $854.41 ↓ -10%

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