Rbc serum pretx incubj drugs 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.

$120.02 with Aetna vs $347.81 with BCBS — 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
Aetna QHPExchange $120.02
Cigna CSN $126.87
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $137.42
Aetna NBHMO $159.61
Aetna NBPOS $159.61
Aetna NBPPO $159.61
Cigna PPO $163.49
Aetna COMMPPO $169.57
Aetna COMMPOS $169.57
Aetna COMMHMO $169.57
Aetna OONPPO $199.20
Aetna OONHMO $199.20
Aetna OONPOS $199.20
Aetna ASAPOS $215.38
Aetna ASAPPO $215.38
Aetna ASAHMO $215.38
BCBS MyBlueHealth $220.24
BCBS BAV $243.14
United SmallGroup $270.22
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $270.22
United AllPayerAppendix $270.22
BCBS HMO $304.19
BCBS EPOSOA $326.00
Humana PPO $339.75
Humana HMO $339.75
BCBS PPO $347.81
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