Red blood cells washed each unit 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

$736.00

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.

$736.00

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.

$44.16 with Superior Health Plan vs $3,742.89 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
Superior Health Plan CHIP $44.16 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $44.16 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $44.16 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $44.16 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $44.16 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $95.68 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $95.68 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $95.68 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $95.68 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MGMCD $103.04 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $103.04 ↓ -86%
Cigna CSN $108.93 ↓ -85%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $117.76 ↓ -84%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $119.97 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $129.54 ↓ -82%
BCBS BAV $132.48 ↓ -82%
Cigna PPO $139.84 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $143.52 ↓ -81%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $150.14 ↓ -80%
BCBS HMO $165.60 ↓ -78%
BCBS EPOSOA $169.28 ↓ -77%
BCBS PPO $172.22 ↓ -77%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $174.43 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $174.43 ↓ -76%
TX Workforce Commission GVT $176.64 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $187.68 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $200.93 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $257.60 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $257.60 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $294.40 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $294.40 ↓ -60%
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↓ -59%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $316.48 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $331.20 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $331.20 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $331.20 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $392.29 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $404.80 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $404.80 ↓ -45%
Independent Medical System COMM $441.60 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $441.60 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $441.60 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $478.40 ↓ -35%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↓ -32%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $552.00 ↓ -25%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $603.52 ↓ -18%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $625.60 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $625.60 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $625.60 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $662.40 ↓ -10%
Aetna QHPExchange $798.82 ↑ +9%
Aetna NBHMO $1,062.33 ↑ +44%
Aetna NBPOS $1,062.33 ↑ +44%
Aetna NBPPO $1,062.33 ↑ +44%
Aetna COMMPPO $1,128.62 ↑ +53%
Aetna COMMPOS $1,128.62 ↑ +53%
Aetna COMMHMO $1,128.62 ↑ +53%
Aetna OONPPO $1,325.84 ↑ +80%
Aetna OONPOS $1,325.84 ↑ +80%
Aetna OONHMO $1,325.84 ↑ +80%
Aetna ASAPOS $1,433.56 ↑ +95%
Aetna ASAPPO $1,433.56 ↑ +95%
Aetna ASAHMO $1,433.56 ↑ +95%
Humana PPO $3,742.89 ↑ +409%
Humana HMO $3,742.89 ↑ +409%

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