Shoe metatarsal bar between 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.

$112.45 with Oscar vs $882.64 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 $112.45
WellMed MGMCR $114.17
Amerigroup DualEligible $114.74
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $114.74
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $114.74
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $114.74
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $114.74
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $114.74
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $114.74
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $114.74
GEO Group - Joe Corley Detention Facility GVT $114.74
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $114.74
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $114.74
Devoted Health MGMCR $114.74
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $114.74
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $114.74
BCBS MCRPPO $114.74
Aetna MCR $115.72
Van Lang IPA MCR $115.89
United MCR $117.03
WellCare PFFS $118.18
WellCare PPO $118.18
WellCare SNP $118.18
WellCare POS $118.18
WellCare MCRHMO $118.18
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $118.18
American Health Plan MGMCR $120.48
Superior Health Plan PFFS $120.48
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $120.48
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $120.48
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $120.48
Shared Health MGMCR $120.48
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $120.48
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $120.48
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $120.48
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $121.62
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $121.62
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $121.62
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $121.62
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $121.62
Molina MGMCR $125.07
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $137.69
Verda Health Plan MCR $149.16
Superior ValueHMO $166.37
Community Health Choice HIX $166.37
Superior EPO $177.85
Superior HMO $177.85
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $227.19
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $240.95
Molina Healthcare HIX $246.69
Humana HMO $882.64
Humana PPO $882.64

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Shoe metatarsal bar between at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $112.45 – $246.69
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $112.45 – $246.69
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $112.45 – $246.69
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $112.45 – $246.69
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $112.45 – $246.69
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $112.45 – $246.69
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $112.45 – $246.69
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock not published $114.74 – $121.05

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