Sodium chloride 0.9 % intravenous solution 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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$0.78 with Superior Health Plan vs $600.00 with Texas Athletic Network — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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 STARPLUS $0.78
Superior Health Plan STARKids $0.78
Superior Health Plan STAR $0.78
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $0.78
Superior Health Plan CHIP $0.78
Aetna MCR $0.86
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $1.69
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $1.69
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $1.69
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $1.69
Amerigroup MGMCD $1.82
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $1.82
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1.99
Superior HMO $2.27
Superior EPO $2.27
United OptionsPPO $2.29
Oscar HIX $2.54
Superior ValueHMO $2.57
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $2.65
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $3.08
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $3.08
TX Workforce Commission GVT $3.12
United AllPayerAppendix $3.28
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $3.28
United SmallGroup $3.28
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $3.31
Aetna QHPExchange $3.44
Molina Healthcare HIX $3.51
Evry Health BroadNetwork $3.55
Aetna NBPPO $4.17
Aetna NBPOS $4.17
Aetna NBHMO $4.17
Aetna COMMPOS $4.45
Aetna COMMPPO $4.45
Aetna COMMHMO $4.45
BCBS Traditional $4.55
Imagine Health PPO $4.55
Curative Administrators COMM $5.20
Aetna OONPPO $5.21
Aetna OONHMO $5.21
Aetna OONPOS $5.21
Cigna CSN $5.52
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $5.59
Aetna ASAPOS $5.63
Aetna ASAHMO $5.63
Aetna ASAPPO $5.63
United GlobalAppendix $5.85
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $5.85
Averde Health Commercial $5.85
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $5.97
Coventry National First Health COMM $6.93
Cigna PPO $7.11
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $7.15
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $7.15
Independent Medical System COMM $7.80
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $7.80
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $7.80
Coastal Comp COMM $8.45
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $9.75
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $10.66
Physicians, INC COMM $11.05
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $11.05
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $11.05
Affiliated PPO COMM $11.70
Humana PPO $25.62
Humana HMO $25.62
BCBS MyBlueHealth $29.20
BCBS BAV $32.18
BCBS EPOSOA $40.23
BCBS HMO $40.23
BCBS PPO $40.23
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00

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Sodium chloride 0.9 % intravenous solution at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $28.66 $57.37 – $57.37
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $45.90 $2.40 – $26.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $69.85 $2.40 – $45.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $63.36 $2.40 – $37.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $45.90 $2.40 – $26.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $69.85 $2.40 – $45.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $69.85 $2.40 – $45.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $63.36 $2.40 – $45.00

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