Thoracentesis pleural space needle/catheter aspiration with imaging guidance (both sides) at HCA HOUSTON CONROE
504 MEDICAL CENTER BOULEVARD, CONROE, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1962455816
$10,137.50
Cash price 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.
$10,137.50
Gross charge 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.
$219.28 with Texas Health Network vs $9,123.75 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas Health Network | MCD | $219.28 | ↓ -98% |
| Liberty County Indigent | LOCALGOV | $223.75 | ↓ -98% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $234.94 | ↓ -98% |
| United | MGMCD | $240.10 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $246.13 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $246.13 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $246.13 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $246.13 | ↓ -98% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $250.60 | ↓ -98% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $250.60 | ↓ -98% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $250.60 | ↓ -98% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $250.60 | ↓ -98% |
| Humana | MCD | $279.69 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $282.47 | ↓ -97% |
| Texas Athletic Network | Premier | $300.00 | ↓ -97% |
| Texas Athletic Network | PremierPlus | $500.00 | ↓ -95% |
| Texas Athletic Network | TexasCustomUC | $600.00 | ↓ -94% |
| WellMed | MGMCR | $633.31 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $948.00 | ↓ -91% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $948.00 | ↓ -91% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $948.00 | ↓ -91% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $948.00 | ↓ -91% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $948.00 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $1,097.09 | ↓ -89% |
| BCBS | BAV | $1,235.80 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS | HMO | $1,305.16 | ↓ -87% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $1,387.12 | ↓ -86% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $1,419.25 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $1,430.00 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS | PPO | $1,462.78 | ↓ -86% |
| United | SmallGroup | $1,534.00 | ↓ -85% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $1,732.00 | ↓ -83% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,784.20 | ↓ -82% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $1,899.00 | ↓ -81% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $1,899.00 | ↓ -81% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $2,012.00 | ↓ -80% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $2,017.00 | ↓ -80% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $2,017.00 | ↓ -80% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $2,068.05 | ↓ -80% |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $2,115.00 | ↓ -79% |
| Oscar | HIX | $2,128.00 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $2,181.00 | ↓ -78% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $2,191.00 | ↓ -78% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $2,251.00 | ↓ -78% |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $2,315.00 | ↓ -77% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $2,317.00 | ↓ -77% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $2,374.00 | ↓ -77% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $2,374.00 | ↓ -77% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $2,402.59 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $2,402.59 | ↓ -76% |
| Cigna | CSN | $2,428.00 | ↓ -76% |
| TX Workforce Commission | GVT | $2,433.00 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $2,564.00 | ↓ -75% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $2,564.00 | ↓ -75% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $2,631.00 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $2,727.00 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $2,947.00 | ↓ -71% |
| Cigna | PPO | $3,128.00 | ↓ -69% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $3,548.13 | ↓ -65% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $4,055.00 | ↓ -60% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $4,359.13 | ↓ -57% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $4,561.88 | ↓ -55% |
| Humana | PPO | $4,690.00 | ↓ -54% |
| Humana | HMO | $4,690.00 | ↓ -54% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $5,403.29 | ↓ -47% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $5,575.63 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $5,575.63 | ↓ -45% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $6,082.50 | ↓ -40% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $6,082.50 | ↓ -40% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $6,082.50 | ↓ -40% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $6,589.38 | ↓ -35% |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $7,603.13 | ↓ -25% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $8,312.75 | ↓ -18% |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $8,616.88 | ↓ -15% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $8,616.88 | ↓ -15% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $8,616.88 | ↓ -15% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $9,123.75 | ↓ -10% |
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| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $5,692.94 | $788.14 – $4,826.69 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $1,410.82 | $223.75 – $1,763.53 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,298.50 | $71.00 – $1,947.74 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,110.97 | $71.00 – $1,556.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $1,410.82 | $223.75 – $1,763.53 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $1,298.50 | $85.00 – $1,947.74 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $1,298.50 | $223.75 – $1,947.74 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $1,110.97 | $71.00 – $1,666.46 |