Tracheostoma stent/stud/bttn 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.

$108.12 with Oscar vs $848.65 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 $108.12
WellMed MGMCR $109.78
Devoted Health MGMCR $110.33
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $110.33
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $110.33
Amerigroup DualEligible $110.33
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $110.33
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $110.33
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $110.33
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $110.33
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $110.33
BCBS MCRPPO $110.33
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $110.33
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $110.33
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $110.33
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $110.33
GEO Group - Joe Corley Detention Facility GVT $110.33
Aetna MCR $111.27
Van Lang IPA MCR $111.43
BCBS MyBlueHealth $111.51
United MCR $112.54
WellCare MCRHMO $113.64
WellCare SNP $113.64
WellCare POS $113.64
WellCare PPO $113.64
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $113.64
WellCare PFFS $113.64
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $115.85
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $115.85
Superior Health Plan PFFS $115.85
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $115.85
Shared Health MGMCR $115.85
American Health Plan MGMCR $115.85
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $115.85
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $115.85
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $115.85
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $116.95
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $116.95
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $116.95
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $116.95
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $116.95
Molina MGMCR $120.26
BCBS BAV $123.20
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $132.40
Verda Health Plan MCR $143.43
BCBS HMO $153.78
Community Health Choice HIX $159.98
Superior ValueHMO $159.98
BCBS EPOSOA $162.77
Superior EPO $171.01
Superior HMO $171.01
BCBS PPO $171.77
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $218.45
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $231.69
Molina Healthcare HIX $237.21
Humana HMO $848.65
Humana PPO $848.65

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $175.89 $36.20 – $263.83
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $175.89 $90.88 – $263.83
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $385.94 $58.63 – $546.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST Waco $175.89 $35.18 – $234.52
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER Temple $175.89 $43.97 – $263.83
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PFLUGERVILLE Suite 100 $385.94 $32.25 – $546.75

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