Treatment inhalation pressurized/nonpressurized acute airway obstruction 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.

$37.32 with Superior Health Plan vs $616.27 with BCBS — 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 $37.32
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $37.32
Superior Health Plan STARKids $37.32
Superior Health Plan STAR $37.32
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $37.32
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $80.86
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $80.86
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $80.86
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $80.86
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $87.08
Amerigroup MGMCD $87.08
United OptionsPPO $109.47
Oscar HIX $121.29
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $126.89
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $147.41
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $147.41
TX Workforce Commission GVT $149.28
Aetna QHPExchange $164.83
Humana PPO $173.86
Humana HMO $173.86
Aetna NBPOS $199.66
Aetna NBPPO $199.66
Aetna NBHMO $199.66
Aetna COMMPOS $212.72
Aetna COMMPPO $212.72
Aetna COMMHMO $212.72
BCBS Traditional $217.70
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $248.80
Aetna OONHMO $249.42
Aetna OONPOS $249.42
Aetna OONPPO $249.42
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $267.46
Aetna ASAHMO $269.32
Aetna ASAPOS $269.32
Aetna ASAPPO $269.32
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $279.90
Averde Health Commercial $279.90
United GlobalAppendix $279.90
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00
Coventry National First Health COMM $331.52
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $342.09
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $342.09
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $373.19
Independent Medical System COMM $373.19
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $373.19
Coastal Comp COMM $404.29
BCBS MyBlueHealth $430.47
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $466.49
BCBS BAV $474.62
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $510.03
Physicians, INC COMM $528.69
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $528.69
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $528.69
Affiliated PPO COMM $559.79
BCBS HMO $594.19
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00
BCBS EPOSOA $605.23
BCBS PPO $616.27

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Treatment inhalation pressurized/nonpressurized acute airway obstruction at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $957.84 $708.25 – $708.25
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $203.49 $57.66 – $528.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $242.77 $49.97 – $528.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $325.31 $65.06 – $528.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $203.49 $54.26 – $528.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $242.77 $77.93 – $528.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $242.77 $125.43 – $3,235.82
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $325.31 $108.44 – $528.37

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