Triamcinolone acetonide 40 mg/ml suspension for injection 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

$238.01

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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.

$238.01

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.

$0.74 with Christus (USFHP) vs $214.21 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.

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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
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $0.74 ↓ -100%
United AllPayerAppendix $1.22 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1.22 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $1.22 ↓ -99%
Cigna CSN $2.08 ↓ -99%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $2.25 ↓ -99%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $2.49 ↓ -99%
Cigna PPO $2.68 ↓ -99%
BCBS BAV $2.74 ↓ -99%
BCBS HMO $3.43 ↓ -99%
BCBS EPOSOA $3.43 ↓ -99%
BCBS PPO $3.43 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $14.28 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $14.28 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $14.28 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $14.28 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $14.28 ↓ -94%
Aetna MCR $15.78 ↓ -93%
Humana HMO $16.95 ↓ -93%
Humana PPO $16.95 ↓ -93%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $30.94 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $30.94 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $30.94 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $30.94 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MGMCD $33.32 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $33.32 ↓ -86%
Superior HMO $41.65 ↓ -83%
Superior EPO $41.65 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $41.89 ↓ -82%
Superior ValueHMO $47.13 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $48.55 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $56.41 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $56.41 ↓ -76%
TX Workforce Commission GVT $57.12 ↓ -76%
Molina Healthcare HIX $64.26 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $83.30 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $102.34 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $107.10 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $126.86 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $130.91 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $130.91 ↓ -45%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $142.81 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $142.81 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $142.81 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $154.71 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $178.51 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $195.17 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $202.31 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $202.31 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $202.31 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $214.21 ↓ -10%

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