Vacuum drain bottle/tube kit 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.

$59.41 with Oscar vs $466.25 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 $59.41
WellMed MGMCR $60.32
Amerigroup DualEligible $60.62
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $60.62
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $60.62
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $60.62
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $60.62
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $60.62
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $60.62
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $60.62
GEO Group - Joe Corley Detention Facility GVT $60.62
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $60.62
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $60.62
Devoted Health MGMCR $60.62
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $60.62
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $60.62
BCBS MCRPPO $60.62
Aetna MCR $61.14
Van Lang IPA MCR $61.23
United MCR $61.83
WellCare PFFS $62.44
WellCare PPO $62.44
WellCare SNP $62.44
WellCare POS $62.44
WellCare MCRHMO $62.44
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $62.44
American Health Plan MGMCR $63.65
Superior Health Plan PFFS $63.65
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $63.65
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $63.65
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $63.65
Shared Health MGMCR $63.65
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $63.65
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $63.65
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $63.65
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $64.26
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $64.26
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $64.26
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $64.26
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $64.26
Molina MGMCR $66.08
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $72.74
Verda Health Plan MCR $78.81
Superior ValueHMO $87.90
Community Health Choice HIX $87.90
Superior EPO $93.96
Superior HMO $93.96
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $120.03
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $127.30
Molina Healthcare HIX $130.33
Humana HMO $466.25
Humana PPO $466.25

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