Whfo w/joint(s) custom fab 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.

$500.55 with Oscar vs $3,928.82 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 $500.55
WellMed MGMCR $508.22
Amerigroup DualEligible $510.77
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $510.77
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $510.77
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $510.77
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $510.77
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $510.77
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $510.77
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $510.77
GEO Group - Joe Corley Detention Facility GVT $510.77
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $510.77
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $510.77
Devoted Health MGMCR $510.77
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $510.77
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $510.77
BCBS MCRPPO $510.77
Aetna MCR $515.11
Van Lang IPA MCR $515.88
United MCR $520.99
WellCare PFFS $526.09
WellCare PPO $526.09
WellCare SNP $526.09
WellCare POS $526.09
WellCare MCRHMO $526.09
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $526.09
American Health Plan MGMCR $536.31
Superior Health Plan PFFS $536.31
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $536.31
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $536.31
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $536.31
Shared Health MGMCR $536.31
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $536.31
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $536.31
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $536.31
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $541.42
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $541.42
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $541.42
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $541.42
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $541.42
Molina MGMCR $556.74
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $612.92
Verda Health Plan MCR $664.00
Superior ValueHMO $740.62
Community Health Choice HIX $740.62
Superior EPO $791.69
Superior HMO $791.69
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $1,011.32
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $1,072.62
Molina Healthcare HIX $1,098.16
Humana HMO $3,928.82
Humana PPO $3,928.82

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Whfo w/joint(s) custom fab at other Texas hospitals

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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $465.88 $132.00 – $621.17
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $465.88 $95.89 – $698.81
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $465.88 $93.18 – $621.17
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $465.88 $149.55 – $698.81
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $465.88 $240.70 – $698.81
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $465.88 $155.29 – $698.81
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $465.88 $124.23 – $621.17

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