Zidovudine, oral, 100 mg 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.

$0.54 with Superior Health Plan vs $13.15 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
Superior Health Plan STARKids $0.54
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $0.54
Superior Health Plan CHIP $0.54
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $0.54
Superior Health Plan STAR $0.54
BCBS MyBlueHealth $0.57
Aetna MCR $0.59
BCBS BAV $0.63
BCBS HMO $0.78
BCBS EPOSOA $0.78
BCBS PPO $0.78
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $1.16
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $1.16
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $1.16
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $1.16
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $1.25
Amerigroup MGMCD $1.25
Superior EPO $1.57
Superior HMO $1.57
United OptionsPPO $1.58
Superior ValueHMO $1.77
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $1.83
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $2.12
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $2.12
TX Workforce Commission GVT $2.15
Molina Healthcare HIX $2.42
BCBS Traditional $3.14
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $3.58
Cigna CSN $3.75
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $3.85
United GlobalAppendix $4.03
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $4.06
Coventry National First Health COMM $4.78
Cigna PPO $4.84
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $4.93
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $4.93
Independent Medical System COMM $5.38
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $5.38
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $5.38
Coastal Comp COMM $5.82
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $6.72
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $7.35
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $7.62
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $7.62
Physicians, INC COMM $7.62
Affiliated PPO COMM $8.06
Humana HMO $13.15
Humana PPO $13.15

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Zidovudine, oral, 100 mg at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $75.98 $0.57 – $13.15
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $13.22 $0.57 – $13.15
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA $4.08 $0.57 – $13.15
MEDICAL CITY DALLAS HOSPITAL Dallas $87.04 $0.81 – $9.66
MEDICAL CITY ALLIANCE HOSPITAL SAGINAW $26.43 $1.00 – $9.66
MEDICAL CITY ARLINGTON HOSPITAL RED OAK $5.80 $1.00 – $9.66
MEDICAL CITY FRISCO HOSPITAL Frisco $11.35 $0.96 – $9.66
MEDICAL CITY LAS COLINAS HOSPITAL Irving $78.15 $1.00 – $9.66

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