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Original text from hospital filings
Application, cast; hand and lower forearm (gauntlet)
CONROE, TX
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Hca Houston Healthcare Conroe’s median price of $948 is 349% above the median hospital's median price ($211), higher than 88% of the 1,938 hospitals reporting CPT 29085. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 9 payers, 27 plan rates. A facility fee, a professional fee, a per diem and a case rate are different bills, so each is listed on its own. Open a payer to see it across hospitals.
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| 1 | UnitedHealthcare mgmcd fee schedule · outpatient | $52 | $52 | — | — | — | $52 – $52 |
| 2 | Molina chip fee schedule · outpatient | $54 | $54 | — | — | — | $54 – $54 |
| 3 | Molina star fee schedule · outpatient | $54 | $54 | — | — | — | $54 – $54 |
| 4 | Molina starkids fee schedule · outpatient | $54 | $54 | — | — | — | $54 – $54 |
| 5 | Molina starplus fee schedule · outpatient | $54 | $54 | — | — | — | $54 – $54 |
| 6 | Humana mcd fee schedule · outpatient | $61 | $61 | — | — | — | $61 – $61 |
| 7 | Aetna Better Health mgmcd fee schedule · outpatient | $62 | $62 | — | — | — | $62 – $62 |
| 8 | Blue Cross Blue Shield mybluehealth fee schedule · outpatient | $433 | $433 | — | — | — | $433 – $433 |
| 9 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bav fee schedule · outpatient | $476 | $476 | — | — | — | $476 – $476 |
| 10 | Blue Cross Blue Shield ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $503 | $503 | — | — | — | $503 – $503 |
| 11 | Blue Cross Blue Shield eposoa fee schedule · outpatient | $528 | $528 | — | — | — | $528 – $528 |
| 12 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $554 | $554 | — | — | — | $554 – $554 |
| 13 | Superior Healthplan chip case rate · outpatient | $948 | $948 | — | — | — | $948 – $948 |
| 14 | Superior Healthplan chpfc case rate · outpatient | $948 | $948 | — | — | — | $948 – $948 |
| 15 | Superior Healthplan star case rate · outpatient | $948 | $948 | — | — | — | $948 – $948 |
| 16 | Superior Healthplan starkids case rate · outpatient | $948 | $948 | — | — | — | $948 – $948 |
| 17 | Superior Healthplan starplus case rate · outpatient | $948 | $948 | — | — | — | $948 – $948 |
| 18 | UnitedHealthcare smallgroup case rate · outpatient | $1.1k | $1.1k | — | — | — | $1.1k – $1.1k |
| 19 | UnitedHealthcare allpayerappendix case rate · outpatient | $1.6k | $1.6k | — | — | — | $1.6k – $1.6k |
| 20 | UnitedHealthcare narrownetworkindivexchange case rate · outpatient | $1.7k | $1.7k | — | — | — | $1.7k – $1.7k |
| 21 | Oscar hix case rate · outpatient | $2.4k | $2.4k | — | — | — | $2.4k – $2.4k |
| 22 | Cigna csn case rate · outpatient | $2.5k | $2.5k | — | — | — | $2.5k – $2.5k |
| 23 | Cigna openaccessplus case rate · outpatient | $2.7k | $2.7k | — | — | — | $2.7k – $2.7k |
| 24 | Cigna ppo case rate · outpatient | $3.2k | $3.2k | — | — | — | $3.2k – $3.2k |
| 25 | Humana hmo case rate · outpatient | $4.7k | $4.7k | — | — | — | $4.7k – $4.7k |
Last updated: May 14, 2026
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