Adenovirus assay w/optic 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

$990.90

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.

$990.90

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.

$17.91 with Texas Health Network vs $891.81 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
Texas Health Network MCD $17.91 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $18.28 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $18.28 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $18.28 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $18.28 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $18.28 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $18.28 ↓ -98%
Liberty County Indigent LOCALGOV $18.28 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $18.28 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $18.28 ↓ -98%
United MGMCD $18.65 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $19.74 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STAR $20.11 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $20.11 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $20.11 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $20.11 ↓ -98%
Oscar MGMCR $21.32 ↓ -98%
WellMed MGMCR $21.65 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup DualEligible $21.76 ↓ -98%
GEO Group - Joe Corley Detention Facility GVT $21.76 ↓ -98%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $21.76 ↓ -98%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $21.76 ↓ -98%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $21.76 ↓ -98%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $21.76 ↓ -98%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $21.76 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRPPO $21.76 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $21.76 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $21.76 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MGMCR $21.76 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $21.76 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $21.76 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $21.76 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $21.76 ↓ -98%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $21.76 ↓ -98%
United SmallGroup $21.76 ↓ -98%
Aetna MCR $21.94 ↓ -98%
Van Lang IPA MCR $21.98 ↓ -98%
United MCR $22.20 ↓ -98%
WellCare SNP $22.41 ↓ -98%
WellCare PPO $22.41 ↓ -98%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $22.41 ↓ -98%
WellCare PFFS $22.41 ↓ -98%
WellCare MCRHMO $22.41 ↓ -98%
WellCare POS $22.41 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $22.85 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $22.85 ↓ -98%
American Health Plan MGMCR $22.85 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $22.85 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $22.85 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $22.85 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $22.85 ↓ -98%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $22.85 ↓ -98%
Humana MCD $22.85 ↓ -98%
Shared Health MGMCR $22.85 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $23.07 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $23.07 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $23.07 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $23.07 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $23.07 ↓ -98%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $23.55 ↓ -98%
Molina MGMCR $23.72 ↓ -98%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $26.11 ↓ -97%
Verda Health Plan MCR $28.29 ↓ -97%
Superior ValueHMO $31.55 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice HIX $31.55 ↓ -97%
Superior EPO $33.73 ↓ -97%
Superior HMO $33.73 ↓ -97%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $43.08 ↓ -96%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $43.96 ↓ -96%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $45.70 ↓ -95%
Molina Healthcare HIX $46.78 ↓ -95%
BCBS BAV $48.52 ↓ -95%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $52.88 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $59.45 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $59.45 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $59.45 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $59.45 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $59.45 ↓ -94%
BCBS HMO $60.71 ↓ -94%
Oscar HIX $62.89 ↓ -94%
BCBS EPOSOA $65.06 ↓ -93%
BCBS PPO $69.41 ↓ -93%
Aetna QHPExchange $79.72 ↓ -92%
Cigna CSN $89.20 ↓ -91%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $96.61 ↓ -90%
Aetna NBPOS $106.02 ↓ -89%
Aetna NBHMO $106.02 ↓ -89%
Aetna NBPPO $106.02 ↓ -89%
Aetna COMMPPO $112.64 ↓ -89%
Aetna COMMHMO $112.64 ↓ -89%
Aetna COMMPOS $112.64 ↓ -89%
Cigna PPO $114.95 ↓ -88%
Aetna OONPPO $132.32 ↓ -87%
Aetna OONPOS $132.32 ↓ -87%
Aetna OONHMO $132.32 ↓ -87%
Aetna ASAPOS $143.07 ↓ -86%
Aetna ASAHMO $143.07 ↓ -86%
Aetna ASAPPO $143.07 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $174.40 ↓ -82%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $202.14 ↓ -80%
Humana PPO $235.44 ↓ -76%
Humana HMO $235.44 ↓ -76%
TX Workforce Commission GVT $237.82 ↓ -76%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $270.52 ↓ -73%
Imagine Health PPO $346.81 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $346.81 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $426.09 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $445.90 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $445.90 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $445.90 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $528.15 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $545.00 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $545.00 ↓ -45%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $594.54 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $594.54 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $594.54 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $644.09 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $743.17 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $812.54 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $842.26 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $842.26 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $842.26 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $891.81 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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