Alcohol (ethanol) any specimen except urine/breath 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

$407.84

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.

$407.84

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.

$14.22 with Texas Health Network vs $367.06 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 $14.22 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $14.51 ↓ -96%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $14.51 ↓ -96%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $14.51 ↓ -96%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $14.51 ↓ -96%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $14.51 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup MGMCD $14.51 ↓ -96%
Liberty County Indigent LOCALGOV $14.51 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $14.51 ↓ -96%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $14.51 ↓ -96%
United MGMCD $14.80 ↓ -96%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $15.67 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare STAR $15.96 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $15.96 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $15.96 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $15.96 ↓ -96%
Oscar MGMCR $16.92 ↓ -96%
WellMed MGMCR $17.18 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup DualEligible $17.27 ↓ -96%
GEO Group - Joe Corley Detention Facility GVT $17.27 ↓ -96%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $17.27 ↓ -96%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $17.27 ↓ -96%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $17.27 ↓ -96%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $17.27 ↓ -96%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $17.27 ↓ -96%
BCBS MCRPPO $17.27 ↓ -96%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $17.27 ↓ -96%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $17.27 ↓ -96%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $17.27 ↓ -96%
Devoted Health MGMCR $17.27 ↓ -96%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $17.27 ↓ -96%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $17.27 ↓ -96%
United AllPayerAppendix $17.27 ↓ -96%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $17.27 ↓ -96%
United SmallGroup $17.27 ↓ -96%
Aetna MCR $17.42 ↓ -96%
Van Lang IPA MCR $17.44 ↓ -96%
United MCR $17.62 ↓ -96%
WellCare SNP $17.79 ↓ -96%
WellCare PPO $17.79 ↓ -96%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $17.79 ↓ -96%
WellCare PFFS $17.79 ↓ -96%
WellCare MCRHMO $17.79 ↓ -96%
WellCare POS $17.79 ↓ -96%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $18.13 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $18.13 ↓ -96%
American Health Plan MGMCR $18.13 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $18.13 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $18.13 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $18.13 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $18.13 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $18.13 ↓ -96%
Shared Health MGMCR $18.13 ↓ -96%
Humana MCD $18.14 ↓ -96%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $18.31 ↓ -96%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $18.31 ↓ -96%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $18.31 ↓ -96%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $18.31 ↓ -96%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $18.31 ↓ -96%
Molina MGMCR $18.82 ↓ -95%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $20.72 ↓ -95%
Verda Health Plan MCR $22.45 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $24.47 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $24.47 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $24.47 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $24.47 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $24.47 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice HIX $25.04 ↓ -94%
Superior ValueHMO $25.04 ↓ -94%
Superior HMO $26.77 ↓ -93%
Superior EPO $26.77 ↓ -93%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $34.19 ↓ -92%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $34.89 ↓ -91%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $36.27 ↓ -91%
Molina Healthcare HIX $37.13 ↓ -91%
BCBS BAV $38.51 ↓ -91%
BCBS HMO $48.18 ↓ -88%
Oscar HIX $49.91 ↓ -88%
BCBS EPOSOA $51.64 ↓ -87%
BCBS PPO $55.09 ↓ -86%
Cigna CSN $71.10 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $71.78 ↓ -82%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $77.01 ↓ -81%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $83.20 ↓ -80%
Cigna PPO $91.62 ↓ -78%
TX Workforce Commission GVT $97.88 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $104.00 ↓ -74%
Aetna QHPExchange $108.08 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $111.34 ↓ -73%
Humana HMO $130.14 ↓ -68%
Humana PPO $130.14 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBHMO $130.92 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPOS $130.92 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPPO $130.92 ↓ -68%
Aetna COMMPPO $139.48 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMPOS $139.48 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMHMO $139.48 ↓ -66%
Imagine Health PPO $142.74 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $142.74 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $163.14 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPPO $163.54 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONHMO $163.54 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPOS $163.54 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $175.37 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAHMO $176.59 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPOS $176.59 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPPO $176.59 ↓ -57%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $183.53 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $183.53 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $183.53 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $217.38 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $224.31 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $224.31 ↓ -45%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $244.70 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $244.70 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $244.70 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $265.10 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $305.88 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $334.43 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $346.66 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $346.66 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $346.66 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $367.06 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $357.06 $15.54 – $66.49
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $214.18 $10.00 – $267.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $66.86 $12.00 – $100.30
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $50.23 $12.00 – $62.79
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $214.18 $10.00 – $267.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $66.86 $12.00 – $100.30
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $66.86 $8.00 – $100.30
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