Aluminum - quest 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

$3,027.09

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.

$3,027.09

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.

$20.97 with Texas Health Network vs $2,724.38 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 $20.97 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $21.40 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $21.40 ↓ -99%
Liberty County Indigent LOCALGOV $21.40 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $21.40 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $21.40 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $21.40 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $21.40 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $21.40 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $21.40 ↓ -99%
United MGMCD $21.83 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $23.11 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $23.54 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $23.54 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STAR $23.54 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $23.54 ↓ -99%
Oscar MGMCR $24.97 ↓ -99%
WellMed MGMCR $25.35 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $25.48 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $25.48 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $25.48 ↓ -99%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $25.48 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $25.48 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MGMCR $25.48 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $25.48 ↓ -99%
GEO Group - Joe Corley Detention Facility GVT $25.48 ↓ -99%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $25.48 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $25.48 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $25.48 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $25.48 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $25.48 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $25.48 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $25.48 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup DualEligible $25.48 ↓ -99%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $25.48 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCR $25.70 ↓ -99%
Van Lang IPA MCR $25.73 ↓ -99%
United MCR $25.99 ↓ -99%
WellCare PPO $26.24 ↓ -99%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $26.24 ↓ -99%
WellCare MCRHMO $26.24 ↓ -99%
WellCare PFFS $26.24 ↓ -99%
WellCare POS $26.24 ↓ -99%
WellCare SNP $26.24 ↓ -99%
American Health Plan MGMCR $26.75 ↓ -99%
Humana MCD $26.75 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $26.75 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $26.75 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $26.75 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $26.75 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $26.75 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $26.75 ↓ -99%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $26.75 ↓ -99%
Shared Health MGMCR $26.75 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $27.01 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $27.01 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $27.01 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $27.01 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $27.01 ↓ -99%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $27.58 ↓ -99%
Molina MGMCR $27.77 ↓ -99%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $30.58 ↓ -99%
Verda Health Plan MCR $33.12 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice HIX $36.95 ↓ -99%
Superior ValueHMO $36.95 ↓ -99%
Superior HMO $39.49 ↓ -99%
Superior EPO $39.49 ↓ -99%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $50.45 ↓ -98%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $51.47 ↓ -98%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $53.51 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare HIX $54.78 ↓ -98%
BCBS BAV $56.82 ↓ -98%
BCBS HMO $71.09 ↓ -98%
Oscar HIX $73.64 ↓ -98%
BCBS EPOSOA $76.19 ↓ -97%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $76.45 ↓ -97%
BCBS PPO $81.28 ↓ -97%
Aetna QHPExchange $93.32 ↓ -97%
Cigna CSN $104.53 ↓ -97%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $113.22 ↓ -96%
Aetna NBHMO $124.10 ↓ -96%
Aetna NBPOS $124.10 ↓ -96%
Aetna NBPPO $124.10 ↓ -96%
Aetna COMMPOS $131.84 ↓ -96%
Aetna COMMPPO $131.84 ↓ -96%
Aetna COMMHMO $131.84 ↓ -96%
Cigna PPO $134.70 ↓ -96%
Aetna OONHMO $154.88 ↓ -95%
Aetna OONPPO $154.88 ↓ -95%
Aetna OONPOS $154.88 ↓ -95%
Aetna ASAHMO $167.46 ↓ -94%
Aetna ASAPOS $167.46 ↓ -94%
Aetna ASAPPO $167.46 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $181.63 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $181.63 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $181.63 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $181.63 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $181.63 ↓ -94%
Humana HMO $340.40 ↓ -89%
Humana PPO $340.40 ↓ -89%
United OptionsPPO $532.77 ↓ -82%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $617.53 ↓ -80%
TX Workforce Commission GVT $726.50 ↓ -76%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $826.40 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $1,059.48 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $1,059.48 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $1,301.65 ↓ -57%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $1,362.19 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $1,362.19 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $1,362.19 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,613.44 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $1,664.90 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $1,664.90 ↓ -45%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $1,816.25 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,816.25 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $1,816.25 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $1,967.61 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $2,270.32 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,482.21 ↓ -18%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $2,573.03 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $2,573.03 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $2,573.03 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $2,724.38 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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