Amino acids quant 2-5 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.

$16.14 with Texas Health Network vs $225.38 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
Texas Health Network MCD $16.14
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $16.47
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $16.47
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $16.47
Liberty County Indigent LOCALGOV $16.47
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $16.47
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $16.47
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $16.47
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $16.47
Amerigroup MGMCD $16.47
United MGMCD $16.80
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $17.79
Molina Healthcare CHIP $18.12
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $18.12
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $18.12
Molina Healthcare STAR $18.12
Oscar MGMCR $19.22
WellMed MGMCR $19.51
United SmallGroup $19.61
BCBS MCRPPO $19.61
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $19.61
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $19.61
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $19.61
Devoted Health MGMCR $19.61
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $19.61
GEO Group - Joe Corley Detention Facility GVT $19.61
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $19.61
United AllPayerAppendix $19.61
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $19.61
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $19.61
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $19.61
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $19.61
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $19.61
Amerigroup DualEligible $19.61
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $19.61
Aetna MCR $19.78
Van Lang IPA MCR $19.81
United MCR $20.00
WellCare PPO $20.20
WellCare POS $20.20
WellCare SNP $20.20
WellCare PFFS $20.20
WellCare MCRHMO $20.20
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $20.20
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $20.59
Humana MCD $20.59
American Health Plan MGMCR $20.59
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $20.59
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $20.59
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $20.59
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $20.59
Superior Health Plan PFFS $20.59
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $20.59
Shared Health MGMCR $20.59
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $20.79
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $20.79
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $20.79
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $20.79
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $20.79
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $21.22
Molina MGMCR $21.37
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $23.53
Verda Health Plan MCR $25.49
Superior ValueHMO $28.43
Community Health Choice HIX $28.43
Superior HMO $30.40
Superior EPO $30.40
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $38.83
BCBS MyBlueHealth $39.61
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $41.18
Molina Healthcare HIX $42.16
BCBS BAV $43.73
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $50.61
BCBS HMO $54.71
Oscar HIX $56.67
BCBS EPOSOA $58.63
BCBS PPO $62.56
Aetna QHPExchange $71.82
Cigna CSN $80.84
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $87.56
Aetna NBPPO $95.51
Aetna NBHMO $95.51
Aetna NBPOS $95.51
Aetna COMMPOS $101.47
Aetna COMMHMO $101.47
Aetna COMMPPO $101.47
Cigna PPO $104.18
Aetna OONHMO $119.20
Aetna OONPOS $119.20
Aetna OONPPO $119.20
Aetna ASAHMO $128.89
Aetna ASAPPO $128.89
Aetna ASAPOS $128.89
Humana PPO $225.38
Humana HMO $225.38
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