Antibody elution rbc reference 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

$525.66

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.

$525.66

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.

$31.54 with Superior Health Plan vs $473.09 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
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $31.54 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $31.54 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $31.54 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $31.54 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $31.54 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $68.34 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $68.34 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $68.34 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $68.34 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $73.59 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MGMCD $73.59 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $92.52 ↓ -82%
Oscar HIX $102.50 ↓ -81%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $107.23 ↓ -80%
Aetna QHPExchange $120.02 ↓ -77%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $124.58 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $124.58 ↓ -76%
TX Workforce Commission GVT $126.16 ↓ -76%
Cigna CSN $126.87 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $134.04 ↓ -75%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $137.42 ↓ -74%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $143.51 ↓ -73%
United AllPayerAppendix $149.16 ↓ -72%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $149.16 ↓ -72%
United SmallGroup $149.16 ↓ -72%
Aetna NBHMO $159.61 ↓ -70%
Aetna NBPOS $159.61 ↓ -70%
Aetna NBPPO $159.61 ↓ -70%
Cigna PPO $163.49 ↓ -69%
Aetna COMMPOS $169.57 ↓ -68%
Aetna COMMHMO $169.57 ↓ -68%
Aetna COMMPPO $169.57 ↓ -68%
BCBS Traditional $183.98 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $183.98 ↓ -65%
Aetna OONHMO $199.20 ↓ -62%
Aetna OONPPO $199.20 ↓ -62%
Aetna OONPOS $199.20 ↓ -62%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $210.26 ↓ -60%
Aetna ASAPOS $215.38 ↓ -59%
Aetna ASAHMO $215.38 ↓ -59%
Aetna ASAPPO $215.38 ↓ -59%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $226.03 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $236.55 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $236.55 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $236.55 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $280.18 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $289.11 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $289.11 ↓ -45%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $289.87 ↓ -45%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $315.40 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $315.40 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $315.40 ↓ -40%
BCBS BAV $320.00 ↓ -39%
Humana HMO $339.75 ↓ -35%
Humana PPO $339.75 ↓ -35%
Coastal Comp COMM $341.68 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $394.25 ↓ -25%
BCBS HMO $400.37 ↓ -24%
BCBS EPOSOA $429.07 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $431.04 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $446.81 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $446.81 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $446.81 ↓ -15%
BCBS PPO $457.76 ↓ -13%
Affiliated PPO COMM $473.09 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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