Assay blood catecholamines 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

$3,211.37

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.

$3,211.37

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.

$23.94 with Texas Health Network vs $2,890.23 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 $23.94 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $24.43 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $24.43 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $24.43 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $24.43 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $24.43 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $24.43 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $24.43 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $24.43 ↓ -99%
Liberty County Indigent LOCALGOV $24.43 ↓ -99%
United MGMCD $24.92 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $26.38 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $26.87 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $26.87 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $26.87 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STAR $26.87 ↓ -99%
Oscar MGMCR $28.50 ↓ -99%
WellMed MGMCR $28.93 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $29.08 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $29.08 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $29.08 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $29.08 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $29.08 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MGMCR $29.08 ↓ -99%
GEO Group - Joe Corley Detention Facility GVT $29.08 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $29.08 ↓ -99%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $29.08 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $29.08 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $29.08 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $29.08 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $29.08 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $29.08 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup DualEligible $29.08 ↓ -99%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $29.08 ↓ -99%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $29.08 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCR $29.33 ↓ -99%
Van Lang IPA MCR $29.37 ↓ -99%
United MCR $29.66 ↓ -99%
WellCare MCRHMO $29.95 ↓ -99%
WellCare POS $29.95 ↓ -99%
WellCare SNP $29.95 ↓ -99%
WellCare PPO $29.95 ↓ -99%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $29.95 ↓ -99%
WellCare PFFS $29.95 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $30.53 ↓ -99%
American Health Plan MGMCR $30.53 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $30.53 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $30.53 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $30.53 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $30.53 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $30.53 ↓ -99%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $30.53 ↓ -99%
Shared Health MGMCR $30.53 ↓ -99%
Humana MCD $30.54 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $30.82 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $30.82 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $30.82 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $30.82 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $30.82 ↓ -99%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $31.47 ↓ -99%
Molina MGMCR $31.70 ↓ -99%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $34.90 ↓ -99%
Verda Health Plan MCR $37.80 ↓ -99%
Superior ValueHMO $42.17 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice HIX $42.17 ↓ -99%
Superior HMO $45.07 ↓ -99%
Superior EPO $45.07 ↓ -99%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $57.58 ↓ -98%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $58.74 ↓ -98%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $61.07 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare HIX $62.52 ↓ -98%
BCBS BAV $64.85 ↓ -98%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $75.16 ↓ -98%
BCBS HMO $81.13 ↓ -97%
Oscar HIX $84.04 ↓ -97%
BCBS EPOSOA $86.95 ↓ -97%
BCBS PPO $92.77 ↓ -97%
Aetna QHPExchange $106.52 ↓ -97%
Cigna CSN $119.90 ↓ -96%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $129.87 ↓ -96%
Aetna NBPPO $141.66 ↓ -96%
Aetna NBHMO $141.66 ↓ -96%
Aetna NBPOS $141.66 ↓ -96%
Aetna COMMHMO $150.50 ↓ -95%
Aetna COMMPPO $150.50 ↓ -95%
Aetna COMMPOS $150.50 ↓ -95%
Cigna PPO $154.51 ↓ -95%
Aetna OONPOS $176.80 ↓ -94%
Aetna OONHMO $176.80 ↓ -94%
Aetna OONPPO $176.80 ↓ -94%
Aetna ASAPPO $191.17 ↓ -94%
Aetna ASAHMO $191.17 ↓ -94%
Aetna ASAPOS $191.17 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $192.68 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $192.68 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $192.68 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $192.68 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $192.68 ↓ -94%
Humana HMO $334.66 ↓ -90%
Humana PPO $334.66 ↓ -90%
United OptionsPPO $565.20 ↓ -82%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $655.12 ↓ -80%
TX Workforce Commission GVT $770.73 ↓ -76%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $876.70 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $1,123.98 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $1,123.98 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $1,380.89 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $1,445.12 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $1,445.12 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $1,445.12 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,711.66 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $1,766.25 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $1,766.25 ↓ -45%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $1,926.82 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,926.82 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $1,926.82 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $2,087.39 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $2,408.53 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,633.32 ↓ -18%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $2,729.66 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $2,729.66 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $2,729.66 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $2,890.23 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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