Assay of feces/urobilinogen 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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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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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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$13.83 with Texas Health Network vs $224.52 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 $13.83
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $14.11
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $14.11
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $14.11
Liberty County Indigent LOCALGOV $14.11
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $14.11
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $14.11
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $14.11
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $14.11
Amerigroup MGMCD $14.11
United MGMCD $14.39
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $15.24
Molina Healthcare CHIP $15.52
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $15.52
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $15.52
Molina Healthcare STAR $15.52
Oscar MGMCR $16.46
WellMed MGMCR $16.72
United SmallGroup $16.80
BCBS MCRPPO $16.80
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $16.80
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $16.80
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $16.80
Devoted Health MGMCR $16.80
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $16.80
GEO Group - Joe Corley Detention Facility GVT $16.80
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $16.80
United AllPayerAppendix $16.80
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $16.80
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $16.80
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $16.80
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $16.80
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $16.80
Amerigroup DualEligible $16.80
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $16.80
Aetna MCR $16.94
Van Lang IPA MCR $16.97
United MCR $17.14
WellCare PPO $17.30
WellCare POS $17.30
WellCare SNP $17.30
WellCare PFFS $17.30
WellCare MCRHMO $17.30
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $17.30
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $17.64
Humana MCD $17.64
American Health Plan MGMCR $17.64
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $17.64
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $17.64
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $17.64
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $17.64
Superior Health Plan PFFS $17.64
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $17.64
Shared Health MGMCR $17.64
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $17.81
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $17.81
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $17.81
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $17.81
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $17.81
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $18.18
Molina MGMCR $18.31
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $20.16
Verda Health Plan MCR $21.84
Superior ValueHMO $24.36
Community Health Choice HIX $24.36
Superior HMO $26.04
Superior EPO $26.04
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $33.26
BCBS MyBlueHealth $33.94
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $35.28
Molina Healthcare HIX $36.12
BCBS BAV $37.46
BCBS HMO $46.87
Oscar HIX $48.55
BCBS EPOSOA $50.23
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $50.43
BCBS PPO $53.59
Aetna QHPExchange $61.55
Cigna CSN $69.71
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $75.51
Aetna NBPPO $81.86
Aetna NBHMO $81.86
Aetna NBPOS $81.86
Aetna COMMPOS $86.96
Aetna COMMHMO $86.96
Aetna COMMPPO $86.96
Cigna PPO $89.84
Aetna OONHMO $102.16
Aetna OONPOS $102.16
Aetna OONPPO $102.16
Aetna ASAHMO $110.46
Aetna ASAPPO $110.46
Aetna ASAPOS $110.46
Humana PPO $224.52
Humana HMO $224.52
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