Assay of tyrosine 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

$2,617.74

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.

$2,617.74

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.

$8.75 with Texas Health Network vs $2,355.97 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 $8.75 ↓ -100%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $8.93 ↓ -100%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $8.93 ↓ -100%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $8.93 ↓ -100%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $8.93 ↓ -100%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $8.93 ↓ -100%
Amerigroup MGMCD $8.93 ↓ -100%
Liberty County Indigent LOCALGOV $8.93 ↓ -100%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $8.93 ↓ -100%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $8.93 ↓ -100%
United MGMCD $9.11 ↓ -100%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $9.64 ↓ -100%
Molina Healthcare STAR $9.82 ↓ -100%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $9.82 ↓ -100%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $9.82 ↓ -100%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $9.82 ↓ -100%
Oscar MGMCR $10.42 ↓ -100%
WellMed MGMCR $10.58 ↓ -100%
Amerigroup DualEligible $10.63 ↓ -100%
GEO Group - Joe Corley Detention Facility GVT $10.63 ↓ -100%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $10.63 ↓ -100%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $10.63 ↓ -100%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $10.63 ↓ -100%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $10.63 ↓ -100%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $10.63 ↓ -100%
BCBS MCRPPO $10.63 ↓ -100%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $10.63 ↓ -100%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $10.63 ↓ -100%
Devoted Health MGMCR $10.63 ↓ -100%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $10.63 ↓ -100%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $10.63 ↓ -100%
United AllPayerAppendix $10.63 ↓ -100%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $10.63 ↓ -100%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $10.63 ↓ -100%
United SmallGroup $10.63 ↓ -100%
Aetna MCR $10.72 ↓ -100%
Van Lang IPA MCR $10.74 ↓ -100%
United MCR $10.84 ↓ -100%
WellCare SNP $10.95 ↓ -100%
WellCare PPO $10.95 ↓ -100%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $10.95 ↓ -100%
WellCare PFFS $10.95 ↓ -100%
WellCare MCRHMO $10.95 ↓ -100%
WellCare POS $10.95 ↓ -100%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $11.16 ↓ -100%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $11.16 ↓ -100%
American Health Plan MGMCR $11.16 ↓ -100%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $11.16 ↓ -100%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $11.16 ↓ -100%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $11.16 ↓ -100%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $11.16 ↓ -100%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $11.16 ↓ -100%
Humana MCD $11.16 ↓ -100%
Shared Health MGMCR $11.16 ↓ -100%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $11.27 ↓ -100%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $11.27 ↓ -100%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $11.27 ↓ -100%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $11.27 ↓ -100%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $11.27 ↓ -100%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $11.50 ↓ -100%
Molina MGMCR $11.59 ↓ -100%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $12.76 ↓ -100%
Verda Health Plan MCR $13.82 ↓ -99%
Superior ValueHMO $15.41 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice HIX $15.41 ↓ -99%
Superior EPO $16.48 ↓ -99%
Superior HMO $16.48 ↓ -99%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $21.05 ↓ -99%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $21.47 ↓ -99%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $22.32 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare HIX $22.85 ↓ -99%
BCBS BAV $23.70 ↓ -99%
BCBS HMO $29.66 ↓ -99%
Oscar HIX $30.72 ↓ -99%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $31.21 ↓ -99%
BCBS EPOSOA $31.78 ↓ -99%
BCBS PPO $33.91 ↓ -99%
Aetna QHPExchange $38.95 ↓ -99%
Cigna CSN $43.21 ↓ -98%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $46.81 ↓ -98%
Aetna NBHMO $51.79 ↓ -98%
Aetna NBPPO $51.79 ↓ -98%
Aetna NBPOS $51.79 ↓ -98%
Aetna COMMHMO $55.02 ↓ -98%
Aetna COMMPOS $55.02 ↓ -98%
Aetna COMMPPO $55.02 ↓ -98%
Cigna PPO $55.69 ↓ -98%
Aetna OONPPO $64.64 ↓ -98%
Aetna OONHMO $64.64 ↓ -98%
Aetna OONPOS $64.64 ↓ -98%
Aetna ASAHMO $69.89 ↓ -97%
Aetna ASAPOS $69.89 ↓ -97%
Aetna ASAPPO $69.89 ↓ -97%
Humana PPO $138.93 ↓ -95%
Humana HMO $138.93 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $157.06 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $157.06 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $157.06 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $157.06 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $157.06 ↓ -94%
United OptionsPPO $460.72 ↓ -82%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $534.02 ↓ -80%
TX Workforce Commission GVT $628.26 ↓ -76%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $714.64 ↓ -73%
Imagine Health PPO $916.21 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $916.21 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $1,125.63 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $1,177.98 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $1,177.98 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $1,177.98 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,395.26 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $1,439.76 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $1,439.76 ↓ -45%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $1,570.64 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,570.64 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $1,570.64 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $1,701.53 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $1,963.30 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,146.55 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $2,225.08 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $2,225.08 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $2,225.08 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $2,355.97 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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