Blood smear microscopic w manual differential wbc count 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

$244.70

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.

$244.70

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.

$3.13 with Texas Health Network vs $220.23 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 $3.13 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $3.19 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $3.19 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $3.19 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $3.19 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $3.19 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $3.19 ↓ -99%
Liberty County Indigent LOCALGOV $3.19 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $3.19 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $3.19 ↓ -99%
United MGMCD $3.25 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $3.45 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STAR $3.51 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $3.51 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $3.51 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $3.51 ↓ -99%
Oscar MGMCR $3.72 ↓ -98%
WellMed MGMCR $3.78 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup DualEligible $3.80 ↓ -98%
GEO Group - Joe Corley Detention Facility GVT $3.80 ↓ -98%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $3.80 ↓ -98%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $3.80 ↓ -98%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $3.80 ↓ -98%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $3.80 ↓ -98%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $3.80 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRPPO $3.80 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $3.80 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $3.80 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MGMCR $3.80 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $3.80 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $3.80 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $3.80 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $3.80 ↓ -98%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $3.80 ↓ -98%
United SmallGroup $3.80 ↓ -98%
Aetna MCR $3.83 ↓ -98%
Van Lang IPA MCR $3.84 ↓ -98%
United MCR $3.88 ↓ -98%
WellCare SNP $3.91 ↓ -98%
WellCare PPO $3.91 ↓ -98%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $3.91 ↓ -98%
WellCare PFFS $3.91 ↓ -98%
WellCare MCRHMO $3.91 ↓ -98%
WellCare POS $3.91 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $3.99 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $3.99 ↓ -98%
American Health Plan MGMCR $3.99 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $3.99 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $3.99 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $3.99 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $3.99 ↓ -98%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $3.99 ↓ -98%
Humana MCD $3.99 ↓ -98%
Shared Health MGMCR $3.99 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $4.03 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $4.03 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $4.03 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $4.03 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $4.03 ↓ -98%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $4.11 ↓ -98%
Molina MGMCR $4.14 ↓ -98%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $4.56 ↓ -98%
Verda Health Plan MCR $4.94 ↓ -98%
Superior ValueHMO $5.51 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice HIX $5.51 ↓ -98%
Superior EPO $5.89 ↓ -98%
Superior HMO $5.89 ↓ -98%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $7.52 ↓ -97%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $7.68 ↓ -97%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $7.98 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare HIX $8.17 ↓ -97%
BCBS BAV $8.47 ↓ -97%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $10.30 ↓ -96%
BCBS HMO $10.60 ↓ -96%
Oscar HIX $10.98 ↓ -96%
BCBS EPOSOA $11.36 ↓ -95%
BCBS PPO $12.12 ↓ -95%
Aetna QHPExchange $13.93 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $14.68 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $14.68 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $14.68 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $14.68 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $14.68 ↓ -94%
Cigna CSN $15.33 ↓ -94%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $16.60 ↓ -93%
Aetna NBPOS $18.52 ↓ -92%
Aetna NBHMO $18.52 ↓ -92%
Aetna NBPPO $18.52 ↓ -92%
Aetna COMMPPO $19.68 ↓ -92%
Aetna COMMHMO $19.68 ↓ -92%
Aetna COMMPOS $19.68 ↓ -92%
Cigna PPO $19.75 ↓ -92%
Aetna OONPPO $23.12 ↓ -91%
Aetna OONPOS $23.12 ↓ -91%
Aetna OONHMO $23.12 ↓ -91%
Aetna ASAPOS $25.00 ↓ -90%
Aetna ASAHMO $25.00 ↓ -90%
Aetna ASAPPO $25.00 ↓ -90%
United OptionsPPO $43.07 ↓ -82%
Humana PPO $45.88 ↓ -81%
Humana HMO $45.88 ↓ -81%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $49.92 ↓ -80%
TX Workforce Commission GVT $58.73 ↓ -76%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $66.80 ↓ -73%
Imagine Health PPO $85.64 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $85.64 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $105.22 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $110.11 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $110.11 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $110.11 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $130.43 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $134.59 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $134.59 ↓ -45%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $146.82 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $146.82 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $146.82 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $159.06 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $183.53 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $200.65 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $208.00 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $208.00 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $208.00 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $220.23 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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