(both sides) smear without diff 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

$261.32

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.

$261.32

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.

$2.82 with Texas Health Network vs $235.19 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 $2.82 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $2.88 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $2.88 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $2.88 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $2.88 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $2.88 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $2.88 ↓ -99%
Liberty County Indigent LOCALGOV $2.88 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $2.88 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $2.88 ↓ -99%
United MGMCD $2.94 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $3.11 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STAR $3.17 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $3.17 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $3.17 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $3.17 ↓ -99%
Oscar MGMCR $3.36 ↓ -99%
WellMed MGMCR $3.41 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup DualEligible $3.43 ↓ -99%
GEO Group - Joe Corley Detention Facility GVT $3.43 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $3.43 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $3.43 ↓ -99%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $3.43 ↓ -99%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $3.43 ↓ -99%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $3.43 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $3.43 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $3.43 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $3.43 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MGMCR $3.43 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $3.43 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $3.43 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $3.43 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $3.43 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $3.43 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $3.43 ↓ -99%
Van Lang IPA MCR $3.46 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCR $3.46 ↓ -99%
United MCR $3.50 ↓ -99%
WellCare SNP $3.53 ↓ -99%
WellCare PPO $3.53 ↓ -99%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $3.53 ↓ -99%
WellCare PFFS $3.53 ↓ -99%
WellCare MCRHMO $3.53 ↓ -99%
WellCare POS $3.53 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $3.60 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $3.60 ↓ -99%
American Health Plan MGMCR $3.60 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $3.60 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $3.60 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $3.60 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $3.60 ↓ -99%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $3.60 ↓ -99%
Humana MCD $3.60 ↓ -99%
Shared Health MGMCR $3.60 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $3.64 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $3.64 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $3.64 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $3.64 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $3.64 ↓ -99%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $3.71 ↓ -99%
Molina MGMCR $3.74 ↓ -99%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $4.12 ↓ -98%
Verda Health Plan MCR $4.46 ↓ -98%
Superior ValueHMO $4.97 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice HIX $4.97 ↓ -98%
Superior EPO $5.32 ↓ -98%
Superior HMO $5.32 ↓ -98%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $6.79 ↓ -97%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $6.93 ↓ -97%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $7.20 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare HIX $7.37 ↓ -97%
BCBS BAV $7.65 ↓ -97%
BCBS HMO $9.57 ↓ -96%
Oscar HIX $9.91 ↓ -96%
BCBS EPOSOA $10.26 ↓ -96%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $10.30 ↓ -96%
BCBS PPO $10.94 ↓ -96%
Aetna QHPExchange $12.58 ↓ -95%
Cigna CSN $13.94 ↓ -95%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $15.10 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $15.68 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $15.68 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $15.68 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $15.68 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $15.68 ↓ -94%
Aetna NBPOS $16.73 ↓ -94%
Aetna NBHMO $16.73 ↓ -94%
Aetna NBPPO $16.73 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMMPPO $17.77 ↓ -93%
Aetna COMMHMO $17.77 ↓ -93%
Aetna COMMPOS $17.77 ↓ -93%
Cigna PPO $17.97 ↓ -93%
Aetna OONPPO $20.88 ↓ -92%
Aetna OONPOS $20.88 ↓ -92%
Aetna OONHMO $20.88 ↓ -92%
Aetna ASAPOS $22.58 ↓ -91%
Aetna ASAHMO $22.58 ↓ -91%
Aetna ASAPPO $22.58 ↓ -91%
Humana HMO $45.88 ↓ -82%
Humana PPO $45.88 ↓ -82%
United OptionsPPO $45.99 ↓ -82%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $53.31 ↓ -80%
TX Workforce Commission GVT $62.72 ↓ -76%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $71.34 ↓ -73%
Imagine Health PPO $91.46 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $91.46 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $112.37 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $117.59 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $117.59 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $117.59 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $139.28 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $143.73 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $143.73 ↓ -45%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $156.79 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $156.79 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $156.79 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $169.86 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $195.99 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $214.28 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $222.12 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $222.12 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $222.12 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $235.19 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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