C-reactive protein, quantitative 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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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.

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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.

$8.76 with Texas Health Network vs $142.07 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 $8.76
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $8.94
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $8.94
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $8.94
Liberty County Indigent LOCALGOV $8.94
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $8.94
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $8.94
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $8.94
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $8.94
Amerigroup MGMCD $8.94
United MGMCD $9.12
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $9.66
Molina Healthcare CHIP $9.83
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $9.83
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $9.83
Molina Healthcare STAR $9.83
Oscar MGMCR $10.43
WellMed MGMCR $10.59
United SmallGroup $10.64
BCBS MCRPPO $10.64
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $10.64
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $10.64
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $10.64
Devoted Health MGMCR $10.64
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $10.64
GEO Group - Joe Corley Detention Facility GVT $10.64
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $10.64
United AllPayerAppendix $10.64
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $10.64
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $10.64
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $10.64
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $10.64
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $10.64
Amerigroup DualEligible $10.64
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $10.64
Aetna MCR $10.73
Van Lang IPA MCR $10.75
United MCR $10.85
WellCare PPO $10.96
WellCare POS $10.96
WellCare SNP $10.96
WellCare PFFS $10.96
WellCare MCRHMO $10.96
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $10.96
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $11.17
Humana MCD $11.17
American Health Plan MGMCR $11.17
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $11.17
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $11.17
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $11.17
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $11.17
Superior Health Plan PFFS $11.17
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $11.17
Shared Health MGMCR $11.17
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $11.28
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $11.28
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $11.28
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $11.28
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $11.28
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $11.52
Molina MGMCR $11.60
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $12.77
Verda Health Plan MCR $13.83
Superior ValueHMO $15.43
Community Health Choice HIX $15.43
Superior HMO $16.49
Superior EPO $16.49
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $21.07
BCBS MyBlueHealth $21.49
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $22.34
Molina Healthcare HIX $22.88
BCBS BAV $23.73
BCBS HMO $29.69
Oscar HIX $30.75
BCBS EPOSOA $31.81
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $31.90
BCBS PPO $33.94
Aetna QHPExchange $38.99
Cigna CSN $43.21
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $46.81
Aetna NBPPO $51.86
Aetna NBHMO $51.86
Aetna NBPOS $51.86
Aetna COMMPOS $55.09
Aetna COMMHMO $55.09
Aetna COMMPPO $55.09
Cigna PPO $55.69
Aetna OONHMO $64.72
Aetna OONPOS $64.72
Aetna OONPPO $64.72
Aetna ASAHMO $69.98
Aetna ASAPPO $69.98
Aetna ASAPOS $69.98
Humana PPO $142.07
Humana HMO $142.07
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