Catheterization collection of specimen single patient all places of service 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.

$3.00 with United vs $93.26 with BCBS — 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
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $3.00
United AllPayerAppendix $3.00
United SmallGroup $3.00
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $7.29
Oscar MGMCR $9.15
WellMed MGMCR $9.29
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $9.34
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $9.34
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $9.34
Amerigroup DualEligible $9.34
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $9.34
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $9.34
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $9.34
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $9.34
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $9.34
BCBS MCRPPO $9.34
Devoted Health MGMCR $9.34
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $9.34
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $9.34
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $9.34
GEO Group - Joe Corley Detention Facility GVT $9.34
Aetna MCR $9.42
Van Lang IPA MCR $9.43
United MCR $9.53
WellCare PPO $9.62
WellCare MCRHMO $9.62
WellCare POS $9.62
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $9.62
WellCare SNP $9.62
WellCare PFFS $9.62
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $9.81
Shared Health MGMCR $9.81
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $9.81
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $9.81
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $9.81
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $9.81
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $9.81
Superior Health Plan PFFS $9.81
American Health Plan MGMCR $9.81
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $9.90
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $9.90
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $9.90
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $9.90
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $9.90
Molina MGMCR $10.18
Aetna QHPExchange $10.99
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $11.21
Verda Health Plan MCR $12.14
Community Health Choice HIX $13.54
Superior ValueHMO $13.54
Superior HMO $14.48
Superior EPO $14.48
Aetna NBHMO $14.61
Aetna NBPOS $14.61
Aetna NBPPO $14.61
Aetna COMMHMO $15.53
Aetna COMMPOS $15.53
Aetna COMMPPO $15.53
Aetna OONHMO $18.24
Aetna OONPPO $18.24
Aetna OONPOS $18.24
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $18.49
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $19.61
Aetna ASAPOS $19.72
Aetna ASAHMO $19.72
Aetna ASAPPO $19.72
Molina Healthcare HIX $20.08
Oscar HIX $26.99
Humana PPO $29.22
Humana HMO $29.22
Cigna CSN $34.86
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $37.75
Cigna PPO $44.92
BCBS MyBlueHealth $72.72
BCBS BAV $80.09
BCBS PPO $90.72
BCBS EPOSOA $91.99
BCBS HMO $93.26

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Catheterization collection of specimen single patient all places of service at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $23.52 $6.55 – $2,444.00
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $25.20 $4.50 – $54.00
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $26.95 $4.50 – $77.00
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $4.73 $2.70 – $29.54
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $44.40 $3.25 – $26.49
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $26.95 $4.50 – $77.00
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $26.95 $3.00 – $77.00
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $4.73 $2.16 – $29.54

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