Cholesterol body fluid 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.

$28.91 with Superior Health Plan vs $433.67 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
Superior Health Plan CHIP $28.91
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $28.91
Superior Health Plan STARKids $28.91
Superior Health Plan STAR $28.91
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $28.91
Aetna MCR $31.95
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $62.64
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $62.64
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $62.64
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $62.64
Amerigroup MGMCD $67.46
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $67.46
BCBS MyBlueHealth $78.54
Superior EPO $84.32
Superior HMO $84.32
United OptionsPPO $84.81
BCBS BAV $86.73
Oscar HIX $93.96
Superior ValueHMO $95.41
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $98.30
Cigna CSN $99.55
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $107.82
BCBS HMO $108.42
BCBS EPOSOA $110.83
BCBS PPO $112.75
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $114.20
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $114.20
TX Workforce Commission GVT $115.64
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $122.87
Aetna QHPExchange $127.69
Cigna PPO $128.28
Molina Healthcare HIX $130.10
Evry Health BroadNetwork $131.55
Humana PPO $153.76
Humana HMO $153.76
Aetna NBPOS $154.67
Aetna NBHMO $154.67
Aetna NBPPO $154.67
Aetna COMMHMO $164.79
Aetna COMMPPO $164.79
Aetna COMMPOS $164.79
BCBS Traditional $168.65
Imagine Health PPO $168.65
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $192.74
Aetna OONPPO $193.22
Aetna OONPOS $193.22
Aetna OONHMO $193.22
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $207.20
Aetna ASAPPO $208.64
Aetna ASAPOS $208.64
Aetna ASAHMO $208.64
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $216.83
Averde Health Commercial $216.83
United GlobalAppendix $216.83
Coventry National First Health COMM $256.83
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $265.02
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $265.02
Independent Medical System COMM $289.11
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $289.11
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $289.11
Coastal Comp COMM $313.20
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $361.39
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $395.12
Physicians, INC COMM $409.57
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $409.57
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $409.57
Affiliated PPO COMM $433.67
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Cholesterol body fluid at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $716.44 $99.55 – $99.55
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING $462.06 $99.55 – $99.55
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $136.71 $53.34 – $275.40
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $24.90 $14.50 – $96.56
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland $523.04 $99.55 – $99.55
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $228.00 $99.55 – $99.55
St. Luke's Health Memorial Livingston Livingston $24.90 $12.76 – $96.56
St. Luke's Health Memorial San Augustine San Augustine $24.90 $10.44 – $96.56

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