Chromosome study additional 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.

$28.34 with Texas Health Network vs $459.96 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 $28.34
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $28.92
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $28.92
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $28.92
Liberty County Indigent LOCALGOV $28.92
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $28.92
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $28.92
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $28.92
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $28.92
Amerigroup MGMCD $28.92
United MGMCD $29.50
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $31.23
Molina Healthcare CHIP $31.81
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $31.81
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $31.81
Molina Healthcare STAR $31.81
Oscar MGMCR $33.74
WellMed MGMCR $34.26
United SmallGroup $34.43
BCBS MCRPPO $34.43
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $34.43
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $34.43
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $34.43
Devoted Health MGMCR $34.43
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $34.43
GEO Group - Joe Corley Detention Facility GVT $34.43
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $34.43
United AllPayerAppendix $34.43
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $34.43
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $34.43
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $34.43
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $34.43
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $34.43
Amerigroup DualEligible $34.43
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $34.43
Aetna MCR $34.72
Van Lang IPA MCR $34.77
United MCR $35.12
WellCare PPO $35.46
WellCare POS $35.46
WellCare SNP $35.46
WellCare PFFS $35.46
WellCare MCRHMO $35.46
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $35.46
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $36.15
Humana MCD $36.15
American Health Plan MGMCR $36.15
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $36.15
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $36.15
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $36.15
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $36.15
Superior Health Plan PFFS $36.15
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $36.15
Shared Health MGMCR $36.15
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $36.50
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $36.50
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $36.50
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $36.50
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $36.50
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $37.26
Molina MGMCR $37.53
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $41.32
Verda Health Plan MCR $44.76
Superior ValueHMO $49.92
Community Health Choice HIX $49.92
Superior HMO $53.37
Superior EPO $53.37
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $68.17
BCBS MyBlueHealth $69.55
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $72.30
Molina Healthcare HIX $74.02
BCBS BAV $76.78
BCBS HMO $96.06
Oscar HIX $99.50
BCBS EPOSOA $102.95
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $103.30
BCBS PPO $109.83
Aetna QHPExchange $126.14
Cigna CSN $142.20
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $154.02
Aetna NBPPO $167.75
Aetna NBHMO $167.75
Aetna NBPOS $167.75
Aetna COMMPOS $178.22
Aetna COMMHMO $178.22
Aetna COMMPPO $178.22
Cigna PPO $183.25
Aetna OONHMO $209.36
Aetna OONPOS $209.36
Aetna OONPPO $209.36
Aetna ASAHMO $226.37
Aetna ASAPPO $226.37
Aetna ASAPOS $226.37
Humana PPO $459.96
Humana HMO $459.96
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Chromosome study additional at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $297.75 $28.92 – $246.44
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $297.75 $23.65 – $172.34
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $297.75 $28.92 – $102.30
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $297.75 $28.92 – $246.44
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $297.75 $30.94 – $172.34
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $297.75 $26.00 – $172.34
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $297.75 $28.92 – $122.76
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $297.75 $28.92 – $246.44

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