Covid-19 lab test non-cdc 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

$97.01

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.

$97.01

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.

$5.82 with Superior Health Plan vs $163.68 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
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $5.82 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $5.82 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $5.82 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $5.82 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $5.82 ↓ -94%
Cigna CSN $14.36 ↓ -85%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $15.52 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $17.07 ↓ -82%
Cigna PPO $18.43 ↓ -81%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $19.79 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $22.99 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $22.99 ↓ -76%
TX Workforce Commission GVT $23.28 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $24.74 ↓ -74%
Aetna QHPExchange $25.71 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $26.48 ↓ -73%
Humana HMO $30.96 ↓ -68%
Humana PPO $30.96 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPPO $31.14 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBHMO $31.14 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPOS $31.14 ↓ -68%
Aetna COMMPOS $33.18 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMHMO $33.18 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMPPO $33.18 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $33.95 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $33.95 ↓ -65%
Curative Administrators COMM $38.80 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPOS $38.90 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPPO $38.90 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONHMO $38.90 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $41.71 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPOS $42.01 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAHMO $42.01 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPPO $42.01 ↓ -57%
Texas Health Network MCD $42.24 ↓ -56%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $43.10 ↓ -56%
Liberty County Indigent LOCALGOV $43.10 ↓ -56%
Amerigroup MGMCD $43.10 ↓ -56%
United GlobalAppendix $43.65 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $43.65 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $43.65 ↓ -55%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $47.41 ↓ -51%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $47.41 ↓ -51%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $47.41 ↓ -51%
Molina Healthcare STAR $47.41 ↓ -51%
Oscar MGMCR $50.28 ↓ -48%
WellMed MGMCR $51.05 ↓ -47%
Devoted Health MGMCR $51.31 ↓ -47%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $51.31 ↓ -47%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $51.31 ↓ -47%
United AllPayerAppendix $51.31 ↓ -47%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $51.31 ↓ -47%
United SmallGroup $51.31 ↓ -47%
Amerigroup DualEligible $51.31 ↓ -47%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $51.31 ↓ -47%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $51.31 ↓ -47%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $51.31 ↓ -47%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $51.31 ↓ -47%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $51.31 ↓ -47%
BCBS MCRPPO $51.31 ↓ -47%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $51.31 ↓ -47%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $51.31 ↓ -47%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $51.31 ↓ -47%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $51.31 ↓ -47%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $51.31 ↓ -47%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $51.31 ↓ -47%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $51.31 ↓ -47%
GEO Group - Joe Corley Detention Facility GVT $51.31 ↓ -47%
Coventry National First Health COMM $51.71 ↓ -47%
Aetna MCR $51.75 ↓ -47%
Van Lang IPA MCR $51.82 ↓ -47%
United MCR $52.34 ↓ -46%
United MGMCD $52.34 ↓ -46%
WellCare POS $52.85 ↓ -46%
WellCare MCRHMO $52.85 ↓ -46%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $52.85 ↓ -46%
WellCare PFFS $52.85 ↓ -46%
WellCare SNP $52.85 ↓ -46%
WellCare PPO $52.85 ↓ -46%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $53.36 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $53.36 ↓ -45%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $53.88 ↓ -44%
American Health Plan MGMCR $53.88 ↓ -44%
Humana MCD $53.88 ↓ -44%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $53.88 ↓ -44%
Shared Health MGMCR $53.88 ↓ -44%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $53.88 ↓ -44%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $53.88 ↓ -44%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $53.88 ↓ -44%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $53.88 ↓ -44%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $53.88 ↓ -44%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $54.39 ↓ -44%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $54.39 ↓ -44%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $54.39 ↓ -44%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $54.39 ↓ -44%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $54.39 ↓ -44%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $55.41 ↓ -43%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $55.53 ↓ -43%
Molina MGMCR $55.93 ↓ -42%
Independent Medical System COMM $58.21 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $58.21 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $58.21 ↓ -40%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $61.57 ↓ -37%
Coastal Comp COMM $63.06 ↓ -35%
Verda Health Plan MCR $66.70 ↓ -31%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $72.76 ↓ -25%
Superior ValueHMO $74.40 ↓ -23%
Community Health Choice HIX $74.40 ↓ -23%
Superior HMO $79.53 ↓ -18%
Superior EPO $79.53 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $79.55 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $82.46 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $82.46 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $82.46 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $87.31 ↓ -10%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $101.59 ↑ +5%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $103.65 ↑ +7%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $107.75 ↑ +11%
Molina Healthcare HIX $110.32 ↑ +14%
BCBS BAV $114.42 ↑ +18%
BCBS HMO $143.15 ↑ +48%
Oscar HIX $148.29 ↑ +53%
BCBS EPOSOA $153.42 ↑ +58%
BCBS PPO $163.68 ↑ +69%

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