Culture mycobacteria definitive id each isolate 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

$1,661.57

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.

$1,661.57

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.

$12.02 with Texas Health Network vs $1,495.41 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
Texas Health Network MCD $12.02 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $12.27 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $12.27 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $12.27 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $12.27 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $12.27 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $12.27 ↓ -99%
Liberty County Indigent LOCALGOV $12.27 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $12.27 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $12.27 ↓ -99%
United MGMCD $12.52 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $13.25 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STAR $13.50 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $13.50 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $13.50 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $13.50 ↓ -99%
Oscar MGMCR $14.32 ↓ -99%
WellMed MGMCR $14.54 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup DualEligible $14.61 ↓ -99%
GEO Group - Joe Corley Detention Facility GVT $14.61 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $14.61 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $14.61 ↓ -99%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $14.61 ↓ -99%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $14.61 ↓ -99%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $14.61 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $14.61 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $14.61 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $14.61 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MGMCR $14.61 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $14.61 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $14.61 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $14.61 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $14.61 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $14.61 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $14.61 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCR $14.73 ↓ -99%
Van Lang IPA MCR $14.76 ↓ -99%
United MCR $14.90 ↓ -99%
WellCare SNP $15.05 ↓ -99%
WellCare PPO $15.05 ↓ -99%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $15.05 ↓ -99%
WellCare PFFS $15.05 ↓ -99%
WellCare MCRHMO $15.05 ↓ -99%
WellCare POS $15.05 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $15.34 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $15.34 ↓ -99%
American Health Plan MGMCR $15.34 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $15.34 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $15.34 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $15.34 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $15.34 ↓ -99%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $15.34 ↓ -99%
Humana MCD $15.34 ↓ -99%
Shared Health MGMCR $15.34 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $15.49 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $15.49 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $15.49 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $15.49 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $15.49 ↓ -99%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $15.81 ↓ -99%
Molina MGMCR $15.92 ↓ -99%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $17.53 ↓ -99%
Verda Health Plan MCR $18.99 ↓ -99%
Superior ValueHMO $21.18 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice HIX $21.18 ↓ -99%
Superior EPO $22.65 ↓ -99%
Superior HMO $22.65 ↓ -99%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $28.93 ↓ -98%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $29.51 ↓ -98%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $30.68 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare HIX $31.41 ↓ -98%
BCBS BAV $32.58 ↓ -98%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $35.50 ↓ -98%
BCBS HMO $40.76 ↓ -98%
Oscar HIX $42.22 ↓ -97%
BCBS EPOSOA $43.68 ↓ -97%
BCBS PPO $46.61 ↓ -97%
Aetna QHPExchange $53.50 ↓ -97%
Cigna CSN $59.93 ↓ -96%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $64.91 ↓ -96%
Aetna NBHMO $71.15 ↓ -96%
Aetna NBPPO $71.15 ↓ -96%
Aetna NBPOS $71.15 ↓ -96%
Aetna COMMHMO $75.59 ↓ -95%
Aetna COMMPOS $75.59 ↓ -95%
Aetna COMMPPO $75.59 ↓ -95%
Cigna PPO $77.23 ↓ -95%
Aetna OONPPO $88.80 ↓ -95%
Aetna OONHMO $88.80 ↓ -95%
Aetna OONPOS $88.80 ↓ -95%
Aetna ASAHMO $96.02 ↓ -94%
Aetna ASAPOS $96.02 ↓ -94%
Aetna ASAPPO $96.02 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $99.69 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $99.69 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $99.69 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $99.69 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $99.69 ↓ -94%
Humana PPO $158.08 ↓ -90%
Humana HMO $158.08 ↓ -90%
United OptionsPPO $292.44 ↓ -82%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $338.96 ↓ -80%
TX Workforce Commission GVT $398.78 ↓ -76%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $453.61 ↓ -73%
Imagine Health PPO $581.55 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $581.55 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $714.48 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $747.71 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $747.71 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $747.71 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $885.62 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $913.86 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $913.86 ↓ -45%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $996.94 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $996.94 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $996.94 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $1,080.02 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $1,246.18 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,362.49 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1,412.33 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $1,412.33 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,412.33 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,495.41 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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