Culture quantitative aerobic other source 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.

$8.14 with Texas Health Network vs $705.56 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 $8.14
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $8.31
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $8.31
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $8.31
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $8.31
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $8.31
Amerigroup MGMCD $8.31
Liberty County Indigent LOCALGOV $8.31
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $8.31
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $8.31
United MGMCD $8.48
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $8.97
Molina Healthcare STAR $9.14
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $9.14
Molina Healthcare CHIP $9.14
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $9.14
Oscar MGMCR $9.69
WellMed MGMCR $9.84
Amerigroup DualEligible $9.89
GEO Group - Joe Corley Detention Facility GVT $9.89
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $9.89
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $9.89
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $9.89
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $9.89
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $9.89
BCBS MCRPPO $9.89
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $9.89
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $9.89
Devoted Health MGMCR $9.89
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $9.89
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $9.89
United AllPayerAppendix $9.89
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $9.89
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $9.89
United SmallGroup $9.89
Aetna MCR $9.97
Van Lang IPA MCR $9.99
United MCR $10.09
WellCare SNP $10.19
WellCare PPO $10.19
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $10.19
WellCare PFFS $10.19
WellCare MCRHMO $10.19
WellCare POS $10.19
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $10.38
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $10.38
Shared Health MGMCR $10.38
American Health Plan MGMCR $10.38
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $10.38
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $10.38
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $10.38
Superior Health Plan PFFS $10.38
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $10.38
Humana MCD $10.39
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $10.48
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $10.48
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $10.48
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $10.48
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $10.48
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $10.70
Molina MGMCR $10.78
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $11.87
Verda Health Plan MCR $12.86
Superior ValueHMO $14.34
Community Health Choice HIX $14.34
Superior EPO $15.33
Superior HMO $15.33
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $19.58
BCBS MyBlueHealth $19.98
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $20.77
Molina Healthcare HIX $21.26
BCBS BAV $22.05
BCBS HMO $27.59
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $28.33
Oscar HIX $28.58
BCBS EPOSOA $29.57
BCBS PPO $31.55
Aetna QHPExchange $36.25
Cigna CSN $40.44
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $43.80
Superior Health Plan STAR $47.04
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $47.04
Superior Health Plan STARKids $47.04
Superior Health Plan CHIP $47.04
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $47.04
Aetna NBPOS $48.20
Aetna NBHMO $48.20
Aetna NBPPO $48.20
Aetna COMMPPO $51.21
Aetna COMMHMO $51.21
Aetna COMMPOS $51.21
Cigna PPO $52.12
Aetna OONPPO $60.16
Aetna OONPOS $60.16
Aetna OONHMO $60.16
Aetna ASAPOS $65.05
Aetna ASAHMO $65.05
Aetna ASAPPO $65.05
Humana HMO $126.16
Humana PPO $126.16
United OptionsPPO $137.98
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $159.93
TX Workforce Commission GVT $188.15
Evry Health BroadNetwork $214.02
Imagine Health PPO $274.39
BCBS Traditional $274.39
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $337.10
Averde Health Commercial $352.78
United GlobalAppendix $352.78
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $352.78
Coventry National First Health COMM $417.85
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $431.18
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $431.18
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $470.38
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $470.38
Independent Medical System COMM $470.38
Coastal Comp COMM $509.57
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $587.97
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $642.85
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $666.37
Physicians, INC COMM $666.37
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $666.37
Affiliated PPO COMM $705.56
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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