Culture typing immunologic 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.

$4.26 with Texas Health Network vs $883.66 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 $4.26
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $4.35
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $4.35
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $4.35
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $4.35
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $4.35
Amerigroup MGMCD $4.35
Liberty County Indigent LOCALGOV $4.35
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $4.35
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $4.35
United MGMCD $4.44
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $4.70
Molina Healthcare STAR $4.79
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $4.79
Molina Healthcare CHIP $4.79
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $4.79
Oscar MGMCR $5.08
WellMed MGMCR $5.15
Amerigroup DualEligible $5.18
GEO Group - Joe Corley Detention Facility GVT $5.18
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $5.18
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $5.18
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $5.18
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $5.18
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $5.18
BCBS MCRPPO $5.18
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $5.18
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $5.18
Devoted Health MGMCR $5.18
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $5.18
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $5.18
United AllPayerAppendix $5.18
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $5.18
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $5.18
United SmallGroup $5.18
Aetna MCR $5.22
Van Lang IPA MCR $5.23
United MCR $5.28
WellCare SNP $5.34
WellCare PPO $5.34
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $5.34
WellCare PFFS $5.34
WellCare MCRHMO $5.34
WellCare POS $5.34
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $5.44
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $5.44
American Health Plan MGMCR $5.44
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $5.44
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $5.44
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $5.44
Superior Health Plan PFFS $5.44
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $5.44
Humana MCD $5.44
Shared Health MGMCR $5.44
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $5.49
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $5.49
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $5.49
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $5.49
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $5.49
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $5.61
Molina MGMCR $5.65
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $6.22
Verda Health Plan MCR $6.73
Superior ValueHMO $7.51
Community Health Choice HIX $7.51
Superior EPO $8.03
Superior HMO $8.03
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $10.26
BCBS MyBlueHealth $10.46
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $10.88
Molina Healthcare HIX $11.14
BCBS BAV $11.55
BCBS HMO $14.45
Oscar HIX $14.97
BCBS EPOSOA $15.49
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $15.53
BCBS PPO $16.52
Aetna QHPExchange $18.99
Cigna CSN $20.91
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $22.65
Aetna NBHMO $25.26
Aetna NBPPO $25.26
Aetna NBPOS $25.26
Aetna COMMHMO $26.83
Aetna COMMPOS $26.83
Aetna COMMPPO $26.83
Cigna PPO $26.95
Aetna OONPPO $31.52
Aetna OONHMO $31.52
Aetna OONPOS $31.52
Aetna ASAHMO $34.08
Aetna ASAPOS $34.08
Aetna ASAPPO $34.08
Superior Health Plan CHIP $58.91
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $58.91
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $58.91
Superior Health Plan STAR $58.91
Superior Health Plan STARKids $58.91
Humana PPO $69.14
Humana HMO $69.14
United OptionsPPO $172.80
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $200.30
TX Workforce Commission GVT $235.64
Evry Health BroadNetwork $268.04
Imagine Health PPO $343.64
BCBS Traditional $343.64
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $422.19
Averde Health Commercial $441.83
United GlobalAppendix $441.83
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $441.83
Coventry National First Health COMM $523.32
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $540.01
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $540.01
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $589.10
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $589.10
Independent Medical System COMM $589.10
Coastal Comp COMM $638.20
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $736.38
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $805.11
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $834.56
Physicians, INC COMM $834.56
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $834.56
Affiliated PPO COMM $883.66
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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