Culture typing nucleic acid probe amplified per culture/isolate each organism 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

$500.00

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.

$500.00

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.

$28.89 with Texas Health Network vs $468.83 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 $28.89 ↓ -94%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $29.48 ↓ -94%
Amerigroup MGMCD $29.48 ↓ -94%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $29.48 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $29.48 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $29.48 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $29.48 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $29.48 ↓ -94%
Liberty County Indigent LOCALGOV $29.48 ↓ -94%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $29.48 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $30.00 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $30.00 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $30.00 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $30.00 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $30.00 ↓ -94%
United MGMCD $30.07 ↓ -94%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $31.84 ↓ -94%
Molina Healthcare STAR $32.43 ↓ -94%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $32.43 ↓ -94%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $32.43 ↓ -94%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $32.43 ↓ -94%
Oscar MGMCR $34.39 ↓ -93%
WellMed MGMCR $34.91 ↓ -93%
United AllPayerAppendix $35.09 ↓ -93%
Devoted Health MGMCR $35.09 ↓ -93%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $35.09 ↓ -93%
GEO Group - Joe Corley Detention Facility GVT $35.09 ↓ -93%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $35.09 ↓ -93%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $35.09 ↓ -93%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $35.09 ↓ -93%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $35.09 ↓ -93%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $35.09 ↓ -93%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $35.09 ↓ -93%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $35.09 ↓ -93%
Amerigroup DualEligible $35.09 ↓ -93%
United SmallGroup $35.09 ↓ -93%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $35.09 ↓ -93%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $35.09 ↓ -93%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $35.09 ↓ -93%
BCBS MCRPPO $35.09 ↓ -93%
Aetna MCR $35.39 ↓ -93%
Van Lang IPA MCR $35.44 ↓ -93%
United MCR $35.79 ↓ -93%
WellCare SNP $36.14 ↓ -93%
WellCare PPO $36.14 ↓ -93%
WellCare POS $36.14 ↓ -93%
WellCare MCRHMO $36.14 ↓ -93%
WellCare PFFS $36.14 ↓ -93%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $36.14 ↓ -93%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $36.84 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $36.84 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $36.84 ↓ -93%
Shared Health MGMCR $36.84 ↓ -93%
American Health Plan MGMCR $36.84 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $36.84 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $36.84 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $36.84 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $36.84 ↓ -93%
Humana MCD $36.85 ↓ -93%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $37.20 ↓ -93%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $37.20 ↓ -93%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $37.20 ↓ -93%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $37.20 ↓ -93%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $37.20 ↓ -93%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $37.98 ↓ -92%
Molina MGMCR $38.25 ↓ -92%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $42.11 ↓ -92%
Verda Health Plan MCR $45.62 ↓ -91%
Community Health Choice HIX $50.88 ↓ -90%
Superior ValueHMO $50.88 ↓ -90%
Superior EPO $54.39 ↓ -89%
Superior HMO $54.39 ↓ -89%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $69.48 ↓ -86%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $70.88 ↓ -86%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $73.69 ↓ -85%
Molina Healthcare HIX $75.44 ↓ -85%
BCBS BAV $78.25 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $88.00 ↓ -82%
BCBS HMO $97.90 ↓ -80%
Oscar HIX $101.41 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $102.00 ↓ -80%
BCBS EPOSOA $104.92 ↓ -79%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $105.29 ↓ -79%
BCBS PPO $111.94 ↓ -78%
TX Workforce Commission GVT $120.00 ↓ -76%
Aetna QHPExchange $128.55 ↓ -74%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $136.50 ↓ -73%
Cigna CSN $144.97 ↓ -71%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $157.02 ↓ -69%
Aetna NBHMO $170.95 ↓ -66%
Aetna NBPOS $170.95 ↓ -66%
Aetna NBPPO $170.95 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $175.00 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $175.00 ↓ -65%
Aetna COMMPOS $181.62 ↓ -64%
Aetna COMMHMO $181.62 ↓ -64%
Aetna COMMPPO $181.62 ↓ -64%
Cigna PPO $186.82 ↓ -63%
Aetna OONPPO $213.36 ↓ -57%
Aetna OONHMO $213.36 ↓ -57%
Aetna OONPOS $213.36 ↓ -57%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $215.00 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $225.00 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $225.00 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $225.00 ↓ -55%
Aetna ASAHMO $230.70 ↓ -54%
Aetna ASAPOS $230.70 ↓ -54%
Aetna ASAPPO $230.70 ↓ -54%
Coventry National First Health COMM $266.50 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $275.00 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $275.00 ↓ -45%
Independent Medical System COMM $300.00 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $300.00 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $300.00 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $325.00 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $375.00 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $410.00 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $425.00 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $425.00 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $425.00 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $450.00 ↓ -10%
Humana PPO $468.83 ↓ -6%
Humana HMO $468.83 ↓ -6%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Culture typing nucleic acid probe amplified per culture/isolate each organism at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $241.92 $76.64 – $152.99
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $862.48 $28.89 – $144.97
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $437.15 $25.26 – $1,249.00
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $27.54 $29.48 – $155.70
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $437.15 $25.26 – $1,249.00
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $437.15 $25.26 – $1,249.00
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $437.15 $25.26 – $1,249.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $437.15 $25.26 – $1,249.00

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