Culture urine 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

$500.00

Cash price

?

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$500.00

Gross charge

?

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$6.66 with Texas Health Network vs $450.00 with Affiliated PPO — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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.

Full explanation →

Payer
?

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.

Full explanation →
Plan
?

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.

Full explanation →
Negotiated rate vs. cash
Texas Health Network MCD $6.66 ↓ -99%
Liberty County Indigent LOCALGOV $6.80 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $6.80 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $6.80 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $6.80 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $6.80 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $6.80 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $6.80 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $6.80 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $6.80 ↓ -99%
United MGMCD $6.94 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $7.34 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $7.48 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $7.48 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STAR $7.48 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $7.48 ↓ -99%
Oscar MGMCR $7.93 ↓ -98%
WellMed MGMCR $8.05 ↓ -98%
United SmallGroup $8.09 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $8.09 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $8.09 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $8.09 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $8.09 ↓ -98%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $8.09 ↓ -98%
GEO Group - Joe Corley Detention Facility GVT $8.09 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $8.09 ↓ -98%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $8.09 ↓ -98%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $8.09 ↓ -98%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $8.09 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRPPO $8.09 ↓ -98%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $8.09 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $8.09 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MGMCR $8.09 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup DualEligible $8.09 ↓ -98%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $8.09 ↓ -98%
Aetna MCR $8.16 ↓ -98%
Van Lang IPA MCR $8.17 ↓ -98%
United MCR $8.25 ↓ -98%
WellCare SNP $8.33 ↓ -98%
WellCare PPO $8.33 ↓ -98%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $8.33 ↓ -98%
WellCare POS $8.33 ↓ -98%
WellCare PFFS $8.33 ↓ -98%
WellCare MCRHMO $8.33 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $8.49 ↓ -98%
American Health Plan MGMCR $8.49 ↓ -98%
Shared Health MGMCR $8.49 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $8.49 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $8.49 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $8.49 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $8.49 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $8.49 ↓ -98%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $8.49 ↓ -98%
Humana MCD $8.50 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $8.58 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $8.58 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $8.58 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $8.58 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $8.58 ↓ -98%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $8.76 ↓ -98%
Molina MGMCR $8.82 ↓ -98%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $9.71 ↓ -98%
Verda Health Plan MCR $10.52 ↓ -98%
Superior ValueHMO $11.73 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice HIX $11.73 ↓ -98%
Superior HMO $12.54 ↓ -97%
Superior EPO $12.54 ↓ -97%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $16.02 ↓ -97%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $16.34 ↓ -97%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $16.99 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare HIX $17.39 ↓ -97%
BCBS BAV $18.04 ↓ -96%
BCBS HMO $22.57 ↓ -95%
Oscar HIX $23.38 ↓ -95%
BCBS EPOSOA $24.19 ↓ -95%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $24.28 ↓ -95%
BCBS PPO $25.81 ↓ -95%
Aetna QHPExchange $29.64 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $30.00 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $30.00 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $30.00 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $30.00 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $30.00 ↓ -94%
Cigna CSN $33.47 ↓ -93%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $36.25 ↓ -93%
Aetna NBPOS $39.42 ↓ -92%
Aetna NBHMO $39.42 ↓ -92%
Aetna NBPPO $39.42 ↓ -92%
Aetna COMMPPO $41.88 ↓ -92%
Aetna COMMHMO $41.88 ↓ -92%
Aetna COMMPOS $41.88 ↓ -92%
Cigna PPO $43.13 ↓ -91%
Aetna OONPPO $49.20 ↓ -90%
Aetna OONHMO $49.20 ↓ -90%
Aetna OONPOS $49.20 ↓ -90%
Aetna ASAPPO $53.20 ↓ -89%
Aetna ASAHMO $53.20 ↓ -89%
Aetna ASAPOS $53.20 ↓ -89%
United OptionsPPO $88.00 ↓ -82%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $102.00 ↓ -80%
Humana HMO $108.09 ↓ -78%
Humana PPO $108.09 ↓ -78%
TX Workforce Commission GVT $120.00 ↓ -76%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $136.50 ↓ -73%
Imagine Health PPO $175.00 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $175.00 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $215.00 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $225.00 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $225.00 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $225.00 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $266.50 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $275.00 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $275.00 ↓ -45%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $300.00 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $300.00 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $300.00 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $325.00 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $375.00 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $410.00 ↓ -18%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $425.00 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $425.00 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $425.00 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $450.00 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Culture urine each isolate at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $85.65 $6.80 – $107.06
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $62.77 $11.86 – $94.15
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $80.45 $6.80 – $100.57
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $85.65 $6.80 – $107.06
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $62.77 $7.28 – $94.15
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $62.77 $6.80 – $94.15
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $80.45 $6.80 – $120.68
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $85.65 $6.80 – $107.06

All Texas hospitals for this procedure →