Cytopath c/v automated 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.

$41.62 with Texas Health Network vs $547.06 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 $41.62
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $42.47
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $42.47
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $42.47
Liberty County Indigent LOCALGOV $42.47
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $42.47
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $42.47
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $42.47
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $42.47
Amerigroup MGMCD $42.47
United MGMCD $43.32
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $45.87
Molina Healthcare CHIP $46.72
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $46.72
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $46.72
Molina Healthcare STAR $46.72
Oscar MGMCR $49.55
WellMed MGMCR $50.31
United SmallGroup $50.56
BCBS MCRPPO $50.56
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $50.56
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $50.56
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $50.56
Devoted Health MGMCR $50.56
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $50.56
GEO Group - Joe Corley Detention Facility GVT $50.56
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $50.56
United AllPayerAppendix $50.56
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $50.56
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $50.56
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $50.56
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $50.56
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $50.56
Amerigroup DualEligible $50.56
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $50.56
Aetna MCR $50.99
Van Lang IPA MCR $51.07
United MCR $51.57
WellCare PPO $52.08
WellCare POS $52.08
WellCare SNP $52.08
WellCare PFFS $52.08
WellCare MCRHMO $52.08
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $52.08
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $53.09
Humana MCD $53.09
American Health Plan MGMCR $53.09
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $53.09
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $53.09
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $53.09
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $53.09
Superior Health Plan PFFS $53.09
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $53.09
Shared Health MGMCR $53.09
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $53.59
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $53.59
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $53.59
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $53.59
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $53.59
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $54.72
Molina MGMCR $55.11
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $60.67
Verda Health Plan MCR $65.73
Superior ValueHMO $73.31
Community Health Choice HIX $73.31
Superior HMO $78.37
Superior EPO $78.37
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $100.11
BCBS MyBlueHealth $102.13
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $106.18
Molina Healthcare HIX $108.70
BCBS BAV $112.75
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $122.86
BCBS HMO $141.06
Oscar HIX $146.12
BCBS EPOSOA $151.17
BCBS PPO $161.29
Aetna QHPExchange $185.23
Cigna CSN $207.71
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $224.98
Aetna NBPPO $246.34
Aetna NBHMO $246.34
Aetna NBPOS $246.34
Aetna COMMPOS $261.71
Aetna COMMHMO $261.71
Aetna COMMPPO $261.71
Cigna PPO $267.67
Aetna OONHMO $307.44
Aetna OONPOS $307.44
Aetna OONPPO $307.44
Aetna ASAHMO $332.42
Aetna ASAPPO $332.42
Aetna ASAPOS $332.42
Humana PPO $547.06
Humana HMO $547.06
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