Ghs urine, porphyrins quant 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.

$12.11 with Texas Health Network vs $2,650.97 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 $12.11
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $12.36
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $12.36
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $12.36
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $12.36
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $12.36
Amerigroup MGMCD $12.36
Liberty County Indigent LOCALGOV $12.36
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $12.36
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $12.36
United MGMCD $12.61
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $13.35
Molina Healthcare STAR $13.60
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $13.60
Molina Healthcare CHIP $13.60
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $13.60
Oscar MGMCR $14.42
WellMed MGMCR $14.64
Amerigroup DualEligible $14.71
GEO Group - Joe Corley Detention Facility GVT $14.71
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $14.71
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $14.71
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $14.71
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $14.71
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $14.71
BCBS MCRPPO $14.71
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $14.71
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $14.71
Devoted Health MGMCR $14.71
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $14.71
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $14.71
United AllPayerAppendix $14.71
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $14.71
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $14.71
United SmallGroup $14.71
Aetna MCR $14.84
Van Lang IPA MCR $14.86
United MCR $15.00
WellCare SNP $15.15
WellCare PPO $15.15
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $15.15
WellCare PFFS $15.15
WellCare MCRHMO $15.15
WellCare POS $15.15
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $15.45
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $15.45
American Health Plan MGMCR $15.45
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $15.45
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $15.45
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $15.45
Superior Health Plan PFFS $15.45
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $15.45
Humana MCD $15.45
Shared Health MGMCR $15.45
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $15.59
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $15.59
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $15.59
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $15.59
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $15.59
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $15.92
Molina MGMCR $16.03
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $17.65
Verda Health Plan MCR $19.12
Superior ValueHMO $21.33
Community Health Choice HIX $21.33
Superior EPO $22.80
Superior HMO $22.80
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $29.13
BCBS MyBlueHealth $29.71
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $30.89
Molina Healthcare HIX $31.63
BCBS BAV $32.80
BCBS HMO $41.04
Oscar HIX $42.51
BCBS EPOSOA $43.98
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $44.12
BCBS PPO $46.92
Aetna QHPExchange $53.89
Cigna CSN $59.93
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $64.91
Aetna NBHMO $71.66
Aetna NBPPO $71.66
Aetna NBPOS $71.66
Aetna COMMHMO $76.14
Aetna COMMPOS $76.14
Aetna COMMPPO $76.14
Cigna PPO $77.23
Aetna OONPPO $89.44
Aetna OONHMO $89.44
Aetna OONPOS $89.44
Aetna ASAHMO $96.71
Aetna ASAPOS $96.71
Aetna ASAPPO $96.71
Superior Health Plan CHIP $176.73
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $176.73
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $176.73
Superior Health Plan STAR $176.73
Superior Health Plan STARKids $176.73
Humana PPO $196.49
Humana HMO $196.49
United OptionsPPO $518.41
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $600.89
TX Workforce Commission GVT $706.92
Evry Health BroadNetwork $804.13
Imagine Health PPO $1,030.93
BCBS Traditional $1,030.93
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $1,266.57
Averde Health Commercial $1,325.48
United GlobalAppendix $1,325.48
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $1,325.48
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,569.96
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $1,620.04
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $1,620.04
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $1,767.31
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,767.31
Independent Medical System COMM $1,767.31
Coastal Comp COMM $1,914.59
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $2,209.14
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,415.33
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $2,503.69
Physicians, INC COMM $2,503.69
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $2,503.69
Affiliated PPO COMM $2,650.97
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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