Glucose body fluid 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.

$3.23 with Texas Health Network vs $621.28 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 $3.23
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $3.30
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $3.30
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $3.30
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $3.30
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $3.30
Amerigroup MGMCD $3.30
Liberty County Indigent LOCALGOV $3.30
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $3.30
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $3.30
United MGMCD $3.37
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $3.56
Molina Healthcare STAR $3.63
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $3.63
Molina Healthcare CHIP $3.63
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $3.63
Oscar MGMCR $3.85
WellMed MGMCR $3.91
Amerigroup DualEligible $3.93
GEO Group - Joe Corley Detention Facility GVT $3.93
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $3.93
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $3.93
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $3.93
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $3.93
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $3.93
BCBS MCRPPO $3.93
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $3.93
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $3.93
Devoted Health MGMCR $3.93
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $3.93
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $3.93
United AllPayerAppendix $3.93
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $3.93
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $3.93
United SmallGroup $3.93
Aetna MCR $3.96
Van Lang IPA MCR $3.97
United MCR $4.01
WellCare SNP $4.05
WellCare PPO $4.05
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $4.05
WellCare PFFS $4.05
WellCare MCRHMO $4.05
WellCare POS $4.05
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $4.13
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $4.13
American Health Plan MGMCR $4.13
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $4.13
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $4.13
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $4.13
Superior Health Plan PFFS $4.13
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $4.13
Humana MCD $4.13
Shared Health MGMCR $4.13
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $4.17
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $4.17
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $4.17
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $4.17
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $4.17
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $4.25
Molina MGMCR $4.28
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $4.72
Verda Health Plan MCR $5.11
Superior ValueHMO $5.70
Community Health Choice HIX $5.70
Superior EPO $6.09
Superior HMO $6.09
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $7.78
BCBS MyBlueHealth $7.94
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $8.25
Molina Healthcare HIX $8.45
BCBS BAV $8.76
BCBS HMO $10.96
Oscar HIX $11.36
BCBS EPOSOA $11.75
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $11.79
BCBS PPO $12.54
Aetna QHPExchange $14.41
Cigna CSN $16.71
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $18.10
Aetna NBHMO $19.17
Aetna NBPPO $19.17
Aetna NBPOS $19.17
Aetna COMMHMO $20.36
Aetna COMMPOS $20.36
Aetna COMMPPO $20.36
Cigna PPO $21.54
Aetna OONPPO $23.92
Aetna OONHMO $23.92
Aetna OONPOS $23.92
Aetna ASAHMO $25.86
Aetna ASAPOS $25.86
Aetna ASAPPO $25.86
Superior Health Plan CHIP $41.42
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $41.42
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $41.42
Superior Health Plan STAR $41.42
Superior Health Plan STARKids $41.42
Humana PPO $52.48
Humana HMO $52.48
United OptionsPPO $121.49
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $140.82
TX Workforce Commission GVT $165.67
Evry Health BroadNetwork $188.45
Imagine Health PPO $241.61
BCBS Traditional $241.61
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $296.83
Averde Health Commercial $310.64
United GlobalAppendix $310.64
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $310.64
Coventry National First Health COMM $367.94
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $379.67
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $379.67
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $414.19
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $414.19
Independent Medical System COMM $414.19
Coastal Comp COMM $448.70
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $517.73
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $566.05
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $586.76
Physicians, INC COMM $586.76
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $586.76
Affiliated PPO COMM $621.28
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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