Herpes simplex virus isolation 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

$2,252.19

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.

$2,252.19

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.

$27.87 with Texas Health Network vs $2,026.97 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 $27.87 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $28.44 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $28.44 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $28.44 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $28.44 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $28.44 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $28.44 ↓ -99%
Liberty County Indigent LOCALGOV $28.44 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $28.44 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $28.44 ↓ -99%
United MGMCD $29.01 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $30.72 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STAR $31.28 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $31.28 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $31.28 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $31.28 ↓ -99%
Oscar MGMCR $33.18 ↓ -99%
WellMed MGMCR $33.69 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup DualEligible $33.86 ↓ -98%
GEO Group - Joe Corley Detention Facility GVT $33.86 ↓ -98%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $33.86 ↓ -98%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $33.86 ↓ -98%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $33.86 ↓ -98%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $33.86 ↓ -98%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $33.86 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRPPO $33.86 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $33.86 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $33.86 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MGMCR $33.86 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $33.86 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $33.86 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $33.86 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $33.86 ↓ -98%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $33.86 ↓ -98%
United SmallGroup $33.86 ↓ -98%
Aetna MCR $34.15 ↓ -98%
Van Lang IPA MCR $34.20 ↓ -98%
United MCR $34.54 ↓ -98%
WellCare SNP $34.88 ↓ -98%
WellCare PPO $34.88 ↓ -98%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $34.88 ↓ -98%
WellCare PFFS $34.88 ↓ -98%
WellCare MCRHMO $34.88 ↓ -98%
WellCare POS $34.88 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $35.55 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $35.55 ↓ -98%
American Health Plan MGMCR $35.55 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $35.55 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $35.55 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $35.55 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $35.55 ↓ -98%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $35.55 ↓ -98%
Humana MCD $35.55 ↓ -98%
Shared Health MGMCR $35.55 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $35.89 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $35.89 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $35.89 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $35.89 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $35.89 ↓ -98%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $36.65 ↓ -98%
Molina MGMCR $36.91 ↓ -98%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $40.63 ↓ -98%
Verda Health Plan MCR $44.02 ↓ -98%
Superior ValueHMO $49.10 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice HIX $49.10 ↓ -98%
Superior EPO $52.48 ↓ -98%
Superior HMO $52.48 ↓ -98%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $67.04 ↓ -97%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $68.40 ↓ -97%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $71.11 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare HIX $72.80 ↓ -97%
BCBS BAV $75.51 ↓ -97%
BCBS HMO $94.47 ↓ -96%
Oscar HIX $97.86 ↓ -96%
BCBS EPOSOA $101.24 ↓ -96%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $101.60 ↓ -95%
BCBS PPO $108.01 ↓ -95%
Aetna QHPExchange $124.02 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $135.13 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $135.13 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $135.13 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $135.13 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $135.13 ↓ -94%
Cigna CSN $139.38 ↓ -94%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $150.97 ↓ -93%
Aetna NBPOS $164.93 ↓ -93%
Aetna NBHMO $164.93 ↓ -93%
Aetna NBPPO $164.93 ↓ -93%
Aetna COMMPPO $175.22 ↓ -92%
Aetna COMMHMO $175.22 ↓ -92%
Aetna COMMPOS $175.22 ↓ -92%
Cigna PPO $179.62 ↓ -92%
Aetna OONPPO $205.84 ↓ -91%
Aetna OONPOS $205.84 ↓ -91%
Aetna OONHMO $205.84 ↓ -91%
Aetna ASAPOS $222.56 ↓ -90%
Aetna ASAHMO $222.56 ↓ -90%
Aetna ASAPPO $222.56 ↓ -90%
United OptionsPPO $396.39 ↓ -82%
Humana PPO $452.38 ↓ -80%
Humana HMO $452.38 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $459.45 ↓ -80%
TX Workforce Commission GVT $540.53 ↓ -76%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $614.85 ↓ -73%
Imagine Health PPO $788.27 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $788.27 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $968.44 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $1,013.49 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $1,013.49 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $1,013.49 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,200.42 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $1,238.70 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $1,238.70 ↓ -45%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $1,351.31 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,351.31 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $1,351.31 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $1,463.92 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $1,689.14 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,846.80 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1,914.36 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $1,914.36 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,914.36 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $2,026.97 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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