Infectious agent antigen immunoassay ql/sq multi step cryptosporidium 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

$243.19

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.

$243.19

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.

$11.38 with Texas Health Network vs $218.87 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 $11.38 ↓ -95%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $11.61 ↓ -95%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $11.61 ↓ -95%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $11.61 ↓ -95%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $11.61 ↓ -95%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $11.61 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup MGMCD $11.61 ↓ -95%
Liberty County Indigent LOCALGOV $11.61 ↓ -95%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $11.61 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $11.61 ↓ -95%
United MGMCD $11.84 ↓ -95%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $12.54 ↓ -95%
Molina Healthcare STAR $12.77 ↓ -95%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $12.77 ↓ -95%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $12.77 ↓ -95%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $12.77 ↓ -95%
Oscar MGMCR $13.54 ↓ -94%
WellMed MGMCR $13.75 ↓ -94%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $13.82 ↓ -94%
United AllPayerAppendix $13.82 ↓ -94%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $13.82 ↓ -94%
Devoted Health MGMCR $13.82 ↓ -94%
GEO Group - Joe Corley Detention Facility GVT $13.82 ↓ -94%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $13.82 ↓ -94%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $13.82 ↓ -94%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $13.82 ↓ -94%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $13.82 ↓ -94%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $13.82 ↓ -94%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $13.82 ↓ -94%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $13.82 ↓ -94%
Amerigroup DualEligible $13.82 ↓ -94%
United SmallGroup $13.82 ↓ -94%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $13.82 ↓ -94%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $13.82 ↓ -94%
BCBS MCRPPO $13.82 ↓ -94%
Aetna MCR $13.94 ↓ -94%
Van Lang IPA MCR $13.96 ↓ -94%
United MCR $14.10 ↓ -94%
WellCare SNP $14.23 ↓ -94%
WellCare PPO $14.23 ↓ -94%
WellCare POS $14.23 ↓ -94%
WellCare MCRHMO $14.23 ↓ -94%
WellCare PFFS $14.23 ↓ -94%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $14.23 ↓ -94%
Humana MCD $14.51 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $14.51 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $14.51 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $14.51 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $14.51 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $14.51 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $14.51 ↓ -94%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $14.51 ↓ -94%
Shared Health MGMCR $14.51 ↓ -94%
American Health Plan MGMCR $14.51 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $14.59 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $14.59 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $14.59 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $14.59 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $14.59 ↓ -94%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $14.65 ↓ -94%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $14.65 ↓ -94%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $14.65 ↓ -94%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $14.65 ↓ -94%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $14.65 ↓ -94%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $14.96 ↓ -94%
Molina MGMCR $15.06 ↓ -94%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $16.58 ↓ -93%
Verda Health Plan MCR $17.97 ↓ -93%
Community Health Choice HIX $20.04 ↓ -92%
Superior ValueHMO $20.04 ↓ -92%
Superior EPO $21.42 ↓ -91%
Superior HMO $21.42 ↓ -91%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $27.36 ↓ -89%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $27.92 ↓ -89%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $29.02 ↓ -88%
Molina Healthcare HIX $29.71 ↓ -88%
BCBS BAV $30.82 ↓ -87%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $35.96 ↓ -85%
BCBS HMO $38.56 ↓ -84%
Oscar HIX $39.94 ↓ -84%
BCBS EPOSOA $41.32 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $42.80 ↓ -82%
BCBS PPO $44.09 ↓ -82%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $49.61 ↓ -80%
Aetna QHPExchange $50.61 ↓ -79%
Cigna CSN $57.16 ↓ -76%
TX Workforce Commission GVT $58.37 ↓ -76%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $61.91 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $66.39 ↓ -73%
Aetna NBPPO $67.31 ↓ -72%
Aetna NBHMO $67.31 ↓ -72%
Aetna NBPOS $67.31 ↓ -72%
Aetna COMMHMO $71.50 ↓ -71%
Aetna COMMPOS $71.50 ↓ -71%
Aetna COMMPPO $71.50 ↓ -71%
Cigna PPO $73.66 ↓ -70%
Aetna OONHMO $84.00 ↓ -65%
Aetna OONPPO $84.00 ↓ -65%
Aetna OONPOS $84.00 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $85.12 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $85.12 ↓ -65%
Aetna ASAPPO $90.83 ↓ -63%
Aetna ASAPOS $90.83 ↓ -63%
Aetna ASAHMO $90.83 ↓ -63%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $104.57 ↓ -57%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $109.44 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $109.44 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $109.44 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $129.62 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $133.75 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $133.75 ↓ -45%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $145.91 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $145.91 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $145.91 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $158.07 ↓ -35%
Humana PPO $160.14 ↓ -34%
Humana HMO $160.14 ↓ -34%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $182.39 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $199.42 ↓ -18%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $206.71 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $206.71 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $206.71 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $218.87 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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