Mayo alcohol definitive assay volatile screen 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.

$0.05 with Aetna vs $259.66 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
Aetna QHPExchange $0.05
Aetna NBHMO $0.06
Aetna NBPPO $0.06
Aetna NBPOS $0.06
Aetna COMMHMO $0.07
Aetna COMMPPO $0.07
Aetna COMMPOS $0.07
Aetna OONHMO $0.08
Aetna OONPPO $0.08
Aetna OONPOS $0.08
Aetna ASAPOS $0.09
Aetna ASAPPO $0.09
Aetna ASAHMO $0.09
Texas Health Network MCD $9.23
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $9.42
Liberty County Indigent LOCALGOV $9.42
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $9.42
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $9.42
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $9.42
Amerigroup MGMCD $9.42
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $9.42
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $9.42
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $9.42
United MGMCD $9.61
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $10.17
Molina Healthcare STAR $10.36
Molina Healthcare CHIP $10.36
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $10.36
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $10.36
Humana MCD $11.78
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $17.31
Superior Health Plan STARKids $17.31
Superior Health Plan CHIP $17.31
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $17.31
Superior Health Plan STAR $17.31
Aetna MCR $19.13
BCBS MyBlueHealth $47.03
Superior EPO $50.49
Superior HMO $50.49
United OptionsPPO $50.78
BCBS BAV $51.93
Oscar HIX $56.26
Superior ValueHMO $57.12
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $58.86
BCBS HMO $64.91
BCBS EPOSOA $66.36
BCBS PPO $67.51
TX Workforce Commission GVT $69.24
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $73.57
Molina Healthcare HIX $77.90
Evry Health BroadNetwork $78.76
Cigna CSN $98.98
BCBS Traditional $100.98
Imagine Health PPO $100.98
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $107.21
Humana HMO $113.29
Humana PPO $113.29
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $115.40
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $124.06
Cigna PPO $127.56
United GlobalAppendix $129.83
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $129.83
Averde Health Commercial $129.83
Coventry National First Health COMM $153.78
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $158.68
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $158.68
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $173.11
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $173.11
Independent Medical System COMM $173.11
Coastal Comp COMM $187.53
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $216.38
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $236.58
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $245.23
Physicians, INC COMM $245.23
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $245.23
Affiliated PPO COMM $259.66
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Mayo alcohol definitive assay volatile screen at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $370.27 not published
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $84.63 $9.42 – $47.60
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $95.97 $6.92 – $50.40
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $74.63 $9.42 – $42.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $84.63 $9.42 – $47.60
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $95.97 $10.08 – $50.40
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $95.97 $8.00 – $50.40
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $74.63 $9.42 – $50.40

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