Mayo alkaloids definitive assay nicotine/cotinine 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 $208.28 with Humana — 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 NBPPO $0.06
Aetna NBHMO $0.06
Aetna NBPOS $0.06
Aetna COMMPPO $0.07
Aetna COMMHMO $0.07
Aetna COMMPOS $0.07
Aetna OONPPO $0.08
Aetna OONHMO $0.08
Aetna OONPOS $0.08
Aetna ASAHMO $0.09
Aetna ASAPPO $0.09
Aetna ASAPOS $0.09
Superior Health Plan STAR $9.79
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $9.79
Superior Health Plan CHIP $9.79
Superior Health Plan STARKids $9.79
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $9.79
Aetna MCR $10.82
Texas Health Network MCD $16.75
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $17.09
Liberty County Indigent LOCALGOV $17.09
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $17.09
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $17.09
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $17.09
Amerigroup MGMCD $17.09
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $17.09
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $17.09
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $17.09
United MGMCD $17.43
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $18.46
Molina Healthcare STAR $18.80
Molina Healthcare CHIP $18.80
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $18.80
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $18.80
Humana MCD $21.36
BCBS MyBlueHealth $26.59
Superior HMO $28.55
Superior EPO $28.55
United OptionsPPO $28.71
BCBS BAV $29.36
Oscar HIX $31.81
Superior ValueHMO $32.30
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $33.28
BCBS HMO $36.70
BCBS EPOSOA $37.52
BCBS PPO $38.17
TX Workforce Commission GVT $39.15
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $41.60
Molina Healthcare HIX $44.05
Evry Health BroadNetwork $44.53
BCBS Traditional $57.10
Imagine Health PPO $57.10
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $65.25
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $70.15
Averde Health Commercial $73.41
United GlobalAppendix $73.41
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $73.41
Coventry National First Health COMM $86.95
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $89.72
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $89.72
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $97.88
Independent Medical System COMM $97.88
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $97.88
Cigna CSN $98.98
Coastal Comp COMM $106.03
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $107.21
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $122.35
Cigna PPO $127.56
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $133.77
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $138.66
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $138.66
Physicians, INC COMM $138.66
Affiliated PPO COMM $146.82
Humana HMO $208.28
Humana PPO $208.28
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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