Mayo gamma-globin full gene sequencing 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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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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$51.81 with BCBS vs $827.91 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

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

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
BCBS MyBlueHealth $51.81
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $55.19
Superior Health Plan STARKids $55.19
Superior Health Plan STAR $55.19
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $55.19
Superior Health Plan CHIP $55.19
BCBS BAV $57.20
Aetna MCR $60.99
BCBS HMO $71.56
BCBS EPOSOA $76.69
BCBS PPO $81.82
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $119.59
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $119.59
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $119.59
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $119.59
Amerigroup MGMCD $128.79
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $128.79
Superior EPO $160.98
Superior HMO $160.98
United OptionsPPO $161.90
Oscar HIX $179.38
Superior ValueHMO $182.14
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $187.66
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $218.02
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $218.02
TX Workforce Commission GVT $220.78
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $234.57
Aetna QHPExchange $243.77
Molina Healthcare HIX $248.37
Evry Health BroadNetwork $251.13
Humana PPO $293.54
Humana HMO $293.54
Aetna NBPOS $295.29
Aetna NBHMO $295.29
Aetna NBPPO $295.29
Aetna COMMPOS $314.61
Aetna COMMPPO $314.61
Aetna COMMHMO $314.61
BCBS Traditional $321.96
Imagine Health PPO $321.96
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $367.96
Aetna OONHMO $368.88
Aetna OONPOS $368.88
Aetna OONPPO $368.88
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $395.56
Aetna ASAPOS $398.32
Aetna ASAPPO $398.32
Aetna ASAHMO $398.32
United GlobalAppendix $413.95
Averde Health Commercial $413.95
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $413.95
Cigna CSN $472.97
Coventry National First Health COMM $490.31
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $505.94
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $505.94
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $512.29
Independent Medical System COMM $551.94
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $551.94
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $551.94
Coastal Comp COMM $597.93
Cigna PPO $609.50
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $689.92
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $754.32
Physicians, INC COMM $781.91
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $781.91
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $781.91
Affiliated PPO COMM $827.91
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $7,487.95 $0.01 – $62.59
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