Mayo infectious agent antigen immunoassay direct optical observation cryptococcus 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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$9.43 with Superior Health Plan vs $173.88 with Humana — same scan, same building. Share

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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
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $9.43
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $9.43
Superior Health Plan STARKids $9.43
Superior Health Plan STAR $9.43
Superior Health Plan CHIP $9.43
Texas Health Network MCD $13.23
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $13.50
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $13.50
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $13.50
Amerigroup MGMCD $13.50
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $13.50
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $13.50
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $13.50
Liberty County Indigent LOCALGOV $13.50
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $13.50
United MGMCD $13.77
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $14.58
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $14.85
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $14.85
Molina Healthcare STAR $14.85
Molina Healthcare CHIP $14.85
Oscar MGMCR $15.75
WellMed MGMCR $15.99
United AllPayerAppendix $16.07
Devoted Health MGMCR $16.07
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $16.07
GEO Group - Joe Corley Detention Facility GVT $16.07
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $16.07
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $16.07
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $16.07
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $16.07
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $16.07
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $16.07
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $16.07
Amerigroup DualEligible $16.07
United SmallGroup $16.07
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $16.07
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $16.07
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $16.07
BCBS MCRPPO $16.07
Aetna MCR $16.21
Van Lang IPA MCR $16.23
United MCR $16.39
WellCare SNP $16.55
WellCare PPO $16.55
WellCare POS $16.55
WellCare MCRHMO $16.55
WellCare PFFS $16.55
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $16.55
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $16.87
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $16.87
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $16.87
Shared Health MGMCR $16.87
American Health Plan MGMCR $16.87
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $16.87
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $16.87
Superior Health Plan PFFS $16.87
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $16.87
Humana MCD $16.88
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $17.03
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $17.03
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $17.03
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $17.03
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $17.03
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $17.39
Molina MGMCR $17.52
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $19.28
Verda Health Plan MCR $20.89
Community Health Choice HIX $23.30
Superior ValueHMO $23.30
Superior HMO $24.91
Superior EPO $24.91
United OptionsPPO $27.65
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $31.82
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $32.05
BCBS MyBlueHealth $32.46
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $33.75
Molina Healthcare HIX $34.55
BCBS BAV $35.84
TX Workforce Commission GVT $37.70
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $39.05
Evry Health BroadNetwork $42.89
BCBS HMO $44.84
Oscar HIX $46.44
BCBS EPOSOA $48.05
BCBS PPO $51.26
Imagine Health PPO $54.98
BCBS Traditional $54.98
Aetna QHPExchange $58.85
Cigna CSN $65.51
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $67.55
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $70.69
United GlobalAppendix $70.69
Averde Health Commercial $70.69
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $70.96
Aetna NBHMO $78.27
Aetna NBPPO $78.27
Aetna NBPOS $78.27
Aetna COMMHMO $83.15
Aetna COMMPPO $83.15
Aetna COMMPOS $83.15
Coventry National First Health COMM $83.73
Cigna PPO $84.43
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $86.40
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $86.40
Independent Medical System COMM $94.25
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $94.25
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $94.25
Aetna OONHMO $97.68
Aetna OONPOS $97.68
Aetna OONPPO $97.68
Coastal Comp COMM $102.11
Aetna ASAPOS $105.62
Aetna ASAHMO $105.62
Aetna ASAPPO $105.62
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $117.82
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $128.81
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $133.53
Physicians, INC COMM $133.53
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $133.53
Affiliated PPO COMM $141.38
Humana PPO $173.88
Humana HMO $173.88
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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