Mayo lipoprotein electrophoresis 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.

$9.27 with Texas Health Network vs $150.40 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
Texas Health Network MCD $9.27
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $9.46
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $9.46
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $9.46
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $9.46
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $9.46
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $9.46
Liberty County Indigent LOCALGOV $9.46
Amerigroup MGMCD $9.46
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $9.46
United MGMCD $9.65
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $10.22
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $10.41
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $10.41
Molina Healthcare STAR $10.41
Molina Healthcare CHIP $10.41
Oscar MGMCR $11.03
WellMed MGMCR $11.20
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $11.26
United SmallGroup $11.26
Amerigroup DualEligible $11.26
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $11.26
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $11.26
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $11.26
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $11.26
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $11.26
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $11.26
BCBS MCRPPO $11.26
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $11.26
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $11.26
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $11.26
Devoted Health MGMCR $11.26
GEO Group - Joe Corley Detention Facility GVT $11.26
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $11.26
United AllPayerAppendix $11.26
Aetna MCR $11.36
Van Lang IPA MCR $11.37
United MCR $11.49
WellCare PPO $11.60
WellCare PFFS $11.60
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $11.60
WellCare MCRHMO $11.60
WellCare POS $11.60
WellCare SNP $11.60
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $11.82
American Health Plan MGMCR $11.82
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $11.82
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $11.82
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $11.82
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $11.82
Superior Health Plan PFFS $11.82
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $11.82
Shared Health MGMCR $11.82
Humana MCD $11.83
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $11.94
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $11.94
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $11.94
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $11.94
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $11.94
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $12.19
Molina MGMCR $12.27
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $13.51
Verda Health Plan MCR $14.64
Community Health Choice HIX $16.33
Superior ValueHMO $16.33
Superior HMO $17.45
Superior EPO $17.45
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $22.29
BCBS MyBlueHealth $22.75
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $23.65
Molina Healthcare HIX $24.21
BCBS BAV $25.11
BCBS HMO $31.42
Oscar HIX $32.54
BCBS EPOSOA $33.67
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $33.78
BCBS PPO $35.92
Aetna QHPExchange $41.26
Cigna CSN $45.98
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $49.81
Aetna NBPOS $54.87
Aetna NBPPO $54.87
Aetna NBHMO $54.87
Aetna COMMHMO $58.29
Aetna COMMPOS $58.29
Aetna COMMPPO $58.29
Cigna PPO $59.26
Aetna OONPPO $68.48
Aetna OONPOS $68.48
Aetna OONHMO $68.48
Aetna ASAPOS $74.04
Aetna ASAPPO $74.04
Aetna ASAHMO $74.04
Humana HMO $150.40
Humana PPO $150.40
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