Microsatellite instability 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.

$286.93 with Texas Health Network vs $3,867.93 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 $286.93
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $292.79
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $292.79
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $292.79
Liberty County Indigent LOCALGOV $292.79
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $292.79
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $292.79
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $292.79
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $292.79
Amerigroup MGMCD $292.79
United MGMCD $298.65
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $316.21
Molina Healthcare CHIP $322.07
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $322.07
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $322.07
Molina Healthcare STAR $322.07
Oscar MGMCR $341.59
WellMed MGMCR $346.82
United SmallGroup $348.56
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $348.56
BCBS MCRPPO $348.56
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $348.56
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $348.56
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $348.56
GEO Group - Joe Corley Detention Facility GVT $348.56
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $348.56
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $348.56
United AllPayerAppendix $348.56
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $348.56
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $348.56
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $348.56
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $348.56
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $348.56
Amerigroup DualEligible $348.56
Devoted Health MGMCR $348.56
Aetna MCR $351.52
Van Lang IPA MCR $352.05
United MCR $355.53
WellCare PPO $359.02
WellCare SNP $359.02
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $359.02
WellCare MCRHMO $359.02
WellCare PFFS $359.02
WellCare POS $359.02
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $365.99
Humana MCD $365.99
American Health Plan MGMCR $365.99
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $365.99
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $365.99
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $365.99
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $365.99
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $365.99
Superior Health Plan PFFS $365.99
Shared Health MGMCR $365.99
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $369.47
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $369.47
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $369.47
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $369.47
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $369.47
Molina MGMCR $379.93
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $418.27
Verda Health Plan MCR $453.13
Superior ValueHMO $505.41
Community Health Choice HIX $505.41
Superior HMO $540.27
Superior EPO $540.27
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $690.15
BCBS MyBlueHealth $704.09
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $731.98
Molina Healthcare HIX $749.40
BCBS BAV $777.29
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $868.67
BCBS HMO $972.48
Oscar HIX $1,007.34
BCBS EPOSOA $1,042.19
BCBS PPO $1,111.91
Aetna QHPExchange $1,276.87
Cigna CSN $1,434.36
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $1,553.61
Aetna NBPPO $1,698.07
Aetna NBHMO $1,698.07
Aetna NBPOS $1,698.07
Aetna COMMPOS $1,804.04
Aetna COMMHMO $1,804.04
Aetna COMMPPO $1,804.04
Cigna PPO $1,848.43
Aetna OONHMO $2,119.28
Aetna OONPOS $2,119.28
Aetna OONPPO $2,119.28
Aetna ASAHMO $2,291.47
Aetna ASAPPO $2,291.47
Aetna ASAPOS $2,291.47
Humana PPO $3,867.93
Humana HMO $3,867.93
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