Morphometric analysis in situ hybridization computer-assisted per specimen each multiplex stain 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

$735.00

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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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$735.00

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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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$44.10 with Superior Health Plan vs $3,097.77 with Humana — same scan, same building. Share

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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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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 STAR $44.10 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $44.10 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $44.10 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $44.10 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $44.10 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $95.55 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $95.55 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $95.55 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $95.55 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MGMCD $102.90 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $102.90 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $129.36 ↓ -82%
Oscar HIX $143.32 ↓ -81%
United AllPayerAppendix $149.16 ↓ -80%
United SmallGroup $149.16 ↓ -80%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $149.16 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $149.94 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $174.19 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $174.19 ↓ -76%
TX Workforce Commission GVT $176.40 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $187.43 ↓ -74%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $200.66 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $257.25 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $257.25 ↓ -65%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $289.87 ↓ -61%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $294.00 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $316.05 ↓ -57%
BCBS BAV $320.00 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $330.75 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $330.75 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $330.75 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $391.75 ↓ -47%
BCBS HMO $400.37 ↓ -46%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $404.25 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $404.25 ↓ -45%
BCBS EPOSOA $429.07 ↓ -42%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $441.00 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $441.00 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $441.00 ↓ -40%
BCBS PPO $457.76 ↓ -38%
Coastal Comp COMM $477.75 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $551.25 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $602.70 ↓ -18%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $624.75 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $624.75 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $624.75 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $661.50 ↓ -10%
Cigna CSN $1,087.00 ↑ +48%
Aetna QHPExchange $1,087.78 ↑ +48%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $1,177.38 ↑ +60%
Cigna PPO $1,400.80 ↑ +91%
Aetna NBHMO $1,446.61 ↑ +97%
Aetna NBPPO $1,446.61 ↑ +97%
Aetna NBPOS $1,446.61 ↑ +97%
Aetna COMMHMO $1,536.88 ↑ +109%
Aetna COMMPPO $1,536.88 ↑ +109%
Aetna COMMPOS $1,536.88 ↑ +109%
Aetna OONHMO $1,805.44 ↑ +146%
Aetna OONPPO $1,805.44 ↑ +146%
Aetna OONPOS $1,805.44 ↑ +146%
Aetna ASAPOS $1,952.13 ↑ +166%
Aetna ASAPPO $1,952.13 ↑ +166%
Aetna ASAHMO $1,952.13 ↑ +166%
Humana HMO $3,097.77 ↑ +321%
Humana PPO $3,097.77 ↑ +321%
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