Natriuretic peptide 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.

$32.32 with Texas Health Network vs $1,479.11 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
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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 $32.32
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $32.98
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $32.98
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $32.98
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $32.98
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $32.98
Amerigroup MGMCD $32.98
Liberty County Indigent LOCALGOV $32.98
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $32.98
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $32.98
United MGMCD $33.64
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $35.62
Molina Healthcare STAR $36.28
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $36.28
Molina Healthcare CHIP $36.28
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $36.28
Oscar MGMCR $38.47
WellMed MGMCR $39.06
Amerigroup DualEligible $39.26
GEO Group - Joe Corley Detention Facility GVT $39.26
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $39.26
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $39.26
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $39.26
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $39.26
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $39.26
BCBS MCRPPO $39.26
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $39.26
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $39.26
Devoted Health MGMCR $39.26
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $39.26
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $39.26
United AllPayerAppendix $39.26
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $39.26
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $39.26
United SmallGroup $39.26
Aetna MCR $39.59
Van Lang IPA MCR $39.65
United MCR $40.05
WellCare SNP $40.44
WellCare PPO $40.44
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $40.44
WellCare PFFS $40.44
WellCare MCRHMO $40.44
WellCare POS $40.44
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $41.22
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $41.22
American Health Plan MGMCR $41.22
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $41.22
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $41.22
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $41.22
Superior Health Plan PFFS $41.22
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $41.22
Humana MCD $41.22
Shared Health MGMCR $41.22
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $41.62
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $41.62
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $41.62
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $41.62
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $41.62
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $42.49
Molina MGMCR $42.79
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $47.11
Verda Health Plan MCR $51.04
Community Health Choice HIX $56.93
Superior ValueHMO $56.93
Superior EPO $60.85
Superior HMO $60.85
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $77.73
BCBS MyBlueHealth $79.31
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $82.45
Molina Healthcare HIX $84.41
BCBS BAV $87.55
Superior Health Plan STARKids $98.61
Superior Health Plan CHIP $98.61
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $98.61
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $98.61
Superior Health Plan STAR $98.61
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $101.82
BCBS HMO $109.54
Oscar HIX $113.46
BCBS EPOSOA $117.39
BCBS PPO $125.24
Aetna QHPExchange $143.83
Cigna CSN $161.68
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $175.12
Aetna NBPOS $191.27
Aetna NBHMO $191.27
Aetna NBPPO $191.27
Aetna COMMPPO $203.21
Aetna COMMHMO $203.21
Aetna COMMPOS $203.21
Cigna PPO $208.36
Aetna OONHMO $238.72
Aetna OONPOS $238.72
Aetna OONPPO $238.72
Aetna ASAHMO $258.12
Aetna ASAPPO $258.12
Aetna ASAPOS $258.12
United OptionsPPO $289.25
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $335.26
TX Workforce Commission GVT $394.43
Evry Health BroadNetwork $448.66
Humana PPO $453.36
Humana HMO $453.36
Imagine Health PPO $575.21
BCBS Traditional $575.21
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $706.68
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $739.55
Averde Health Commercial $739.55
United GlobalAppendix $739.55
Coventry National First Health COMM $875.96
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $903.90
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $903.90
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $986.07
Independent Medical System COMM $986.07
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $986.07
Coastal Comp COMM $1,068.24
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $1,232.59
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,347.63
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,396.93
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1,396.93
Physicians, INC COMM $1,396.93
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,479.11
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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