Prealbumin 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

$460.71

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.

$460.71

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.

$12.01 with Texas Health Network vs $414.64 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 $12.01 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $12.26 ↓ -97%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $12.26 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $12.26 ↓ -97%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $12.26 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $12.26 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MGMCD $12.26 ↓ -97%
Liberty County Indigent LOCALGOV $12.26 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $12.26 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $12.26 ↓ -97%
United MGMCD $12.51 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $13.24 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STAR $13.49 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $13.49 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $13.49 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $13.49 ↓ -97%
Oscar MGMCR $14.30 ↓ -97%
WellMed MGMCR $14.52 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup DualEligible $14.59 ↓ -97%
GEO Group - Joe Corley Detention Facility GVT $14.59 ↓ -97%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $14.59 ↓ -97%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $14.59 ↓ -97%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $14.59 ↓ -97%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $14.59 ↓ -97%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $14.59 ↓ -97%
BCBS MCRPPO $14.59 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $14.59 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $14.59 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health MGMCR $14.59 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $14.59 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $14.59 ↓ -97%
United AllPayerAppendix $14.59 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $14.59 ↓ -97%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $14.59 ↓ -97%
United SmallGroup $14.59 ↓ -97%
Aetna MCR $14.71 ↓ -97%
Van Lang IPA MCR $14.74 ↓ -97%
United MCR $14.88 ↓ -97%
WellCare SNP $15.03 ↓ -97%
WellCare PPO $15.03 ↓ -97%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $15.03 ↓ -97%
WellCare PFFS $15.03 ↓ -97%
WellCare MCRHMO $15.03 ↓ -97%
WellCare POS $15.03 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $15.32 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $15.32 ↓ -97%
American Health Plan MGMCR $15.32 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $15.32 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $15.32 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $15.32 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $15.32 ↓ -97%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $15.32 ↓ -97%
Humana MCD $15.32 ↓ -97%
Shared Health MGMCR $15.32 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $15.47 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $15.47 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $15.47 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $15.47 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $15.47 ↓ -97%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $15.79 ↓ -97%
Molina MGMCR $15.90 ↓ -97%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $17.51 ↓ -96%
Verda Health Plan MCR $18.97 ↓ -96%
Community Health Choice HIX $21.16 ↓ -95%
Superior ValueHMO $21.16 ↓ -95%
Superior EPO $22.61 ↓ -95%
Superior HMO $22.61 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $27.64 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $27.64 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $27.64 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $27.64 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $27.64 ↓ -94%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $28.89 ↓ -94%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $29.47 ↓ -94%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $30.64 ↓ -93%
Molina Healthcare HIX $31.37 ↓ -93%
BCBS BAV $32.54 ↓ -93%
BCBS HMO $40.71 ↓ -91%
Oscar HIX $42.17 ↓ -91%
BCBS EPOSOA $43.62 ↓ -91%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $43.76 ↓ -91%
BCBS PPO $46.54 ↓ -90%
Aetna QHPExchange $53.45 ↓ -88%
Cigna CSN $59.93 ↓ -87%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $64.91 ↓ -86%
Aetna NBPOS $71.09 ↓ -85%
Aetna NBHMO $71.09 ↓ -85%
Aetna NBPPO $71.09 ↓ -85%
Aetna COMMPPO $75.52 ↓ -84%
Aetna COMMHMO $75.52 ↓ -84%
Aetna COMMPOS $75.52 ↓ -84%
Cigna PPO $77.23 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $81.08 ↓ -82%
Aetna OONHMO $88.72 ↓ -81%
Aetna OONPPO $88.72 ↓ -81%
Aetna OONPOS $88.72 ↓ -81%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $93.98 ↓ -80%
Aetna ASAPPO $95.93 ↓ -79%
Aetna ASAPOS $95.93 ↓ -79%
Aetna ASAHMO $95.93 ↓ -79%
TX Workforce Commission GVT $110.57 ↓ -76%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $125.77 ↓ -73%
Imagine Health PPO $161.25 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $161.25 ↓ -65%
Humana PPO $194.87 ↓ -58%
Humana HMO $194.87 ↓ -58%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $198.11 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $207.32 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $207.32 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $207.32 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $245.56 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $253.39 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $253.39 ↓ -45%
Independent Medical System COMM $276.43 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $276.43 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $276.43 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $299.46 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $345.53 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $377.78 ↓ -18%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $391.60 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $391.60 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $391.60 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $414.64 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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