Pretreat rbc w enzyme reference 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

$241.69

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.

$241.69

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.

$14.50 with Superior Health Plan vs $904.08 with BCBS — 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
Superior Health Plan CHIP $14.50 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $14.50 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $14.50 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $14.50 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $14.50 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $31.42 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $31.42 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $31.42 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $31.42 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MGMCD $33.84 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $33.84 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $42.54 ↓ -82%
Oscar HIX $47.13 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $49.30 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $57.28 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $57.28 ↓ -76%
TX Workforce Commission GVT $58.01 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $61.63 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $65.98 ↓ -73%
Imagine Health PPO $84.59 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $84.59 ↓ -65%
Aetna QHPExchange $88.69 ↓ -63%
Cigna CSN $93.40 ↓ -61%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $96.68 ↓ -60%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $101.16 ↓ -58%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $103.93 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $108.76 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $108.76 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $108.76 ↓ -55%
Aetna NBPOS $117.94 ↓ -51%
Aetna NBPPO $117.94 ↓ -51%
Aetna NBHMO $117.94 ↓ -51%
Cigna PPO $120.36 ↓ -50%
Aetna COMMPOS $125.30 ↓ -48%
Aetna COMMHMO $125.30 ↓ -48%
Aetna COMMPPO $125.30 ↓ -48%
Coventry National First Health COMM $128.82 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $132.93 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $132.93 ↓ -45%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $145.01 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $145.01 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $145.01 ↓ -40%
Aetna OONPPO $147.20 ↓ -39%
Aetna OONHMO $147.20 ↓ -39%
Aetna OONPOS $147.20 ↓ -39%
Coastal Comp COMM $157.10 ↓ -35%
Aetna ASAPPO $159.16 ↓ -34%
Aetna ASAHMO $159.16 ↓ -34%
Aetna ASAPOS $159.16 ↓ -34%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $181.27 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $198.19 ↓ -18%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $205.44 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $205.44 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $205.44 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $217.52 ↓ -10%
Humana HMO $252.11 ↑ +4%
Humana PPO $252.11 ↑ +4%
United AllPayerAppendix $291.26 ↑ +21%
United SmallGroup $291.26 ↑ +21%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $291.26 ↑ +21%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $572.49 ↑ +137%
BCBS BAV $632.00 ↑ +161%
BCBS HMO $790.71 ↑ +227%
BCBS EPOSOA $847.40 ↑ +251%
BCBS PPO $904.08 ↑ +274%
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