Pyruvate 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

$225.07

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.

$225.07

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.

$11.92 with Texas Health Network vs $202.56 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 $11.92 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $12.16 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup MGMCD $12.16 ↓ -95%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $12.16 ↓ -95%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $12.16 ↓ -95%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $12.16 ↓ -95%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $12.16 ↓ -95%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $12.16 ↓ -95%
Liberty County Indigent LOCALGOV $12.16 ↓ -95%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $12.16 ↓ -95%
United MGMCD $12.40 ↓ -94%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $13.13 ↓ -94%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $13.38 ↓ -94%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $13.38 ↓ -94%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $13.38 ↓ -94%
Molina Healthcare STAR $13.38 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $13.50 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $13.50 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $13.50 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $13.50 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $13.50 ↓ -94%
Oscar MGMCR $14.19 ↓ -94%
WellMed MGMCR $14.41 ↓ -94%
United AllPayerAppendix $14.48 ↓ -94%
Devoted Health MGMCR $14.48 ↓ -94%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $14.48 ↓ -94%
GEO Group - Joe Corley Detention Facility GVT $14.48 ↓ -94%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $14.48 ↓ -94%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $14.48 ↓ -94%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $14.48 ↓ -94%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $14.48 ↓ -94%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $14.48 ↓ -94%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $14.48 ↓ -94%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $14.48 ↓ -94%
Amerigroup DualEligible $14.48 ↓ -94%
United SmallGroup $14.48 ↓ -94%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $14.48 ↓ -94%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $14.48 ↓ -94%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $14.48 ↓ -94%
BCBS MCRPPO $14.48 ↓ -94%
Aetna MCR $14.60 ↓ -94%
Van Lang IPA MCR $14.62 ↓ -94%
United MCR $14.77 ↓ -93%
WellCare SNP $14.91 ↓ -93%
WellCare PPO $14.91 ↓ -93%
WellCare POS $14.91 ↓ -93%
WellCare MCRHMO $14.91 ↓ -93%
WellCare PFFS $14.91 ↓ -93%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $14.91 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $15.20 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $15.20 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $15.20 ↓ -93%
Shared Health MGMCR $15.20 ↓ -93%
American Health Plan MGMCR $15.20 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $15.20 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $15.20 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $15.20 ↓ -93%
Humana MCD $15.20 ↓ -93%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $15.20 ↓ -93%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $15.35 ↓ -93%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $15.35 ↓ -93%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $15.35 ↓ -93%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $15.35 ↓ -93%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $15.35 ↓ -93%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $15.67 ↓ -93%
Molina MGMCR $15.78 ↓ -93%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $17.38 ↓ -92%
Verda Health Plan MCR $18.82 ↓ -92%
Superior ValueHMO $21.00 ↓ -91%
Community Health Choice HIX $21.00 ↓ -91%
Superior EPO $22.44 ↓ -90%
Superior HMO $22.44 ↓ -90%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $28.67 ↓ -87%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $29.25 ↓ -87%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $30.41 ↓ -86%
Molina Healthcare HIX $31.13 ↓ -86%
BCBS BAV $32.29 ↓ -86%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $35.18 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $39.61 ↓ -82%
BCBS HMO $40.40 ↓ -82%
Oscar HIX $41.85 ↓ -81%
BCBS EPOSOA $43.30 ↓ -81%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $45.91 ↓ -80%
BCBS PPO $46.19 ↓ -79%
Aetna QHPExchange $53.02 ↓ -76%
TX Workforce Commission GVT $54.02 ↓ -76%
Cigna CSN $59.93 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $61.44 ↓ -73%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $64.91 ↓ -71%
Aetna NBHMO $70.51 ↓ -69%
Aetna NBPPO $70.51 ↓ -69%
Aetna NBPOS $70.51 ↓ -69%
Aetna COMMHMO $74.91 ↓ -67%
Aetna COMMPOS $74.91 ↓ -67%
Aetna COMMPPO $74.91 ↓ -67%
Cigna PPO $77.23 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $78.77 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $78.77 ↓ -65%
Aetna OONHMO $88.00 ↓ -61%
Aetna OONPPO $88.00 ↓ -61%
Aetna OONPOS $88.00 ↓ -61%
Aetna ASAPPO $95.15 ↓ -58%
Aetna ASAHMO $95.15 ↓ -58%
Aetna ASAPOS $95.15 ↓ -58%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $96.78 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $101.28 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $101.28 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $101.28 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $119.96 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $123.79 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $123.79 ↓ -45%
Independent Medical System COMM $135.04 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $135.04 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $135.04 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $146.30 ↓ -35%
Humana PPO $156.67 ↓ -30%
Humana HMO $156.67 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $168.80 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $184.56 ↓ -18%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $191.31 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $191.31 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $191.31 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $202.56 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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