Scr c/v cyto,thinlayer,rescr 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.

$43.09 with Oscar vs $428.27 with Humana — 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
Oscar MGMCR $43.09
WellMed MGMCR $43.75
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $43.97
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $43.97
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $43.97
United AllPayerAppendix $43.97
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $43.97
United SmallGroup $43.97
Amerigroup DualEligible $43.97
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $43.97
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $43.97
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $43.97
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $43.97
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $43.97
BCBS MCRPPO $43.97
Devoted Health MGMCR $43.97
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $43.97
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $43.97
GEO Group - Joe Corley Detention Facility GVT $43.97
Aetna MCR $44.34
Van Lang IPA MCR $44.41
United MCR $44.85
WellCare POS $45.29
WellCare SNP $45.29
WellCare PPO $45.29
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $45.29
WellCare PFFS $45.29
WellCare MCRHMO $45.29
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $46.17
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $46.17
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $46.17
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $46.17
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $46.17
Superior Health Plan PFFS $46.17
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $46.17
Shared Health MGMCR $46.17
American Health Plan MGMCR $46.17
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $46.61
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $46.61
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $46.61
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $46.61
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $46.61
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $47.59
Molina MGMCR $47.93
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $52.76
Verda Health Plan MCR $57.16
Superior ValueHMO $63.76
Community Health Choice HIX $63.76
Superior HMO $68.15
Superior EPO $68.15
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $87.06
BCBS MyBlueHealth $88.82
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $92.34
Molina Healthcare HIX $94.54
BCBS BAV $98.05
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $106.85
BCBS HMO $122.68
Oscar HIX $127.07
BCBS EPOSOA $131.47
BCBS PPO $140.26
Aetna QHPExchange $161.08
Cigna CSN $181.21
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $196.28
Aetna NBPOS $214.22
Aetna NBHMO $214.22
Aetna NBPPO $214.22
Aetna COMMHMO $227.59
Aetna COMMPOS $227.59
Aetna COMMPPO $227.59
Cigna PPO $233.52
Aetna OONPPO $267.36
Aetna OONPOS $267.36
Aetna OONHMO $267.36
Aetna ASAHMO $289.08
Aetna ASAPOS $289.08
Aetna ASAPPO $289.08
Humana PPO $428.27
Humana HMO $428.27

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Scr c/v cyto,thinlayer,rescr at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas not published $39.57 – $169.28
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Allen Allen not published $41.93 – $41.93
CHRISTUS Children's Hospital San Antonio not published $79.43 – $79.43
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $43.09 – $181.21
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $43.09 – $181.21
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock not published $96.03 – $191.71
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $43.09 – $181.21
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $43.09 – $181.21

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