Sedimentation rate erythrocyte automated 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

$654.06

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.

$654.06

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.

$2.22 with Texas Health Network vs $588.65 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 $2.22 ↓ -100%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $2.27 ↓ -100%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $2.27 ↓ -100%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $2.27 ↓ -100%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $2.27 ↓ -100%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $2.27 ↓ -100%
Amerigroup MGMCD $2.27 ↓ -100%
Liberty County Indigent LOCALGOV $2.27 ↓ -100%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $2.27 ↓ -100%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $2.27 ↓ -100%
United MGMCD $2.32 ↓ -100%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $2.45 ↓ -100%
Molina Healthcare STAR $2.50 ↓ -100%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $2.50 ↓ -100%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $2.50 ↓ -100%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $2.50 ↓ -100%
Oscar MGMCR $2.65 ↓ -100%
WellMed MGMCR $2.69 ↓ -100%
Amerigroup DualEligible $2.70 ↓ -100%
GEO Group - Joe Corley Detention Facility GVT $2.70 ↓ -100%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $2.70 ↓ -100%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $2.70 ↓ -100%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $2.70 ↓ -100%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $2.70 ↓ -100%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $2.70 ↓ -100%
BCBS MCRPPO $2.70 ↓ -100%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $2.70 ↓ -100%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $2.70 ↓ -100%
Devoted Health MGMCR $2.70 ↓ -100%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $2.70 ↓ -100%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $2.70 ↓ -100%
United AllPayerAppendix $2.70 ↓ -100%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $2.70 ↓ -100%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $2.70 ↓ -100%
United SmallGroup $2.70 ↓ -100%
Aetna MCR $2.72 ↓ -100%
Van Lang IPA MCR $2.73 ↓ -100%
United MCR $2.75 ↓ -100%
WellCare SNP $2.78 ↓ -100%
WellCare PPO $2.78 ↓ -100%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $2.78 ↓ -100%
WellCare PFFS $2.78 ↓ -100%
WellCare MCRHMO $2.78 ↓ -100%
WellCare POS $2.78 ↓ -100%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $2.84 ↓ -100%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $2.84 ↓ -100%
American Health Plan MGMCR $2.84 ↓ -100%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $2.84 ↓ -100%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $2.84 ↓ -100%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $2.84 ↓ -100%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $2.84 ↓ -100%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $2.84 ↓ -100%
Humana MCD $2.84 ↓ -100%
Shared Health MGMCR $2.84 ↓ -100%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $2.86 ↓ -100%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $2.86 ↓ -100%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $2.86 ↓ -100%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $2.86 ↓ -100%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $2.86 ↓ -100%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $2.92 ↓ -100%
Molina MGMCR $2.94 ↓ -100%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $3.24 ↓ -100%
Verda Health Plan MCR $3.51 ↓ -99%
Superior ValueHMO $3.92 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice HIX $3.92 ↓ -99%
Superior EPO $4.19 ↓ -99%
Superior HMO $4.19 ↓ -99%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $5.35 ↓ -99%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $5.45 ↓ -99%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $5.67 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare HIX $5.80 ↓ -99%
BCBS BAV $6.02 ↓ -99%
BCBS HMO $7.53 ↓ -99%
Oscar HIX $7.80 ↓ -99%
BCBS EPOSOA $8.07 ↓ -99%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $8.09 ↓ -99%
BCBS PPO $8.61 ↓ -99%
Aetna QHPExchange $9.88 ↓ -98%
Cigna CSN $11.17 ↓ -98%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $12.10 ↓ -98%
Aetna NBHMO $13.14 ↓ -98%
Aetna NBPPO $13.14 ↓ -98%
Aetna NBPOS $13.14 ↓ -98%
Aetna COMMHMO $13.96 ↓ -98%
Aetna COMMPOS $13.96 ↓ -98%
Aetna COMMPPO $13.96 ↓ -98%
Cigna PPO $14.40 ↓ -98%
Aetna OONPPO $16.40 ↓ -97%
Aetna OONHMO $16.40 ↓ -97%
Aetna OONPOS $16.40 ↓ -97%
Aetna ASAHMO $17.73 ↓ -97%
Aetna ASAPOS $17.73 ↓ -97%
Aetna ASAPPO $17.73 ↓ -97%
Humana PPO $36.03 ↓ -94%
Humana HMO $36.03 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $39.24 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $39.24 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $39.24 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $39.24 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $39.24 ↓ -94%
United OptionsPPO $115.11 ↓ -82%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $133.43 ↓ -80%
TX Workforce Commission GVT $156.97 ↓ -76%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $178.56 ↓ -73%
Imagine Health PPO $228.92 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $228.92 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $281.25 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $294.33 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $294.33 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $294.33 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $348.61 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $359.73 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $359.73 ↓ -45%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $392.44 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $392.44 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $392.44 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $425.14 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $490.54 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $536.33 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $555.95 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $555.95 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $555.95 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $588.65 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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