Surgical pathology level 1 gross examination only 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

$990.90

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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.

$990.90

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.

$24.67 with United vs $891.81 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
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $24.67 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $24.67 ↓ -98%
United SmallGroup $24.67 ↓ -98%
Aetna QHPExchange $41.60 ↓ -96%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $46.44 ↓ -95%
Cigna CSN $48.50 ↓ -95%
BCBS BAV $51.27 ↓ -95%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $52.53 ↓ -95%
Aetna NBPPO $55.32 ↓ -94%
Aetna NBHMO $55.32 ↓ -94%
Aetna NBPOS $55.32 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMMHMO $58.77 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMMPOS $58.77 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMMPPO $58.77 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $59.45 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $59.45 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $59.45 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $59.45 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $59.45 ↓ -94%
Cigna PPO $62.50 ↓ -94%
BCBS HMO $64.14 ↓ -94%
BCBS EPOSOA $68.74 ↓ -93%
Aetna OONPPO $69.04 ↓ -93%
Aetna OONHMO $69.04 ↓ -93%
Aetna OONPOS $69.04 ↓ -93%
BCBS PPO $73.34 ↓ -93%
Aetna ASAPPO $74.65 ↓ -92%
Aetna ASAHMO $74.65 ↓ -92%
Aetna ASAPOS $74.65 ↓ -92%
Humana HMO $123.67 ↓ -88%
Humana PPO $123.67 ↓ -88%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $128.82 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $128.82 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $128.82 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $128.82 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MGMCD $138.73 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $138.73 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $174.40 ↓ -82%
Oscar HIX $193.23 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $202.14 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $234.84 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $234.84 ↓ -76%
TX Workforce Commission GVT $237.82 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $252.68 ↓ -74%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $270.52 ↓ -73%
Imagine Health PPO $346.81 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $346.81 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $396.36 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $426.09 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $445.90 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $445.90 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $445.90 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $528.15 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $545.00 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $545.00 ↓ -45%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $594.54 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $594.54 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $594.54 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $644.09 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $743.17 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $812.54 ↓ -18%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $842.26 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $842.26 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $842.26 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $891.81 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $369.31 $88.51 – $88.51
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $110.02 $27.61 – $137.53
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $139.48 $28.71 – $209.21
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $113.42 $22.68 – $141.78
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $139.48 $27.61 – $209.21
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $139.48 $26.00 – $209.21
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