Thyroxine binding globulin (tbg) 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

$249.23

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.

$249.23

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.

$12.17 with Texas Health Network vs $224.31 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 $12.17 ↓ -95%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $12.42 ↓ -95%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $12.42 ↓ -95%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $12.42 ↓ -95%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $12.42 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $12.42 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup MGMCD $12.42 ↓ -95%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $12.42 ↓ -95%
Liberty County Indigent LOCALGOV $12.42 ↓ -95%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $12.42 ↓ -95%
United MGMCD $12.67 ↓ -95%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $13.41 ↓ -95%
Molina Healthcare STAR $13.66 ↓ -95%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $13.66 ↓ -95%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $13.66 ↓ -95%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $13.66 ↓ -95%
Oscar MGMCR $14.48 ↓ -94%
WellMed MGMCR $14.71 ↓ -94%
United AllPayerAppendix $14.78 ↓ -94%
Devoted Health MGMCR $14.78 ↓ -94%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $14.78 ↓ -94%
GEO Group - Joe Corley Detention Facility GVT $14.78 ↓ -94%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $14.78 ↓ -94%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $14.78 ↓ -94%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $14.78 ↓ -94%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $14.78 ↓ -94%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $14.78 ↓ -94%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $14.78 ↓ -94%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $14.78 ↓ -94%
Amerigroup DualEligible $14.78 ↓ -94%
United SmallGroup $14.78 ↓ -94%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $14.78 ↓ -94%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $14.78 ↓ -94%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $14.78 ↓ -94%
BCBS MCRPPO $14.78 ↓ -94%
Aetna MCR $14.91 ↓ -94%
Van Lang IPA MCR $14.93 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $14.95 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $14.95 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $14.95 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $14.95 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $14.95 ↓ -94%
United MCR $15.08 ↓ -94%
WellCare SNP $15.22 ↓ -94%
WellCare PPO $15.22 ↓ -94%
WellCare POS $15.22 ↓ -94%
WellCare MCRHMO $15.22 ↓ -94%
WellCare PFFS $15.22 ↓ -94%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $15.22 ↓ -94%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $15.52 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $15.52 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $15.52 ↓ -94%
Shared Health MGMCR $15.52 ↓ -94%
American Health Plan MGMCR $15.52 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $15.52 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $15.52 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $15.52 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $15.52 ↓ -94%
Humana MCD $15.53 ↓ -94%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $15.67 ↓ -94%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $15.67 ↓ -94%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $15.67 ↓ -94%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $15.67 ↓ -94%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $15.67 ↓ -94%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $16.00 ↓ -94%
Molina MGMCR $16.11 ↓ -94%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $17.74 ↓ -93%
Verda Health Plan MCR $19.21 ↓ -92%
Community Health Choice HIX $21.43 ↓ -91%
Superior ValueHMO $21.43 ↓ -91%
Superior EPO $22.91 ↓ -91%
Superior HMO $22.91 ↓ -91%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $29.26 ↓ -88%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $29.86 ↓ -88%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $31.04 ↓ -88%
Molina Healthcare HIX $31.78 ↓ -87%
BCBS BAV $32.96 ↓ -87%
BCBS HMO $41.24 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $42.71 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $43.86 ↓ -82%
BCBS EPOSOA $44.19 ↓ -82%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $44.35 ↓ -82%
BCBS PPO $47.15 ↓ -81%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $50.84 ↓ -80%
Aetna QHPExchange $54.13 ↓ -78%
TX Workforce Commission GVT $59.82 ↓ -76%
Cigna CSN $61.31 ↓ -75%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $66.41 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $68.04 ↓ -73%
Aetna NBPPO $71.98 ↓ -71%
Aetna NBHMO $71.98 ↓ -71%
Aetna NBPOS $71.98 ↓ -71%
Aetna COMMHMO $76.48 ↓ -69%
Aetna COMMPOS $76.48 ↓ -69%
Aetna COMMPPO $76.48 ↓ -69%
Cigna PPO $79.01 ↓ -68%
BCBS Traditional $87.23 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $87.23 ↓ -65%
Aetna OONHMO $89.84 ↓ -64%
Aetna OONPPO $89.84 ↓ -64%
Aetna OONPOS $89.84 ↓ -64%
Aetna ASAPPO $97.14 ↓ -61%
Aetna ASAPOS $97.14 ↓ -61%
Aetna ASAHMO $97.14 ↓ -61%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $107.17 ↓ -57%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $112.15 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $112.15 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $112.15 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $132.84 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $137.08 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $137.08 ↓ -45%
Independent Medical System COMM $149.54 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $149.54 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $149.54 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $162.00 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $186.92 ↓ -25%
Humana HMO $197.47 ↓ -21%
Humana PPO $197.47 ↓ -21%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $204.37 ↓ -18%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $211.85 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $211.85 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $211.85 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $224.31 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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