Venous sampling s&i 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

$9,051.05

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.

$9,051.05

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.

$103.14 with Texas Health Network vs $19,028.23 with BCBS — 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 $103.14 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $103.91 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $103.91 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $103.91 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $103.91 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $105.25 ↓ -99%
Liberty County Indigent LOCALGOV $105.25 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $105.25 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $105.25 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $105.25 ↓ -99%
United MGMCD $105.99 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $112.22 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $115.78 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STAR $115.78 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $115.78 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $115.78 ↓ -99%
Humana MCD $131.56 ↓ -99%
Cigna CSN $287.16 ↓ -97%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $310.77 ↓ -97%
Cigna PPO $369.42 ↓ -96%
Aetna QHPExchange $465.79 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $543.06 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $543.06 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $543.06 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $543.06 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $543.06 ↓ -94%
Aetna NBPPO $619.08 ↓ -93%
Aetna NBPOS $619.08 ↓ -93%
Aetna NBHMO $619.08 ↓ -93%
Aetna COMMPOS $658.56 ↓ -93%
Aetna COMMPPO $658.56 ↓ -93%
Aetna COMMHMO $658.56 ↓ -93%
Aetna OONPOS $774.35 ↓ -91%
Aetna OONHMO $774.35 ↓ -91%
Aetna OONPPO $774.35 ↓ -91%
Aetna ASAPOS $836.85 ↓ -91%
Aetna ASAHMO $836.85 ↓ -91%
Aetna ASAPPO $836.85 ↓ -91%
United OptionsPPO $1,592.98 ↓ -82%
Humana HMO $1,633.18 ↓ -82%
Humana PPO $1,633.18 ↓ -82%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $1,846.41 ↓ -80%
TX Workforce Commission GVT $2,172.25 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $2,308.02 ↓ -74%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $2,470.94 ↓ -73%
Imagine Health PPO $3,167.87 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $3,167.87 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $3,620.42 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $3,620.42 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $3,891.95 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $4,072.97 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $4,072.97 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $4,072.97 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $4,824.21 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $4,978.08 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $4,978.08 ↓ -45%
Independent Medical System COMM $5,430.63 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $5,430.63 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $5,430.63 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $5,883.18 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $6,788.29 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $7,421.86 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $7,693.39 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $7,693.39 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $7,693.39 ↓ -15%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $8,089.29 ↓ -11%
Affiliated PPO COMM $8,145.94 ↓ -10%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $9,063.70 ↑ +0%
BCBS BAV $10,249.50 ↑ +13%
United SmallGroup $10,733.33 ↑ +19%
United AllPayerAppendix $10,733.33 ↑ +19%
BCBS HMO $15,627.05 ↑ +73%
BCBS EPOSOA $17,327.64 ↑ +91%
BCBS PPO $19,028.23 ↑ +110%

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