Very long chain fatty acids 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

$2,252.19

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.

$2,252.19

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.

$16.26 with Texas Health Network vs $2,026.97 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 $16.26 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $16.59 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $16.59 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $16.59 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $16.59 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $16.59 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $16.59 ↓ -99%
Liberty County Indigent LOCALGOV $16.59 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $16.59 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $16.59 ↓ -99%
United MGMCD $16.92 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $17.92 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STAR $18.25 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $18.25 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $18.25 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $18.25 ↓ -99%
Oscar MGMCR $19.36 ↓ -99%
WellMed MGMCR $19.65 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup DualEligible $19.75 ↓ -99%
GEO Group - Joe Corley Detention Facility GVT $19.75 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $19.75 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $19.75 ↓ -99%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $19.75 ↓ -99%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $19.75 ↓ -99%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $19.75 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $19.75 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $19.75 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $19.75 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MGMCR $19.75 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $19.75 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $19.75 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $19.75 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $19.75 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $19.75 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $19.75 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCR $19.92 ↓ -99%
Van Lang IPA MCR $19.95 ↓ -99%
United MCR $20.14 ↓ -99%
WellCare SNP $20.34 ↓ -99%
WellCare PPO $20.34 ↓ -99%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $20.34 ↓ -99%
WellCare PFFS $20.34 ↓ -99%
WellCare MCRHMO $20.34 ↓ -99%
WellCare POS $20.34 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $20.74 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $20.74 ↓ -99%
American Health Plan MGMCR $20.74 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $20.74 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $20.74 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $20.74 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $20.74 ↓ -99%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $20.74 ↓ -99%
Humana MCD $20.74 ↓ -99%
Shared Health MGMCR $20.74 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $20.94 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $20.94 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $20.94 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $20.94 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $20.94 ↓ -99%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $21.38 ↓ -99%
Molina MGMCR $21.53 ↓ -99%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $23.70 ↓ -99%
Verda Health Plan MCR $25.68 ↓ -99%
Superior ValueHMO $28.64 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice HIX $28.64 ↓ -99%
Superior EPO $30.61 ↓ -99%
Superior HMO $30.61 ↓ -99%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $39.10 ↓ -98%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $39.90 ↓ -98%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $41.48 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare HIX $42.46 ↓ -98%
BCBS BAV $44.04 ↓ -98%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $54.17 ↓ -98%
BCBS HMO $55.10 ↓ -98%
Oscar HIX $57.08 ↓ -97%
BCBS EPOSOA $59.05 ↓ -97%
BCBS PPO $63.00 ↓ -97%
Aetna QHPExchange $72.35 ↓ -97%
Cigna CSN $80.84 ↓ -96%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $87.56 ↓ -96%
Aetna NBHMO $96.21 ↓ -96%
Aetna NBPPO $96.21 ↓ -96%
Aetna NBPOS $96.21 ↓ -96%
Aetna COMMHMO $102.22 ↓ -95%
Aetna COMMPOS $102.22 ↓ -95%
Aetna COMMPPO $102.22 ↓ -95%
Cigna PPO $104.18 ↓ -95%
Aetna OONPPO $120.08 ↓ -95%
Aetna OONHMO $120.08 ↓ -95%
Aetna OONPOS $120.08 ↓ -95%
Aetna ASAHMO $129.84 ↓ -94%
Aetna ASAPOS $129.84 ↓ -94%
Aetna ASAPPO $129.84 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $135.13 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $135.13 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $135.13 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $135.13 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $135.13 ↓ -94%
Humana PPO $241.18 ↓ -89%
Humana HMO $241.18 ↓ -89%
United OptionsPPO $396.39 ↓ -82%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $459.45 ↓ -80%
TX Workforce Commission GVT $540.53 ↓ -76%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $614.85 ↓ -73%
Imagine Health PPO $788.27 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $788.27 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $968.44 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $1,013.49 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $1,013.49 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $1,013.49 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,200.42 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $1,238.70 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $1,238.70 ↓ -45%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $1,351.31 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,351.31 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $1,351.31 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $1,463.92 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $1,689.14 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,846.80 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1,914.36 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $1,914.36 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,914.36 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $2,026.97 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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