Zika virus dna/rna amp probe 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

$978.81

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.

$978.81

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.

$42.24 with Texas Health Network vs $880.93 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 $42.24 ↓ -96%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $43.10 ↓ -96%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $43.10 ↓ -96%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $43.10 ↓ -96%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $43.10 ↓ -96%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $43.10 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup MGMCD $43.10 ↓ -96%
Liberty County Indigent LOCALGOV $43.10 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $43.10 ↓ -96%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $43.10 ↓ -96%
United MGMCD $43.96 ↓ -96%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $46.55 ↓ -95%
Molina Healthcare STAR $47.41 ↓ -95%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $47.41 ↓ -95%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $47.41 ↓ -95%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $47.41 ↓ -95%
Oscar MGMCR $50.28 ↓ -95%
WellMed MGMCR $51.05 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup DualEligible $51.31 ↓ -95%
GEO Group - Joe Corley Detention Facility GVT $51.31 ↓ -95%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $51.31 ↓ -95%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $51.31 ↓ -95%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $51.31 ↓ -95%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $51.31 ↓ -95%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $51.31 ↓ -95%
BCBS MCRPPO $51.31 ↓ -95%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $51.31 ↓ -95%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $51.31 ↓ -95%
Devoted Health MGMCR $51.31 ↓ -95%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $51.31 ↓ -95%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $51.31 ↓ -95%
United AllPayerAppendix $51.31 ↓ -95%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $51.31 ↓ -95%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $51.31 ↓ -95%
United SmallGroup $51.31 ↓ -95%
Aetna MCR $51.75 ↓ -95%
Van Lang IPA MCR $51.82 ↓ -95%
United MCR $52.34 ↓ -95%
WellCare SNP $52.85 ↓ -95%
WellCare PPO $52.85 ↓ -95%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $52.85 ↓ -95%
WellCare PFFS $52.85 ↓ -95%
WellCare MCRHMO $52.85 ↓ -95%
WellCare POS $52.85 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $53.88 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $53.88 ↓ -94%
American Health Plan MGMCR $53.88 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $53.88 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $53.88 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $53.88 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $53.88 ↓ -94%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $53.88 ↓ -94%
Humana MCD $53.88 ↓ -94%
Shared Health MGMCR $53.88 ↓ -94%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $54.39 ↓ -94%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $54.39 ↓ -94%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $54.39 ↓ -94%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $54.39 ↓ -94%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $54.39 ↓ -94%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $55.53 ↓ -94%
Molina MGMCR $55.93 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $58.73 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $58.73 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $58.73 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $58.73 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $58.73 ↓ -94%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $61.57 ↓ -94%
Verda Health Plan MCR $66.70 ↓ -93%
Superior ValueHMO $74.40 ↓ -92%
Community Health Choice HIX $74.40 ↓ -92%
Superior HMO $79.53 ↓ -92%
Superior EPO $79.53 ↓ -92%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $101.59 ↓ -90%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $103.65 ↓ -89%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $107.75 ↓ -89%
Molina Healthcare HIX $110.32 ↓ -89%
BCBS BAV $114.42 ↓ -88%
BCBS HMO $143.15 ↓ -85%
Oscar HIX $148.29 ↓ -85%
BCBS EPOSOA $153.42 ↓ -84%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $153.94 ↓ -84%
BCBS PPO $163.68 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $172.27 ↓ -82%
Aetna QHPExchange $187.98 ↓ -81%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $199.68 ↓ -80%
Cigna CSN $210.48 ↓ -78%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $227.98 ↓ -77%
TX Workforce Commission GVT $234.91 ↓ -76%
Aetna NBHMO $249.99 ↓ -74%
Aetna NBPOS $249.99 ↓ -74%
Aetna NBPPO $249.99 ↓ -74%
Aetna COMMHMO $265.59 ↓ -73%
Aetna COMMPPO $265.59 ↓ -73%
Aetna COMMPOS $265.59 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $267.22 ↓ -73%
Cigna PPO $271.24 ↓ -72%
Aetna OONPPO $312.00 ↓ -68%
Aetna OONHMO $312.00 ↓ -68%
Aetna OONPOS $312.00 ↓ -68%
Aetna ASAPPO $337.35 ↓ -66%
Aetna ASAHMO $337.35 ↓ -66%
Aetna ASAPOS $337.35 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $342.58 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $342.58 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $420.89 ↓ -57%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $440.46 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $440.46 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $440.46 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $521.71 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $538.35 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $538.35 ↓ -45%
Independent Medical System COMM $587.29 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $587.29 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $587.29 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $636.23 ↓ -35%
Humana HMO $685.45 ↓ -30%
Humana PPO $685.45 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $734.11 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $802.62 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $831.99 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $831.99 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $831.99 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $880.93 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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