Abdominal Ultrasound (complete) 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

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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.

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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.

$102.66 with Texas Health Network vs $1,981.93 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 $102.66
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $104.75
Liberty County Indigent LOCALGOV $104.75
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $104.75
Amerigroup MGMCD $104.75
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $104.75
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $106.88
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $106.88
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $106.88
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $106.88
United MGMCD $109.02
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $115.23
Molina Healthcare CHIP $115.23
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $115.23
Molina Healthcare STAR $115.23
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $115.43
Humana MCD $130.94
Superior Health Plan CHIP $132.13
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $132.13
Superior Health Plan STAR $132.13
Superior Health Plan STARKids $132.13
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $132.13
BCBS MyBlueHealth $197.26
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $207.04
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $213.00
United SmallGroup $245.18
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
BCBS BAV $249.94
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00
BCBS HMO $381.07
United OptionsPPO $387.58
BCBS EPOSOA $422.54
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $449.24
BCBS PPO $464.01
Aetna QHPExchange $475.78
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00
TX Workforce Commission GVT $528.52
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00
Evry Health BroadNetwork $601.19
Aetna NBHMO $632.35
Aetna NBPPO $632.35
Aetna NBPOS $632.35
Aetna COMMPPO $672.67
Aetna COMMPOS $672.67
Aetna COMMHMO $672.67
Humana HMO $702.71
Humana PPO $702.71
Imagine Health PPO $770.75
BCBS Traditional $770.75
Aetna OONHMO $790.94
Aetna OONPOS $790.94
Aetna OONPPO $790.94
Aetna ASAHMO $854.78
Aetna ASAPPO $854.78
Aetna ASAPOS $854.78
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $880.86
Curative Administrators COMM $880.86
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $946.92
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $990.97
United GlobalAppendix $990.97
Averde Health Commercial $990.97
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,173.75
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $1,211.18
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $1,211.18
Independent Medical System COMM $1,321.29
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,321.29
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $1,321.29
Coastal Comp COMM $1,431.40
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $1,651.61
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,805.76
Physicians, INC COMM $1,871.83
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,871.83
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1,871.83
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,981.93

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Abdominal Ultrasound (complete) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,356.39 $431.51 – $431.51
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $862.90 $99.77 – $1,078.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $714.97 $141.23 – $1,072.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $537.43 $99.77 – $671.78
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $862.90 $99.77 – $1,078.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $714.97 $99.77 – $1,072.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $714.97 $104.75 – $1,072.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $537.43 $99.77 – $806.14

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