Abdominal Ultrasound (limited) 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.

$81.09 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,216.40 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
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $81.09
Superior Health Plan CHIP $81.09
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $81.09
Superior Health Plan STARKids $81.09
Superior Health Plan STAR $81.09
Texas Health Network MCD $85.47
Amerigroup MGMCD $87.21
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $87.21
Liberty County Indigent LOCALGOV $87.21
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $87.21
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $87.21
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $88.55
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $88.55
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $88.55
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $88.55
United MGMCD $90.32
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $95.63
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $95.93
Molina Healthcare CHIP $95.93
Molina Healthcare STAR $95.93
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $95.93
Humana MCD $109.01
BCBS MyBlueHealth $197.26
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $207.04
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $213.00
United OptionsPPO $237.87
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
United SmallGroup $245.18
BCBS BAV $249.94
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $275.72
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00
TX Workforce Commission GVT $324.37
Aetna QHPExchange $358.25
Evry Health BroadNetwork $368.98
BCBS HMO $381.07
BCBS EPOSOA $422.54
Humana PPO $431.28
Humana HMO $431.28
BCBS PPO $464.01
Imagine Health PPO $473.05
BCBS Traditional $473.05
Aetna NBHMO $476.15
Aetna NBPPO $476.15
Aetna NBPOS $476.15
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00
Aetna COMMPPO $506.51
Aetna COMMPOS $506.51
Aetna COMMHMO $506.51
Curative Administrators COMM $540.62
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $540.62
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $581.17
Aetna OONHMO $595.56
Aetna OONPOS $595.56
Aetna OONPPO $595.56
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00
Averde Health Commercial $608.20
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $608.20
United GlobalAppendix $608.20
Aetna ASAPOS $643.63
Aetna ASAHMO $643.63
Aetna ASAPPO $643.63
Coventry National First Health COMM $720.38
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $743.36
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $743.36
Independent Medical System COMM $810.94
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $810.94
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $810.94
Coastal Comp COMM $878.51
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $1,013.67
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,108.28
Physicians, INC COMM $1,148.83
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,148.83
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1,148.83
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,216.40

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Abdominal Ultrasound (limited) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,242.44 $431.51 – $431.51
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $629.42 $87.21 – $786.77
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $671.72 $138.26 – $1,007.59
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $604.43 $87.21 – $755.54
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $629.42 $87.21 – $786.77
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $671.72 $93.31 – $1,007.59
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $671.72 $87.21 – $1,007.59
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $604.43 $87.21 – $906.65

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