Abdominal X-ray Series (acute, with chest view) at HCA HOUSTON CONROE

504 MEDICAL CENTER BOULEVARD, CONROE, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1962455816

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 24, 2026

$3,315.00

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.

$3,315.00

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.

$49.13 with Texas Health Network vs $2,983.50 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 $49.13 ↓ -99%
Liberty County Indigent LOCALGOV $50.13 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $50.13 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $50.13 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $50.13 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $50.13 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $50.13 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $50.13 ↓ -98%
United MGMCD $51.13 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $54.14 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STAR $55.14 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $55.14 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $55.14 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $55.14 ↓ -98%
Humana MCD $62.66 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $75.20 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $75.20 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $75.20 ↓ -98%
Cigna CSN $125.99 ↓ -96%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $136.35 ↓ -96%
Cigna PPO $162.09 ↓ -95%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $197.26 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $198.90 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $198.90 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $198.90 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $198.90 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $198.90 ↓ -94%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $207.04 ↓ -94%
United SmallGroup $245.18 ↓ -93%
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 ↓ -93%
BCBS BAV $249.94 ↓ -92%
Aetna NBPPO $287.52 ↓ -91%
Aetna NBPOS $287.52 ↓ -91%
Aetna NBHMO $287.52 ↓ -91%
Aetna COMMHMO $305.93 ↓ -91%
Aetna COMMPPO $305.93 ↓ -91%
Aetna COMMPOS $305.93 ↓ -91%
Aetna OONPOS $359.70 ↓ -89%
Aetna OONPPO $359.70 ↓ -89%
Aetna OONHMO $359.70 ↓ -89%
BCBS HMO $381.07 ↓ -89%
Aetna ASAHMO $388.92 ↓ -88%
Aetna ASAPOS $388.92 ↓ -88%
Aetna ASAPPO $388.92 ↓ -88%
BCBS EPOSOA $422.54 ↓ -87%
BCBS PPO $464.01 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $583.44 ↓ -82%
TX Workforce Commission GVT $795.60 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $845.33 ↓ -74%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $905.00 ↓ -73%
Humana HMO $1,098.26 ↓ -67%
Humana PPO $1,098.26 ↓ -67%
Imagine Health PPO $1,160.25 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $1,160.25 ↓ -65%
Curative Administrators COMM $1,326.00 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,326.00 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $1,425.45 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $1,491.75 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $1,491.75 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $1,491.75 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,717.17 ↓ -48%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $1,823.25 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $1,823.25 ↓ -45%
Independent Medical System COMM $1,989.00 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,989.00 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $1,989.00 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $2,154.75 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $2,486.25 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,718.30 ↓ -18%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $2,817.75 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $2,817.75 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $2,817.75 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $2,983.50 ↓ -10%

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