Apply surf ldr radionuclide 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

$7,571.48

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.

$7,571.48

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.

$117.39 with BCBS vs $6,814.33 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
BCBS MyBlueHealth $117.39 ↓ -98%
BCBS BAV $129.58 ↓ -98%
BCBS PPO $192.45 ↓ -97%
BCBS HMO $192.45 ↓ -97%
BCBS EPOSOA $192.45 ↓ -97%
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↓ -96%
Aetna QHPExchange $382.60 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $454.29 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $454.29 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $454.29 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $454.29 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $454.29 ↓ -94%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↓ -93%
Aetna NBPPO $508.52 ↓ -93%
Aetna NBHMO $508.52 ↓ -93%
Aetna NBPOS $508.52 ↓ -93%
Aetna COMMPPO $540.94 ↓ -93%
Aetna COMMPOS $540.94 ↓ -93%
Aetna COMMHMO $540.94 ↓ -93%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -92%
Aetna OONPPO $636.05 ↓ -92%
Aetna OONHMO $636.05 ↓ -92%
Aetna OONPOS $636.05 ↓ -92%
Aetna ASAPPO $687.39 ↓ -91%
Aetna ASAHMO $687.39 ↓ -91%
Aetna ASAPOS $687.39 ↓ -91%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $984.29 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $984.29 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $984.29 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $984.29 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $1,060.01 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MGMCD $1,060.01 ↓ -86%
Humana PPO $1,098.85 ↓ -85%
Humana HMO $1,098.85 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $1,332.58 ↓ -82%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $1,544.58 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $1,794.44 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $1,794.44 ↓ -76%
TX Workforce Commission GVT $1,817.16 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,930.73 ↓ -74%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $2,067.01 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $2,650.02 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $2,650.02 ↓ -65%
Curative Administrators COMM $3,028.59 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $3,028.59 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $3,255.74 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $3,407.17 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $3,407.17 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $3,407.17 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $4,035.60 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $4,164.31 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $4,164.31 ↓ -45%
Independent Medical System COMM $4,542.89 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $4,542.89 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $4,542.89 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $4,921.46 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $5,678.61 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $6,208.61 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $6,435.76 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $6,435.76 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $6,435.76 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $6,814.33 ↓ -10%

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