Artery x-rays lung 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.

$132.29 with Texas Health Network vs $6,438.74 with United — 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 $132.29
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $134.99
Liberty County Indigent LOCALGOV $134.99
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $134.99
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $134.99
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $134.99
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $134.99
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $134.99
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $134.99
Amerigroup MGMCD $134.99
United MGMCD $137.69
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $145.79
Molina Healthcare STAR $148.49
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $148.49
Molina Healthcare CHIP $148.49
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $148.49
BCBS MyBlueHealth $163.64
Humana MCD $168.74
BCBS BAV $207.35
Cigna CSN $299.30
BCBS HMO $316.13
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $323.91
BCBS EPOSOA $350.53
BCBS PPO $384.94
Cigna PPO $385.04
Superior Health Plan STAR $388.80
Superior Health Plan STARKids $388.80
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $388.80
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $388.80
Superior Health Plan CHIP $388.80
Aetna QHPExchange $481.51
Aetna NBHMO $639.97
Aetna NBPOS $639.97
Aetna NBPPO $639.97
Aetna COMMPPO $680.78
Aetna COMMPOS $680.78
Aetna COMMHMO $680.78
Aetna OONHMO $800.48
Aetna OONPOS $800.48
Aetna OONPPO $800.48
Aetna ASAPOS $865.09
Aetna ASAPPO $865.09
Aetna ASAHMO $865.09
United OptionsPPO $1,140.48
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $1,321.92
TX Workforce Commission GVT $1,555.20
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,652.40
Humana PPO $1,681.94
Humana HMO $1,681.94
Evry Health BroadNetwork $1,769.04
Imagine Health PPO $2,268.00
BCBS Traditional $2,268.00
Curative Administrators COMM $2,592.00
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $2,592.00
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $2,786.40
United GlobalAppendix $2,916.00
Averde Health Commercial $2,916.00
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $2,916.00
Coventry National First Health COMM $3,453.84
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $3,564.00
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $3,564.00
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $3,888.00
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $3,888.00
Independent Medical System COMM $3,888.00
Coastal Comp COMM $4,212.00
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $4,860.00
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $5,313.60
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $5,437.15
Physicians, INC COMM $5,508.00
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $5,508.00
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $5,508.00
Affiliated PPO COMM $5,832.00
United AllPayerAppendix $6,438.74
United SmallGroup $6,438.74

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Artery x-rays lung at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,704.33 $134.99 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,168.15 $312.41 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,079.54 $134.99 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,704.33 $134.99 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $2,168.15 $144.44 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $2,168.15 $134.99 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $2,079.54 $134.99 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $1,704.33 $134.99 – $7,896.23

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