Bone Age X-ray (hand and wrist) 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

$1,896.10

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.

$1,896.10

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.

$25.54 with Texas Health Network vs $1,706.49 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 $25.54 ↓ -99%
Liberty County Indigent LOCALGOV $26.06 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $26.06 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $26.06 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $26.06 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $26.06 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $26.06 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $26.06 ↓ -99%
United MGMCD $26.58 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $28.14 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STAR $28.67 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $28.67 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $28.67 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $28.67 ↓ -98%
Humana MCD $32.57 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $39.09 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $39.09 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $39.09 ↓ -98%
Cigna CSN $61.64 ↓ -97%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $66.71 ↓ -96%
Cigna PPO $79.30 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $113.77 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $113.77 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $113.77 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $113.77 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $113.77 ↓ -94%
Aetna NBPPO $140.81 ↓ -93%
Aetna NBPOS $140.81 ↓ -93%
Aetna NBHMO $140.81 ↓ -93%
Aetna COMMHMO $149.83 ↓ -92%
Aetna COMMPPO $149.83 ↓ -92%
Aetna COMMPOS $149.83 ↓ -92%
Aetna OONHMO $176.16 ↓ -91%
Aetna OONPOS $176.16 ↓ -91%
Aetna OONPPO $176.16 ↓ -91%
Aetna ASAPOS $190.47 ↓ -90%
Aetna ASAPPO $190.47 ↓ -90%
Aetna ASAHMO $190.47 ↓ -90%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $197.26 ↓ -90%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $207.04 ↓ -89%
United SmallGroup $245.18 ↓ -87%
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 ↓ -87%
BCBS BAV $249.94 ↓ -87%
United OptionsPPO $333.71 ↓ -82%
BCBS HMO $381.07 ↓ -80%
BCBS EPOSOA $422.54 ↓ -78%
TX Workforce Commission GVT $455.06 ↓ -76%
BCBS PPO $464.01 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $483.51 ↓ -74%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $517.64 ↓ -73%
Humana HMO $628.18 ↓ -67%
Humana PPO $628.18 ↓ -67%
Imagine Health PPO $663.63 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $663.63 ↓ -65%
Curative Administrators COMM $758.44 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $758.44 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $815.32 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $853.25 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $853.25 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $853.25 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $982.18 ↓ -48%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $1,042.86 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $1,042.86 ↓ -45%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,137.66 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $1,137.66 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $1,137.66 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $1,232.46 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $1,422.08 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,554.80 ↓ -18%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,611.68 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $1,611.68 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1,611.68 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,706.49 ↓ -10%

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Bone Age X-ray (hand and wrist) at other Texas hospitals

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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $175.04 $26.06 – $272.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $273.56 $56.31 – $410.34
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