Bone imaging multiple areas 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.

$252.79 with Texas Health Network vs $8,506.87 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 $252.79
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $257.95
Liberty County Indigent LOCALGOV $257.95
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $257.95
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $257.95
Amerigroup MGMCD $257.95
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $273.33
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $273.33
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $273.33
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $273.33
United MGMCD $278.80
Molina Healthcare CHIP $283.75
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $283.75
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $283.75
Molina Healthcare STAR $283.75
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $295.20
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00
Humana MCD $322.44
BCBS MyBlueHealth $438.29
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00
BCBS BAV $555.34
Superior Health Plan STARKids $567.12
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $567.12
Superior Health Plan CHIP $567.12
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $567.12
Superior Health Plan STAR $567.12
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $716.53
BCBS HMO $846.70
United AllPayerAppendix $848.52
United SmallGroup $848.52
BCBS EPOSOA $938.84
BCBS PPO $1,030.98
Aetna QHPExchange $1,323.46
United OptionsPPO $1,663.57
Aetna NBHMO $1,759.01
Aetna NBPPO $1,759.01
Aetna NBPOS $1,759.01
Aetna COMMHMO $1,871.17
Aetna COMMPPO $1,871.17
Aetna COMMPOS $1,871.17
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $1,928.22
Aetna OONHMO $2,200.17
Aetna OONPOS $2,200.17
Aetna OONPPO $2,200.17
TX Workforce Commission GVT $2,268.50
Aetna ASAPPO $2,377.75
Aetna ASAPOS $2,377.75
Aetna ASAHMO $2,377.75
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $2,410.28
Evry Health BroadNetwork $2,580.42
Humana PPO $3,016.16
Humana HMO $3,016.16
BCBS Traditional $3,308.23
Imagine Health PPO $3,308.23
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $3,780.83
Curative Administrators COMM $3,780.83
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $4,064.39
Averde Health Commercial $4,253.44
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $4,253.44
United GlobalAppendix $4,253.44
Coventry National First Health COMM $5,037.96
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $5,198.64
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $5,198.64
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $5,671.25
Independent Medical System COMM $5,671.25
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $5,671.25
Coastal Comp COMM $6,143.85
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $7,089.06
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $7,750.71
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $8,034.27
Physicians, INC COMM $8,034.27
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $8,034.27
Affiliated PPO COMM $8,506.87

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Bone imaging multiple areas at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $446.03 $247.59 – $1,021.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $959.25 $197.45 – $1,438.88
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,158.29 $247.59 – $1,447.87
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $446.03 $247.59 – $1,021.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $959.25 $264.92 – $1,438.88
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $959.25 $247.59 – $1,438.88
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,158.29 $247.59 – $1,737.44
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $446.03 $247.59 – $1,021.72

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