Bone/joint imaging ltd area 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.

$207.94 with Texas Health Network vs $6,413.27 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 $207.94
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $212.18
Amerigroup MGMCD $212.18
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $212.18
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $212.18
Liberty County Indigent LOCALGOV $212.18
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $225.88
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $225.88
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $225.88
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $225.88
United MGMCD $230.40
Molina Healthcare STAR $233.40
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $233.40
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $233.40
Molina Healthcare CHIP $233.40
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $243.95
Humana MCD $265.23
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00
BCBS MyBlueHealth $364.71
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $427.55
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $427.55
Superior Health Plan STARKids $427.55
Superior Health Plan STAR $427.55
Superior Health Plan CHIP $427.55
BCBS BAV $462.10
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00
BCBS HMO $704.55
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $716.53
BCBS EPOSOA $781.22
United AllPayerAppendix $848.52
United SmallGroup $848.52
BCBS PPO $857.89
Aetna QHPExchange $1,112.41
United OptionsPPO $1,254.15
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $1,453.68
Aetna NBPPO $1,478.50
Aetna NBHMO $1,478.50
Aetna NBPOS $1,478.50
Aetna COMMHMO $1,572.77
Aetna COMMPPO $1,572.77
Aetna COMMPOS $1,572.77
TX Workforce Commission GVT $1,710.21
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,817.09
Aetna OONPPO $1,849.30
Aetna OONHMO $1,849.30
Aetna OONPOS $1,849.30
Evry Health BroadNetwork $1,945.36
Aetna ASAPPO $1,998.57
Aetna ASAHMO $1,998.57
Aetna ASAPOS $1,998.57
Humana PPO $2,273.86
Humana HMO $2,273.86
BCBS Traditional $2,494.05
Imagine Health PPO $2,494.05
Curative Administrators COMM $2,850.34
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $2,850.34
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $3,064.12
Averde Health Commercial $3,206.64
United GlobalAppendix $3,206.64
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $3,206.64
Coventry National First Health COMM $3,798.08
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $3,919.22
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $3,919.22
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $4,275.52
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $4,275.52
Independent Medical System COMM $4,275.52
Coastal Comp COMM $4,631.81
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $5,344.40
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $5,843.21
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $6,056.98
Physicians, INC COMM $6,056.98
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $6,056.98
Affiliated PPO COMM $6,413.27

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Bone/joint imaging ltd area at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,333.26 $203.15 – $1,666.58
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $911.58 $187.63 – $1,367.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $868.17 $203.15 – $1,085.21
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,333.26 $203.15 – $1,666.58
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $911.58 $217.37 – $1,367.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $911.58 $203.15 – $1,367.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $868.17 $203.15 – $1,302.26
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $1,333.26 $203.15 – $1,666.58

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