Bowel imaging 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.

$300.00 with Texas Athletic Network vs $6,220.72 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 Athletic Network Premier $300.00
Texas Health Network MCD $301.59
Liberty County Indigent LOCALGOV $307.74
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $307.74
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $307.74
Amerigroup MGMCD $307.74
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $307.74
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $324.78
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $324.78
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $324.78
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $324.78
United MGMCD $331.28
Molina Healthcare STAR $338.51
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $338.51
Molina Healthcare CHIP $338.51
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $338.51
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $350.76
Humana MCD $384.68
Superior Health Plan CHIP $414.71
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $414.71
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $414.71
Superior Health Plan STAR $414.71
Superior Health Plan STARKids $414.71
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00
BCBS MyBlueHealth $544.23
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00
BCBS BAV $689.56
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $716.53
United SmallGroup $848.52
United AllPayerAppendix $848.52
BCBS HMO $1,051.35
BCBS EPOSOA $1,165.76
United OptionsPPO $1,216.50
BCBS PPO $1,280.17
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $1,410.03
TX Workforce Commission GVT $1,658.86
Aetna QHPExchange $1,669.82
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,762.54
Evry Health BroadNetwork $1,886.95
Humana HMO $2,205.59
Humana PPO $2,205.59
Aetna NBPPO $2,219.35
Aetna NBPOS $2,219.35
Aetna NBHMO $2,219.35
Aetna COMMPPO $2,360.86
Aetna COMMHMO $2,360.86
Aetna COMMPOS $2,360.86
Imagine Health PPO $2,419.17
BCBS Traditional $2,419.17
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $2,764.76
Curative Administrators COMM $2,764.76
Aetna OONHMO $2,775.95
Aetna OONPOS $2,775.95
Aetna OONPPO $2,775.95
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $2,972.12
Aetna ASAPOS $3,000.01
Aetna ASAPPO $3,000.01
Aetna ASAHMO $3,000.01
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $3,110.36
Averde Health Commercial $3,110.36
United GlobalAppendix $3,110.36
Coventry National First Health COMM $3,684.05
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $3,801.55
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $3,801.55
Independent Medical System COMM $4,147.15
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $4,147.15
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $4,147.15
Coastal Comp COMM $4,492.74
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $5,183.93
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $5,667.77
Physicians, INC COMM $5,875.12
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $5,875.12
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $5,875.12
Affiliated PPO COMM $6,220.72

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Bowel imaging at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,417.03 $295.70 – $1,771.29
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,089.88 $224.33 – $1,634.82
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $905.95 $295.70 – $1,132.43
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,417.03 $295.70 – $1,771.29
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,089.88 $316.40 – $1,634.82
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,089.88 $295.70 – $1,634.82
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $905.95 $295.70 – $1,358.92
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $1,417.03 $295.70 – $1,771.29

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