Brachy src nonstrand hdr ir-192 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

$4,954.00

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.

$4,954.00

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.

$589.30 with BCBS vs $4,458.60 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
BCBS MyBlueHealth $589.30 ↓ -88%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $644.02 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $644.02 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $644.02 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $644.02 ↓ -87%
BCBS BAV $650.48 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MGMCD $693.56 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $693.56 ↓ -86%
Cigna CSN $733.19 ↓ -85%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $792.64 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $871.90 ↓ -82%
Cigna PPO $941.26 ↓ -81%
BCBS EPOSOA $966.06 ↓ -80%
BCBS PPO $966.06 ↓ -80%
BCBS HMO $966.06 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $1,010.62 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $1,174.10 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $1,174.10 ↓ -76%
BCBS Traditional $1,733.90 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,981.60 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $2,130.22 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $2,229.30 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $2,640.48 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $2,724.70 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $2,724.70 ↓ -45%
Independent Medical System COMM $2,972.40 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $2,972.40 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $2,972.40 ↓ -40%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $3,715.50 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $4,062.28 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $4,210.90 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $4,210.90 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $4,210.90 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $4,458.60 ↓ -10%

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Brachy src nonstrand hdr ir-192 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $76.86 $1,262.32 – $1,262.32
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $220.50 $132.30 – $630.00
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $436.75 $436.75 – $2,620.49
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $220.50 $138.60 – $630.00
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $220.50 $138.60 – $630.00
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA $3,439.78 $589.30 – $589.30
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $220.50 $138.60 – $630.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $220.50 $138.60 – $630.00

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