Brain image 4+ views 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

$10,962.01

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.

$10,962.01

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.

$185.33 with Texas Health Network vs $9,865.81 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 $185.33 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $189.11 ↓ -98%
Liberty County Indigent LOCALGOV $189.11 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $189.11 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $189.11 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $189.11 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $196.14 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $196.14 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $196.14 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $196.14 ↓ -98%
United MGMCD $200.06 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $208.02 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $208.02 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $208.02 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STAR $208.02 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $211.83 ↓ -98%
Humana MCD $236.39 ↓ -98%
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↓ -97%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $315.87 ↓ -97%
BCBS BAV $400.22 ↓ -96%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↓ -95%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -95%
BCBS HMO $610.20 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $657.72 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $657.72 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $657.72 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $657.72 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $657.72 ↓ -94%
BCBS EPOSOA $676.60 ↓ -94%
BCBS PPO $743.01 ↓ -93%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $929.86 ↓ -92%
Aetna QHPExchange $982.92 ↓ -91%
United AllPayerAppendix $1,101.15 ↓ -90%
United SmallGroup $1,101.15 ↓ -90%
Aetna NBPPO $1,306.39 ↓ -88%
Aetna NBPOS $1,306.39 ↓ -88%
Aetna NBHMO $1,306.39 ↓ -88%
Aetna COMMPPO $1,389.69 ↓ -87%
Aetna COMMHMO $1,389.69 ↓ -87%
Aetna COMMPOS $1,389.69 ↓ -87%
Aetna OONPPO $1,634.03 ↓ -85%
Aetna OONPOS $1,634.03 ↓ -85%
Aetna OONHMO $1,634.03 ↓ -85%
Aetna ASAPPO $1,765.92 ↓ -84%
Aetna ASAHMO $1,765.92 ↓ -84%
Aetna ASAPOS $1,765.92 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $1,929.31 ↓ -82%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $2,236.25 ↓ -80%
TX Workforce Commission GVT $2,630.88 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $2,795.31 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $2,992.63 ↓ -73%
Humana PPO $3,147.32 ↓ -71%
Humana HMO $3,147.32 ↓ -71%
BCBS Traditional $3,836.70 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $3,836.70 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $4,384.80 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $4,384.80 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $4,713.66 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $4,932.90 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $4,932.90 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $4,932.90 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $5,842.75 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $6,029.11 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $6,029.11 ↓ -45%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $6,577.21 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $6,577.21 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $6,577.21 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $7,125.31 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $8,221.51 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $8,988.85 ↓ -18%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $9,317.71 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $9,317.71 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $9,317.71 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $9,865.81 ↓ -10%

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