Brain image w/flow < 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

$9,370.32

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.

$9,370.32

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.

$198.75 with Texas Health Network vs $8,433.29 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 $198.75 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $202.81 ↓ -98%
Liberty County Indigent LOCALGOV $202.81 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $202.81 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $202.81 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $202.81 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $212.18 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $212.18 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $212.18 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $212.18 ↓ -98%
United MGMCD $216.42 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $223.09 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $223.09 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $223.09 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STAR $223.09 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $229.15 ↓ -98%
Humana MCD $253.51 ↓ -97%
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↓ -97%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $350.77 ↓ -96%
BCBS BAV $444.44 ↓ -95%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $562.22 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $562.22 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $562.22 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $562.22 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $562.22 ↓ -94%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -94%
BCBS HMO $677.62 ↓ -93%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $716.53 ↓ -92%
BCBS EPOSOA $751.36 ↓ -92%
BCBS PPO $825.10 ↓ -91%
United AllPayerAppendix $848.52 ↓ -91%
United SmallGroup $848.52 ↓ -91%
Aetna QHPExchange $1,076.51 ↓ -89%
Aetna NBPPO $1,430.79 ↓ -85%
Aetna NBPOS $1,430.79 ↓ -85%
Aetna NBHMO $1,430.79 ↓ -85%
Aetna COMMPPO $1,522.02 ↓ -84%
Aetna COMMHMO $1,522.02 ↓ -84%
Aetna COMMPOS $1,522.02 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $1,649.18 ↓ -82%
Aetna OONPPO $1,789.63 ↓ -81%
Aetna OONPOS $1,789.63 ↓ -81%
Aetna OONHMO $1,789.63 ↓ -81%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $1,911.55 ↓ -80%
Aetna ASAHMO $1,934.08 ↓ -79%
Aetna ASAPPO $1,934.08 ↓ -79%
Aetna ASAPOS $1,934.08 ↓ -79%
TX Workforce Commission GVT $2,248.88 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $2,389.43 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $2,558.10 ↓ -73%
Humana PPO $2,990.07 ↓ -68%
Humana HMO $2,990.07 ↓ -68%
BCBS Traditional $3,279.61 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $3,279.61 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $3,748.13 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $3,748.13 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $4,029.24 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $4,216.64 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $4,216.64 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $4,216.64 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $4,994.38 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $5,153.68 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $5,153.68 ↓ -45%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $5,622.19 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $5,622.19 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $5,622.19 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $6,090.71 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $7,027.74 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $7,683.66 ↓ -18%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $7,964.77 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $7,964.77 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $7,964.77 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $8,433.29 ↓ -10%

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