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

$18,643.86

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.

$18,643.86

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.

$298.64 with Texas Health Network vs $16,779.47 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 $298.64 ↓ -98%
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $304.73 ↓ -98%
Liberty County Indigent LOCALGOV $304.73 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $304.73 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $304.73 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $304.73 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $326.11 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $326.11 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $326.11 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $326.11 ↓ -98%
United MGMCD $332.63 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STAR $335.20 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $335.20 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $335.20 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $335.20 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $352.20 ↓ -98%
Humana MCD $380.91 ↓ -98%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↓ -97%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $546.13 ↓ -97%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -97%
BCBS BAV $691.97 ↓ -96%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $929.86 ↓ -95%
BCBS HMO $1,055.02 ↓ -94%
United SmallGroup $1,101.15 ↓ -94%
United AllPayerAppendix $1,101.15 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $1,118.63 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $1,118.63 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $1,118.63 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $1,118.63 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $1,118.63 ↓ -94%
BCBS EPOSOA $1,169.83 ↓ -94%
BCBS PPO $1,284.64 ↓ -93%
Aetna QHPExchange $1,669.82 ↓ -91%
Aetna NBPOS $2,219.35 ↓ -88%
Aetna NBPPO $2,219.35 ↓ -88%
Aetna NBHMO $2,219.35 ↓ -88%
Aetna COMMPPO $2,360.86 ↓ -87%
Aetna COMMHMO $2,360.86 ↓ -87%
Aetna COMMPOS $2,360.86 ↓ -87%
Aetna OONHMO $2,775.95 ↓ -85%
Aetna OONPOS $2,775.95 ↓ -85%
Aetna OONPPO $2,775.95 ↓ -85%
Aetna ASAPPO $3,000.01 ↓ -84%
Aetna ASAPOS $3,000.01 ↓ -84%
Aetna ASAHMO $3,000.01 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $3,281.32 ↓ -82%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $3,803.35 ↓ -80%
TX Workforce Commission GVT $4,474.53 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $4,754.18 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $5,089.77 ↓ -73%
Humana PPO $5,445.30 ↓ -71%
Humana HMO $5,445.30 ↓ -71%
BCBS Traditional $6,525.35 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $6,525.35 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $7,457.54 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $7,457.54 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $8,016.86 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $8,389.74 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $8,389.74 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $8,389.74 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $9,937.18 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $10,254.12 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $10,254.12 ↓ -45%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $11,186.32 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $11,186.32 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $11,186.32 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $12,118.51 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $13,982.90 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $15,287.97 ↓ -18%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $15,847.28 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $15,847.28 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $15,847.28 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $16,779.47 ↓ -10%

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