Chest 2 vws w oblique 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.

$44.86 with Texas Health Network vs $1,392.67 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 $44.86
Amerigroup MGMCD $45.78
Liberty County Indigent LOCALGOV $45.78
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $45.78
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $45.78
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $45.78
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $46.45
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $46.45
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $46.45
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $46.45
United MGMCD $47.38
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $50.17
Molina Healthcare STAR $50.36
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $50.36
Molina Healthcare CHIP $50.36
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $50.36
Humana MCD $57.23
Superior Health Plan STARKids $92.84
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $92.84
Superior Health Plan CHIP $92.84
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $92.84
Superior Health Plan STAR $92.84
Cigna CSN $115.06
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $124.52
Cigna PPO $148.02
Aetna QHPExchange $186.98
BCBS MyBlueHealth $197.26
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $207.04
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
United SmallGroup $245.18
Aetna NBPPO $248.52
Aetna NBHMO $248.52
Aetna NBPOS $248.52
BCBS BAV $249.94
Aetna COMMPPO $264.36
Aetna COMMHMO $264.36
Aetna COMMPOS $264.36
United OptionsPPO $272.34
Aetna OONHMO $310.85
Aetna OONPPO $310.85
Aetna OONPOS $310.85
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $315.67
Aetna ASAPPO $335.94
Aetna ASAPOS $335.94
Aetna ASAHMO $335.94
TX Workforce Commission GVT $371.38
BCBS HMO $381.07
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $394.59
Evry Health BroadNetwork $422.44
BCBS EPOSOA $422.54
Humana PPO $446.57
Humana HMO $446.57
BCBS PPO $464.01
BCBS Traditional $541.59
Imagine Health PPO $541.59
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $618.96
Curative Administrators COMM $618.96
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $665.39
United GlobalAppendix $696.33
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $696.33
Averde Health Commercial $696.33
Coventry National First Health COMM $824.77
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $851.08
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $851.08
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $928.45
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $928.45
Independent Medical System COMM $928.45
Coastal Comp COMM $1,005.82
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $1,160.56
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,268.88
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,315.30
Physicians, INC COMM $1,315.30
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1,315.30
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,392.67

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Chest 2 vws w oblique at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $393.55 $45.78 – $491.94
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $377.06 $77.61 – $565.59
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $334.02 $45.78 – $417.52
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $393.55 $45.78 – $491.94
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $377.06 $48.98 – $565.59
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $377.06 $45.78 – $565.59
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $334.02 $45.78 – $501.03
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $393.55 $45.78 – $491.94

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