CT lower extremity without contrast (both sides) 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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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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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.

$102.66 with Texas Health Network vs $10,925.07 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 $102.66
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $104.75
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $104.75
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $104.75
Amerigroup MGMCD $104.75
Liberty County Indigent LOCALGOV $104.75
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $106.88
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $106.88
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $106.88
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $106.88
United MGMCD $109.02
Molina Healthcare CHIP $115.23
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $115.23
Molina Healthcare STAR $115.23
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $115.23
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $115.43
Humana MCD $130.94
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $207.04
BCBS MyBlueHealth $240.97
United SmallGroup $245.18
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
BCBS BAV $277.96
BCBS HMO $422.54
BCBS EPOSOA $462.89
BCBS PPO $502.12
Aetna QHPExchange $725.00
Superior Health Plan STARKids $728.34
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $728.34
Superior Health Plan STAR $728.34
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $728.34
Superior Health Plan CHIP $728.34
Aetna NBPPO $963.00
Aetna NBHMO $963.00
Aetna NBPOS $963.00
Aetna COMMHMO $1,024.00
Aetna COMMPPO $1,024.00
Aetna COMMPOS $1,024.00
Aetna OONHMO $1,203.00
Aetna OONPPO $1,203.00
Aetna OONPOS $1,203.00
Aetna ASAPOS $1,301.00
Aetna ASAPPO $1,301.00
Aetna ASAHMO $1,301.00
Cigna CSN $1,635.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $1,771.00
Cigna PPO $2,106.00
United OptionsPPO $2,136.46
Humana HMO $2,273.14
Humana PPO $2,273.14
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $2,476.35
TX Workforce Commission GVT $2,913.35
BCBS Traditional $4,248.64
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $4,855.59
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $5,219.76
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $5,462.54
United GlobalAppendix $5,462.54
Coventry National First Health COMM $6,470.07
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $6,676.43
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $6,676.43
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $7,283.38
Independent Medical System COMM $7,283.38
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $7,283.38
Coastal Comp COMM $7,890.33
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $9,104.23
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $9,953.96
Physicians, INC COMM $10,318.12
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $10,318.12
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $10,318.12
Affiliated PPO COMM $10,925.07

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CT lower extremity without contrast (both sides) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $3,692.90 $522.29 – $522.29
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,715.36 $99.77 – $2,144.20
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,398.82 $141.23 – $2,098.22
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,890.36 $99.77 – $2,362.95
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,715.36 $99.77 – $2,144.20
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,398.82 $99.77 – $2,098.22
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,398.82 $104.75 – $2,181.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,890.36 $99.77 – $2,835.54

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