CT scan for therapy guide 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.

$689.92 with Superior Health Plan vs $10,348.80 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
Superior Health Plan STARKids $689.92
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $689.92
Superior Health Plan CHIP $689.92
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $689.92
Superior Health Plan STAR $689.92
Aetna MCR $762.36
Humana PPO $1,328.66
Humana HMO $1,328.66
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $1,494.83
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $1,494.83
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $1,494.83
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $1,494.83
Amerigroup MGMCD $1,609.81
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $1,609.81
Cigna CSN $1,701.80
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $1,839.79
BCBS MyBlueHealth $1,874.28
Superior EPO $2,012.27
Superior HMO $2,012.27
United OptionsPPO $2,023.77
BCBS BAV $2,069.76
Cigna PPO $2,184.75
Superior ValueHMO $2,276.74
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $2,345.73
BCBS HMO $2,587.20
BCBS EPOSOA $2,644.69
BCBS PPO $2,690.69
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $2,725.18
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $2,725.18
TX Workforce Commission GVT $2,759.68
Aetna QHPExchange $3,047.15
Molina Healthcare HIX $3,104.64
Aetna NBPPO $3,691.07
Aetna NBHMO $3,691.07
Aetna NBPOS $3,691.07
Aetna COMMHMO $3,932.55
Aetna COMMPPO $3,932.55
Aetna COMMPOS $3,932.55
BCBS Traditional $4,024.53
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $4,599.47
Aetna OONPOS $4,610.97
Aetna OONPPO $4,610.97
Aetna OONHMO $4,610.97
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $4,944.43
Aetna ASAHMO $4,978.92
Aetna ASAPOS $4,978.92
Aetna ASAPPO $4,978.92
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $5,174.40
United GlobalAppendix $5,174.40
Coventry National First Health COMM $6,128.79
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $6,324.27
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $6,324.27
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $6,899.20
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $6,899.20
Independent Medical System COMM $6,899.20
Coastal Comp COMM $7,474.14
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $8,624.00
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $9,428.91
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $9,773.87
Physicians, INC COMM $9,773.87
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $9,773.87
Affiliated PPO COMM $10,348.80

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CT scan for therapy guide at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $656.13 $154.24 – $1,841.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,391.04 $259.12 – $2,086.56
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $694.60 $138.92 – $1,841.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $656.13 $174.97 – $1,841.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,391.04 $315.42 – $2,086.56
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,391.04 $718.70 – $2,181.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $694.60 $231.53 – $1,841.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $656.13 $154.24 – $1,841.00

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