CT thorax low dose for lung screening without contrast 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

$146.06

Cash price

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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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$146.06

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.

$8.76 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,301.00 with Aetna — 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 STAR $8.76 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $8.76 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $8.76 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $8.76 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $8.76 ↓ -94%
Cigna CSN $21.62 ↓ -85%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $23.37 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $25.71 ↓ -82%
Cigna PPO $27.75 ↓ -81%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $29.80 ↓ -80%
TX Workforce Commission GVT $35.05 ↓ -76%
BCBS Traditional $51.12 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $58.42 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $62.81 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $65.73 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $65.73 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $77.85 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $80.33 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $80.33 ↓ -45%
Independent Medical System COMM $87.64 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $87.64 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $87.64 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $94.94 ↓ -35%
Texas Health Network MCD $102.66 ↓ -30%
Liberty County Indigent LOCALGOV $104.75 ↓ -28%
Amerigroup MGMCD $104.75 ↓ -28%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $104.75 ↓ -28%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $104.75 ↓ -28%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $104.75 ↓ -28%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $106.88 ↓ -27%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $106.88 ↓ -27%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $106.88 ↓ -27%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $106.88 ↓ -27%
United MGMCD $109.02 ↓ -25%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $109.55 ↓ -25%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $115.23 ↓ -21%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $115.23 ↓ -21%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $115.23 ↓ -21%
Molina Healthcare STAR $115.23 ↓ -21%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $115.43 ↓ -21%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $119.77 ↓ -18%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $124.15 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $124.15 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $124.15 ↓ -15%
Humana MCD $130.94 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $131.45 ↓ -10%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $153.71 ↑ +5%
United SmallGroup $182.03 ↑ +25%
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03 ↑ +25%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $182.04 ↑ +25%
BCBS BAV $230.65 ↑ +58%
BCBS HMO $351.66 ↑ +141%
BCBS EPOSOA $389.93 ↑ +167%
BCBS PPO $428.20 ↑ +193%
Aetna QHPExchange $725.00 ↑ +396%
Aetna NBPPO $963.00 ↑ +559%
Aetna NBPOS $963.00 ↑ +559%
Aetna NBHMO $963.00 ↑ +559%
Aetna COMMPOS $1,024.00 ↑ +601%
Aetna COMMHMO $1,024.00 ↑ +601%
Aetna COMMPPO $1,024.00 ↑ +601%
Aetna OONPPO $1,203.00 ↑ +724%
Aetna OONPOS $1,203.00 ↑ +724%
Aetna OONHMO $1,203.00 ↑ +724%
Aetna ASAPOS $1,301.00 ↑ +791%
Aetna ASAPPO $1,301.00 ↑ +791%
Aetna ASAHMO $1,301.00 ↑ +791%

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CT thorax low dose for lung screening without contrast at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,731.74 $398.21 – $398.21
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $184.05 $99.77 – $1,841.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $240.33 $49.47 – $1,841.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $240.33 $99.77 – $1,841.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $184.05 $99.77 – $1,841.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $240.33 $99.77 – $1,841.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $240.33 $104.75 – $2,181.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $240.33 $99.77 – $1,841.00

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