Diagnostic radio unlisted proc 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.

$21.73 with Superior Health Plan vs $382.33 with Cigna — 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 $21.73
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $21.73
Superior Health Plan CHIP $21.73
Superior Health Plan STARKids $21.73
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $21.73
United OptionsPPO $63.74
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $73.88
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $80.90
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $80.90
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $80.90
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $80.90
United MGMCD $82.52
Texas Health Network MCD $84.85
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $86.58
Liberty County Indigent LOCALGOV $86.58
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $86.58
Amerigroup MGMCD $86.58
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $86.58
TX Workforce Commission GVT $86.92
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $87.37
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $92.35
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $95.24
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $95.24
Molina Healthcare CHIP $95.24
Molina Healthcare STAR $95.24
Aetna QHPExchange $95.97
Evry Health BroadNetwork $98.87
Humana MCD $108.22
Humana HMO $115.57
Humana PPO $115.57
Aetna NBHMO $116.25
Aetna NBPOS $116.25
Aetna NBPPO $116.25
Aetna COMMPPO $123.86
Aetna COMMPOS $123.86
Aetna COMMHMO $123.86
BCBS Traditional $126.76
Imagine Health PPO $126.76
BCBS MyBlueHealth $140.47
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $144.86
Curative Administrators COMM $144.86
Aetna OONHMO $145.23
Aetna OONPOS $145.23
Aetna OONPPO $145.23
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $153.71
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $155.73
Aetna ASAPOS $156.82
Aetna ASAPPO $156.82
Aetna ASAHMO $156.82
Averde Health Commercial $162.97
United GlobalAppendix $162.97
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $162.97
BCBS BAV $177.98
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
United SmallGroup $182.03
Coventry National First Health COMM $193.03
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $199.19
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $199.19
Independent Medical System COMM $217.30
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $217.30
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $217.30
Coastal Comp COMM $235.40
BCBS HMO $271.35
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $271.62
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $296.97
Cigna CSN $297.19
BCBS EPOSOA $300.88
Physicians, INC COMM $307.84
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $307.84
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $307.84
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $321.63
Affiliated PPO COMM $325.94
BCBS PPO $330.41
Cigna PPO $382.33

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Diagnostic radio unlisted proc at other Texas hospitals

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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,679.11 $83.05 – $1,197.31
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,679.11 $83.05 – $1,197.31
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $2,679.11 $83.05 – $1,197.31
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - GRAPEVINE Grapevine $2,679.11 $83.19 – $1,197.31
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - IRVING Irving $2,679.11 $83.05 – $1,197.31
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - LAKE POINTE Rowlett $2,679.11 $83.05 – $1,197.31
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY McKinney $2,679.11 $83.05 – $1,197.31
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY Frisco $2,679.11 $83.05 – $1,197.31

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