Doppler echo complete 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.

$19.76 with Superior Health Plan vs $600.00 with Texas Athletic Network — 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 CHIP $19.76
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $19.76
Superior Health Plan STARKids $19.76
Superior Health Plan STAR $19.76
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $19.76
Aetna MCR $21.83
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $42.80
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $42.80
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $42.80
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $42.80
Amerigroup MGMCD $46.10
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $46.10
Cigna CSN $48.73
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $52.68
Superior HMO $57.62
Superior EPO $57.62
United OptionsPPO $57.95
Cigna PPO $62.56
Oscar HIX $64.21
Superior ValueHMO $65.19
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $67.17
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $78.03
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $78.03
TX Workforce Commission GVT $79.02
BCBS MyBlueHealth $83.49
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $83.96
Aetna QHPExchange $87.25
Molina Healthcare HIX $88.90
Evry Health BroadNetwork $89.89
BCBS BAV $92.05
Aetna NBPOS $105.69
Aetna NBPPO $105.69
Aetna NBHMO $105.69
Aetna COMMPPO $112.61
Aetna COMMHMO $112.61
Aetna COMMPOS $112.61
BCBS Traditional $115.24
Imagine Health PPO $115.24
BCBS HMO $115.25
BCBS EPOSOA $117.39
BCBS PPO $119.53
Curative Administrators COMM $131.70
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $131.70
Aetna OONPOS $132.03
Aetna OONPPO $132.03
Aetna OONHMO $132.03
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $141.58
Aetna ASAPOS $142.57
Aetna ASAHMO $142.57
Aetna ASAPPO $142.57
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $148.17
Averde Health Commercial $148.17
United GlobalAppendix $148.17
Coventry National First Health COMM $175.50
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $181.09
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $181.09
Independent Medical System COMM $197.56
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $197.56
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $197.56
Coastal Comp COMM $214.02
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $246.94
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $269.99
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $279.87
Physicians, INC COMM $279.87
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $279.87
Affiliated PPO COMM $296.33
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00
Humana PPO $335.45
Humana HMO $335.45
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00

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Doppler echo complete at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $943.47 $137.37 – $137.37
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $938.80 $109.54 – $1,329.96
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $823.00 $107.75 – $1,234.49
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $823.00 $107.75 – $1,028.74
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $938.80 $83.49 – $1,329.96
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $823.00 $131.66 – $1,234.49
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $823.00 $425.21 – $1,234.49
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $823.00 $107.75 – $1,234.49

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