Duplex scan unilateral study 93986 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.

$162.98 with Superior Health Plan vs $2,444.73 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 CHIP $162.98
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $162.98
Superior Health Plan STARKids $162.98
Superior Health Plan STAR $162.98
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $162.98
BCBS MyBlueHealth $232.14
BCBS BAV $294.14
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $353.13
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $353.13
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $353.13
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $353.13
Amerigroup MGMCD $380.29
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $380.29
Cigna CSN $402.02
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $434.62
BCBS HMO $448.46
United OptionsPPO $478.08
BCBS EPOSOA $497.26
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00
Cigna PPO $516.11
Oscar HIX $529.69
BCBS PPO $546.07
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $554.14
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $643.78
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $643.78
TX Workforce Commission GVT $651.93
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $692.67
Aetna QHPExchange $719.84
Evry Health BroadNetwork $741.57
Humana HMO $866.79
Humana PPO $866.79
Aetna NBPOS $871.95
Aetna NBHMO $871.95
Aetna NBPPO $871.95
Aetna COMMHMO $929.00
Aetna COMMPOS $929.00
Aetna COMMPPO $929.00
Imagine Health PPO $950.73
BCBS Traditional $950.73
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,086.55
Curative Administrators COMM $1,086.55
Aetna OONPPO $1,089.26
Aetna OONHMO $1,089.26
Aetna OONPOS $1,089.26
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $1,168.04
Aetna ASAPPO $1,176.19
Aetna ASAHMO $1,176.19
Aetna ASAPOS $1,176.19
United GlobalAppendix $1,222.37
Averde Health Commercial $1,222.37
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $1,222.37
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,447.83
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $1,494.00
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $1,494.00
Independent Medical System COMM $1,629.82
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,629.82
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $1,629.82
Coastal Comp COMM $1,765.64
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $2,037.28
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,227.42
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $2,308.91
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $2,308.91
Physicians, INC COMM $2,308.91
Affiliated PPO COMM $2,444.73

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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $181.18 $51.33 – $272.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $134.48 $27.68 – $1,117.00
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $134.48 $43.17 – $1,117.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $134.48 $69.48 – $272.35
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