Dxa bone density axl vrt fx 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

$489.22

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.

$489.22

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.

$29.35 with Superior Health Plan vs $732.14 with Humana — 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 STARPLUS $29.35 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $29.35 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $29.35 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $29.35 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $29.35 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $51.79 ↓ -89%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $51.79 ↓ -89%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $51.79 ↓ -89%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $51.79 ↓ -89%
Texas Health Network MCD $52.39 ↓ -89%
United MGMCD $52.83 ↓ -89%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $53.46 ↓ -89%
Liberty County Indigent LOCALGOV $53.46 ↓ -89%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $53.46 ↓ -89%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $53.46 ↓ -89%
Amerigroup MGMCD $53.46 ↓ -89%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $55.93 ↓ -89%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $58.81 ↓ -88%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $58.81 ↓ -88%
Molina Healthcare STAR $58.81 ↓ -88%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $58.81 ↓ -88%
Humana MCD $66.83 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $86.10 ↓ -82%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $99.80 ↓ -80%
TX Workforce Commission GVT $117.41 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $124.75 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $133.56 ↓ -73%
Cigna CSN $135.68 ↓ -72%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $146.84 ↓ -70%
Imagine Health PPO $171.23 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $171.23 ↓ -65%
Cigna PPO $174.55 ↓ -64%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $195.69 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $195.69 ↓ -60%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $197.26 ↓ -60%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $207.04 ↓ -58%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $210.36 ↓ -57%
Aetna QHPExchange $214.88 ↓ -56%
United GlobalAppendix $220.15 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $220.15 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $220.15 ↓ -55%
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 ↓ -50%
United SmallGroup $245.18 ↓ -50%
BCBS BAV $249.94 ↓ -49%
Coventry National First Health COMM $260.75 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $269.07 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $269.07 ↓ -45%
Aetna NBPPO $285.59 ↓ -42%
Aetna NBPOS $285.59 ↓ -42%
Aetna NBHMO $285.59 ↓ -42%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $293.53 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $293.53 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $293.53 ↓ -40%
Aetna COMMHMO $303.80 ↓ -38%
Aetna COMMPPO $303.80 ↓ -38%
Aetna COMMPOS $303.80 ↓ -38%
Coastal Comp COMM $317.99 ↓ -35%
Aetna OONHMO $357.22 ↓ -27%
Aetna OONPOS $357.22 ↓ -27%
Aetna OONPPO $357.22 ↓ -27%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $366.92 ↓ -25%
BCBS HMO $381.07 ↓ -22%
Aetna ASAHMO $386.05 ↓ -21%
Aetna ASAPOS $386.05 ↓ -21%
Aetna ASAPPO $386.05 ↓ -21%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $401.16 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $415.84 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $415.84 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $415.84 ↓ -15%
BCBS EPOSOA $422.54 ↓ -14%
Affiliated PPO COMM $440.30 ↓ -10%
BCBS PPO $464.01 ↓ -5%
Humana HMO $732.14 ↑ +50%
Humana PPO $732.14 ↑ +50%

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