Echo exam of fetal heart 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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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.

$213.00 with Healthcare Highways vs $3,440.25 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
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $213.00
Texas Health Network MCD $257.04
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $262.29
Liberty County Indigent LOCALGOV $262.29
Amerigroup MGMCD $262.29
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $262.29
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $262.29
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $262.96
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $262.96
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $262.96
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $262.96
United MGMCD $268.22
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $284.00
Molina Healthcare CHIP $288.52
Molina Healthcare STAR $288.52
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $288.52
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $288.52
Humana MCD $327.86
BCBS MyBlueHealth $343.15
BCBS BAV $434.78
BCBS HMO $662.90
BCBS EPOSOA $735.04
BCBS PPO $807.18
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $917.49
United SmallGroup $1,086.50
United AllPayerAppendix $1,086.50
Aetna QHPExchange $1,110.36
Aetna NBHMO $1,475.77
Aetna NBPOS $1,475.77
Aetna NBPPO $1,475.77
Aetna COMMPPO $1,569.87
Aetna COMMHMO $1,569.87
Aetna COMMPOS $1,569.87
Aetna OONHMO $1,845.89
Aetna OONPPO $1,845.89
Aetna OONPOS $1,845.89
Aetna ASAPPO $1,994.88
Aetna ASAHMO $1,994.88
Aetna ASAPOS $1,994.88
Humana HMO $3,440.25
Humana PPO $3,440.25

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Echo exam of fetal heart at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $855.38 $262.29 – $1,366.64
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $943.49 $194.20 – $1,415.24
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $805.36 $262.29 – $1,366.64
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $855.38 $262.29 – $1,366.64
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $943.49 $280.65 – $1,415.24
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $943.49 $262.29 – $1,415.24
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $805.36 $262.29 – $1,366.64
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $855.38 $262.29 – $1,366.64

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