Echo guidance radiotherapy 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

$5,989.43

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$5,989.43

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.

$44.40 with BCBS vs $5,390.49 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

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

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
BCBS MyBlueHealth $44.40 ↓ -99%
BCBS BAV $56.26 ↓ -99%
BCBS HMO $85.78 ↓ -99%
BCBS EPOSOA $95.12 ↓ -98%
BCBS PPO $104.45 ↓ -98%
Aetna QHPExchange $155.12 ↓ -97%
Aetna NBPOS $206.17 ↓ -97%
Aetna NBPPO $206.17 ↓ -97%
Aetna NBHMO $206.17 ↓ -97%
Aetna COMMHMO $219.32 ↓ -96%
Aetna COMMPOS $219.32 ↓ -96%
Aetna COMMPPO $219.32 ↓ -96%
Aetna OONHMO $257.88 ↓ -96%
Aetna OONPOS $257.88 ↓ -96%
Aetna OONPPO $257.88 ↓ -96%
Aetna ASAHMO $278.70 ↓ -95%
Aetna ASAPPO $278.70 ↓ -95%
Aetna ASAPOS $278.70 ↓ -95%
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $359.37 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $359.37 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $359.37 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $359.37 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $359.37 ↓ -94%
Aetna MCR $397.10 ↓ -93%
Humana PPO $427.80 ↓ -93%
Humana HMO $427.80 ↓ -93%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↓ -92%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -90%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $778.63 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $778.63 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $778.63 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $778.63 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $838.52 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MGMCD $838.52 ↓ -86%
Superior EPO $1,048.15 ↓ -83%
Superior HMO $1,048.15 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $1,054.14 ↓ -82%
Superior ValueHMO $1,185.91 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $1,221.84 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $1,419.49 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $1,419.49 ↓ -76%
TX Workforce Commission GVT $1,437.46 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,527.30 ↓ -75%
Molina Healthcare HIX $1,617.15 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $1,635.11 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $2,096.30 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $2,096.30 ↓ -65%
Curative Administrators COMM $2,395.77 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $2,395.77 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $2,575.45 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $2,695.24 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $2,695.24 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $2,695.24 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $3,192.37 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $3,294.19 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $3,294.19 ↓ -45%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $3,593.66 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $3,593.66 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $3,593.66 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $3,893.13 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $4,492.07 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $4,911.33 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $5,091.02 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $5,091.02 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $5,091.02 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $5,390.49 ↓ -10%

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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $627.20 $50.46 – $888.54
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $822.42 $84.77 – $1,233.63
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $822.42 $424.92 – $1,233.63
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