Echo tee probe placement image acquisition interpretation & report 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.

$231.18 with Texas Health Network vs $3,590.68 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
Texas Health Network MCD $231.18
Amerigroup MGMCD $235.90
Liberty County Indigent LOCALGOV $235.90
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $235.90
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $239.38
Superior Health Plan CHIP $239.38
Superior Health Plan STARKids $239.38
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $239.38
Superior Health Plan STAR $239.38
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $241.58
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $241.58
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $241.58
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $241.58
United MGMCD $246.41
Molina Healthcare STAR $259.49
Molina Healthcare CHIP $259.49
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $259.49
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $259.49
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $260.91
Humana MCD $294.88
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00
BCBS MyBlueHealth $325.52
BCBS BAV $358.90
BCBS HMO $449.33
BCBS EPOSOA $457.67
BCBS PPO $466.02
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00
Cigna CSN $590.47
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $638.34
United OptionsPPO $702.18
Cigna PPO $758.03
Oscar HIX $777.98
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $813.89
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $945.55
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $945.55
TX Workforce Commission GVT $957.52
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,017.36
Aetna QHPExchange $1,057.26
Evry Health BroadNetwork $1,089.17
Aetna NBPOS $1,280.68
Aetna NBPPO $1,280.68
Aetna NBHMO $1,280.68
Humana HMO $1,288.31
Humana PPO $1,288.31
Aetna COMMPOS $1,364.46
Aetna COMMPPO $1,364.46
Aetna COMMHMO $1,364.46
Imagine Health PPO $1,396.38
BCBS Traditional $1,396.38
Curative Administrators COMM $1,595.86
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,595.86
Aetna OONHMO $1,599.85
Aetna OONPOS $1,599.85
Aetna OONPPO $1,599.85
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $1,715.55
Aetna ASAPPO $1,727.52
Aetna ASAHMO $1,727.52
Aetna ASAPOS $1,727.52
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $1,795.34
Averde Health Commercial $1,795.34
United GlobalAppendix $1,795.34
Coventry National First Health COMM $2,126.48
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $2,194.31
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $2,194.31
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $2,393.79
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $2,393.79
Independent Medical System COMM $2,393.79
Coastal Comp COMM $2,593.27
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $2,992.24
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $3,271.51
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $3,391.20
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $3,391.20
Physicians, INC COMM $3,391.20
Affiliated PPO COMM $3,590.68

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Echo tee probe placement image acquisition interpretation & report at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $6,224.83 $535.57 – $535.57
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,798.47 $232.89 – $3,498.09
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,872.38 $420.11 – $4,308.57
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,974.04 $232.89 – $3,717.55
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,798.47 $232.89 – $3,498.09
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $2,872.38 $249.19 – $4,308.57
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $2,872.38 $232.89 – $4,308.57
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $2,974.04 $232.89 – $4,461.07

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