Echocardiogram (Heart Ultrasound) at HCA HOUSTON CONROE
504 MEDICAL CENTER BOULEVARD, CONROE, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1962455816
$17,578.77
Cash price 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.
$17,578.77
Gross charge 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.
$300.00 with Texas Athletic Network vs $15,820.89 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas Athletic Network | Premier | $300.00 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $317.09 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | BAV | $349.62 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | HMO | $437.70 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $445.83 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS | PPO | $453.96 | ↓ -97% |
| Texas Athletic Network | PremierPlus | $500.00 | ↓ -97% |
| Texas Athletic Network | TexasCustomUC | $600.00 | ↓ -97% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $1,054.73 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $1,054.73 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $1,054.73 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $1,054.73 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $1,054.73 | ↓ -94% |
| Humana | PPO | $1,268.54 | ↓ -93% |
| Humana | HMO | $1,268.54 | ↓ -93% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $2,285.24 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $2,285.24 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $2,285.24 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $2,285.24 | ↓ -87% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $2,461.03 | ↓ -86% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $2,461.03 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | CSN | $2,601.66 | ↓ -85% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $2,812.60 | ↓ -84% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $3,093.86 | ↓ -82% |
| Cigna | PPO | $3,339.97 | ↓ -81% |
| Oscar | HIX | $3,427.86 | ↓ -81% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $3,586.07 | ↓ -80% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $4,166.17 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $4,166.17 | ↓ -76% |
| TX Workforce Commission | GVT | $4,218.90 | ↓ -76% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $4,482.59 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $4,658.37 | ↓ -74% |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $4,799.00 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $5,642.79 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $5,642.79 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $5,642.79 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $6,011.94 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $6,011.94 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $6,011.94 | ↓ -66% |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $6,152.57 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $6,152.57 | ↓ -65% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $7,031.51 | ↓ -60% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $7,031.51 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $7,049.09 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $7,049.09 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $7,049.09 | ↓ -60% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $7,558.87 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $7,611.61 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $7,611.61 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $7,611.61 | ↓ -57% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $7,910.45 | ↓ -55% |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $7,910.45 | ↓ -55% |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $7,910.45 | ↓ -55% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $9,369.48 | ↓ -47% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $9,668.32 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $9,668.32 | ↓ -45% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $10,547.26 | ↓ -40% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $10,547.26 | ↓ -40% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $10,547.26 | ↓ -40% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $11,426.20 | ↓ -35% |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $13,184.08 | ↓ -25% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $14,414.59 | ↓ -18% |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $14,941.95 | ↓ -15% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $14,941.95 | ↓ -15% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $14,941.95 | ↓ -15% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $15,820.89 | ↓ -10% |
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Echocardiogram (Heart Ultrasound) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $3,328.88 | $521.71 – $521.71 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $2,589.56 | $416.02 – $3,236.95 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $2,589.56 | $409.24 – $3,884.34 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $2,589.56 | $409.24 – $3,236.95 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $2,589.56 | $317.09 – $3,236.95 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $2,589.56 | $500.03 – $3,884.34 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $2,589.56 | $1,337.94 – $3,884.34 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $2,589.56 | $409.24 – $3,884.34 |