Echocardiogram (Limited Follow-Up Heart Ultrasound) at HCA HOUSTON CONROE

504 MEDICAL CENTER BOULEVARD, CONROE, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1962455816

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 24, 2026

$2,175.62

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.

$2,175.62

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.

$96.28 with Texas Health Network vs $1,958.06 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 $96.28 ↓ -96%
Liberty County Indigent LOCALGOV $98.24 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $98.24 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup MGMCD $98.24 ↓ -95%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $98.56 ↓ -95%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $98.56 ↓ -95%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $98.56 ↓ -95%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $98.56 ↓ -95%
United MGMCD $100.53 ↓ -95%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $106.44 ↓ -95%
Molina Healthcare STAR $108.06 ↓ -95%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $108.06 ↓ -95%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $108.06 ↓ -95%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $108.06 ↓ -95%
Humana MCD $122.80 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $130.54 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $130.54 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $130.54 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $130.54 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $130.54 ↓ -94%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $172.88 ↓ -92%
BCBS BAV $190.61 ↓ -91%
BCBS HMO $238.63 ↓ -89%
BCBS EPOSOA $243.07 ↓ -89%
BCBS PPO $247.50 ↓ -89%
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↓ -86%
Cigna CSN $321.99 ↓ -85%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $343.84 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $343.84 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $343.84 ↓ -84%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $348.10 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $382.91 ↓ -82%
Cigna PPO $413.37 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $424.25 ↓ -80%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↓ -77%
TX Workforce Commission GVT $522.15 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $554.78 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $593.94 ↓ -73%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -72%
Aetna NBPOS $676.62 ↓ -69%
Aetna NBPPO $676.62 ↓ -69%
Aetna NBHMO $676.62 ↓ -69%
Aetna COMMPPO $720.13 ↓ -67%
Aetna COMMPOS $720.13 ↓ -67%
Aetna COMMHMO $720.13 ↓ -67%
Humana PPO $720.78 ↓ -67%
Humana HMO $720.78 ↓ -67%
Imagine Health PPO $761.47 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $761.47 ↓ -65%
Aetna OONHMO $844.14 ↓ -61%
Aetna OONPPO $844.14 ↓ -61%
Aetna OONPOS $844.14 ↓ -61%
Curative Administrators COMM $870.25 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $870.25 ↓ -60%
Aetna ASAPPO $911.58 ↓ -58%
Aetna ASAHMO $911.58 ↓ -58%
Aetna ASAPOS $911.58 ↓ -58%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $935.52 ↓ -57%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $979.03 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $979.03 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $979.03 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,126.97 ↓ -48%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $1,196.59 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $1,196.59 ↓ -45%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,305.37 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $1,305.37 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $1,305.37 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $1,414.15 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $1,631.71 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,784.01 ↓ -18%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,849.28 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $1,849.28 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1,849.28 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,958.06 ↓ -10%

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