EKG (Tracing Only) 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

$1,571.50

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.

$1,571.50

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.

$94.29 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,414.35 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
Superior Health Plan STARKids $94.29 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $94.29 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $94.29 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $94.29 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $94.29 ↓ -94%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $128.72 ↓ -92%
BCBS BAV $141.93 ↓ -91%
BCBS HMO $177.68 ↓ -89%
BCBS EPOSOA $180.98 ↓ -88%
BCBS PPO $184.28 ↓ -88%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $204.29 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $204.29 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $204.29 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $204.29 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MGMCD $220.01 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $220.01 ↓ -86%
Cigna CSN $232.58 ↓ -85%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $251.44 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $276.58 ↓ -82%
Cigna PPO $298.58 ↓ -81%
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $306.44 ↓ -81%
TX Workforce Commission GVT $377.16 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $400.73 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $429.02 ↓ -73%
Aetna NBPOS $488.74 ↓ -69%
Aetna NBHMO $488.74 ↓ -69%
Aetna NBPPO $488.74 ↓ -69%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↓ -68%
Aetna COMMHMO $520.17 ↓ -67%
Aetna COMMPPO $520.17 ↓ -67%
Aetna COMMPOS $520.17 ↓ -67%
Humana PPO $520.64 ↓ -67%
Humana HMO $520.64 ↓ -67%
Imagine Health PPO $550.02 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $550.02 ↓ -65%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -62%
Aetna OONPOS $609.74 ↓ -61%
Aetna OONPPO $609.74 ↓ -61%
Aetna OONHMO $609.74 ↓ -61%
Curative Administrators COMM $628.60 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $628.60 ↓ -60%
Aetna ASAPOS $658.46 ↓ -58%
Aetna ASAPPO $658.46 ↓ -58%
Aetna ASAHMO $658.46 ↓ -58%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $675.75 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $707.17 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $707.17 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $707.17 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $814.04 ↓ -48%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $864.33 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $864.33 ↓ -45%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $942.90 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $942.90 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $942.90 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $1,021.48 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $1,178.63 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,288.63 ↓ -18%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,335.78 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $1,335.78 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1,335.78 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,414.35 ↓ -10%

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