Esophageal motility 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.

$196.79 with Texas Health Network vs $4,967.24 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 $196.79
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $200.81
Liberty County Indigent LOCALGOV $200.81
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $200.81
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $200.81
Amerigroup MGMCD $200.81
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $209.84
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $209.84
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $209.84
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $209.84
United MGMCD $214.04
Molina Healthcare STAR $220.89
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $220.89
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $220.89
Molina Healthcare CHIP $220.89
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $226.63
Humana MCD $251.01
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $331.15
Superior Health Plan CHIP $331.15
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $331.15
Superior Health Plan STAR $331.15
Superior Health Plan STARKids $331.15
BCBS MyBlueHealth $335.54
BCBS BAV $425.15
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00
BCBS HMO $648.21
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $716.53
BCBS EPOSOA $718.75
BCBS PPO $789.29
United AllPayerAppendix $848.52
United SmallGroup $848.52
United OptionsPPO $971.37
Aetna QHPExchange $1,010.81
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $1,125.91
TX Workforce Commission GVT $1,324.60
Aetna NBHMO $1,343.47
Aetna NBPPO $1,343.47
Aetna NBPOS $1,343.47
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,407.39
Aetna COMMPOS $1,429.13
Aetna COMMPPO $1,429.13
Aetna COMMHMO $1,429.13
Evry Health BroadNetwork $1,506.73
Aetna OONHMO $1,680.40
Aetna OONPOS $1,680.40
Aetna OONPPO $1,680.40
Humana PPO $1,761.16
Humana HMO $1,761.16
Aetna ASAPPO $1,816.03
Aetna ASAHMO $1,816.03
Aetna ASAPOS $1,816.03
BCBS Traditional $1,931.71
Imagine Health PPO $1,931.71
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $2,207.66
Curative Administrators COMM $2,207.66
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $2,373.24
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $2,483.62
Averde Health Commercial $2,483.62
United GlobalAppendix $2,483.62
Coventry National First Health COMM $2,941.71
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $3,035.54
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $3,035.54
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $3,311.50
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $3,311.50
Independent Medical System COMM $3,311.50
Coastal Comp COMM $3,587.45
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $4,139.37
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $4,525.71
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $4,691.29
Physicians, INC COMM $4,691.29
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $4,691.29
Affiliated PPO COMM $4,967.24

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Esophageal motility at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,266.22 $260.63 – $1,899.33
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,329.53 $196.80 – $1,661.92
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,266.22 $210.58 – $1,899.33
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,266.22 $196.80 – $1,899.33
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,329.53 $196.80 – $1,994.30
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST Waco $1,266.22 $196.80 – $1,582.78
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER Temple $1,266.22 $196.80 – $1,899.33
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PFLUGERVILLE Suite 100 $1,329.53 $196.80 – $1,994.30

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