Gastric emptying imag study 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.

$300.00 with Texas Athletic Network vs $7,918.16 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 Athletic Network Premier $300.00
Texas Health Network MCD $357.25
Liberty County Indigent LOCALGOV $364.54
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $364.54
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $364.54
Amerigroup MGMCD $364.54
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $364.54
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $377.12
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $377.12
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $377.12
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $377.12
United MGMCD $384.66
Molina Healthcare STAR $400.99
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $400.99
Molina Healthcare CHIP $400.99
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $400.99
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $407.29
Humana MCD $455.68
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $527.88
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $527.88
Superior Health Plan STARKids $527.88
Superior Health Plan STAR $527.88
Superior Health Plan CHIP $527.88
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00
BCBS MyBlueHealth $622.23
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $716.53
BCBS BAV $788.39
United AllPayerAppendix $848.52
United SmallGroup $848.52
BCBS HMO $1,202.04
BCBS EPOSOA $1,332.85
BCBS PPO $1,463.66
United OptionsPPO $1,548.44
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $1,794.78
Aetna QHPExchange $1,936.17
TX Workforce Commission GVT $2,111.51
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $2,243.48
Evry Health BroadNetwork $2,401.84
Aetna NBPPO $2,573.35
Aetna NBPOS $2,573.35
Aetna NBHMO $2,573.35
Aetna COMMPOS $2,737.43
Aetna COMMHMO $2,737.43
Aetna COMMPPO $2,737.43
Humana HMO $2,807.43
Humana PPO $2,807.43
BCBS Traditional $3,079.28
Imagine Health PPO $3,079.28
Aetna OONHMO $3,218.74
Aetna OONPOS $3,218.74
Aetna OONPPO $3,218.74
Aetna ASAHMO $3,478.54
Aetna ASAPPO $3,478.54
Aetna ASAPOS $3,478.54
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $3,519.18
Curative Administrators COMM $3,519.18
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $3,783.12
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $3,959.08
United GlobalAppendix $3,959.08
Averde Health Commercial $3,959.08
Coventry National First Health COMM $4,689.31
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $4,838.87
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $4,838.87
Independent Medical System COMM $5,278.77
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $5,278.77
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $5,278.77
Coastal Comp COMM $5,718.67
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $6,598.46
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $7,214.32
Physicians, INC COMM $7,478.26
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $7,478.26
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $7,478.26
Affiliated PPO COMM $7,918.16

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Gastric emptying imag study at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,536.50 $353.51 – $3,170.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,391.99 $286.52 – $2,087.99
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,389.15 $353.51 – $1,736.44
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,536.50 $353.51 – $3,170.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,391.99 $378.26 – $2,087.99
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,391.99 $353.51 – $2,087.99
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,389.15 $353.51 – $2,083.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $2,536.50 $353.51 – $3,170.62

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