Gastroesophageal reflux 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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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.

$225.94 with Texas Health Network vs $6,235.43 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 $225.94
Amerigroup MGMCD $230.55
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $230.55
Liberty County Indigent LOCALGOV $230.55
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $230.55
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $230.55
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $238.24
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $238.24
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $238.24
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $238.24
United MGMCD $243.00
Molina Healthcare CHIP $253.61
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $253.61
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $253.61
Molina Healthcare STAR $253.61
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $257.30
Humana MCD $288.19
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00
BCBS MyBlueHealth $381.20
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $415.69
Superior Health Plan CHIP $415.69
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $415.69
Superior Health Plan STAR $415.69
Superior Health Plan STARKids $415.69
BCBS BAV $483.00
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $716.53
BCBS HMO $736.41
BCBS EPOSOA $816.54
United SmallGroup $848.52
United AllPayerAppendix $848.52
BCBS PPO $896.68
Aetna QHPExchange $1,192.06
United OptionsPPO $1,219.37
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $1,413.36
Aetna NBHMO $1,584.36
Aetna NBPPO $1,584.36
Aetna NBPOS $1,584.36
TX Workforce Commission GVT $1,662.78
Aetna COMMPPO $1,685.38
Aetna COMMPOS $1,685.38
Aetna COMMHMO $1,685.38
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,766.70
Evry Health BroadNetwork $1,891.41
Aetna OONHMO $1,981.71
Aetna OONPOS $1,981.71
Aetna OONPPO $1,981.71
Aetna ASAPPO $2,141.67
Aetna ASAHMO $2,141.67
Aetna ASAPOS $2,141.67
Humana PPO $2,210.80
Humana HMO $2,210.80
BCBS Traditional $2,424.89
Imagine Health PPO $2,424.89
Curative Administrators COMM $2,771.30
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $2,771.30
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $2,979.15
Averde Health Commercial $3,117.71
United GlobalAppendix $3,117.71
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $3,117.71
Coventry National First Health COMM $3,692.76
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $3,810.54
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $3,810.54
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $4,156.95
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $4,156.95
Independent Medical System COMM $4,156.95
Coastal Comp COMM $4,503.36
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $5,196.19
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $5,681.16
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $5,889.01
Physicians, INC COMM $5,889.01
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $5,889.01
Affiliated PPO COMM $6,235.43

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Gastroesophageal reflux study at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $493.75 $223.20 – $1,021.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,120.86 $230.71 – $1,681.29
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,110.50 $223.20 – $1,388.13
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $493.75 $223.20 – $1,021.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,120.86 $238.82 – $1,681.29
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,120.86 $223.20 – $1,681.29
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,110.50 $223.20 – $1,665.76
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $493.75 $223.20 – $1,021.72

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