Hc i-131 sodium iodide cap dx per mci 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

$391.11

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.

$391.11

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.

$23.47 with Superior Health Plan vs $600.00 with Texas Athletic Network — 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 CHIP $23.47 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $23.47 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $23.47 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $23.47 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $23.47 ↓ -94%
Aetna MCR $25.93 ↓ -93%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $50.84 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $50.84 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $50.84 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $50.84 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $54.76 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MGMCD $54.76 ↓ -86%
Superior HMO $68.44 ↓ -83%
Superior EPO $68.44 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $68.84 ↓ -82%
Oscar HIX $76.27 ↓ -80%
Superior ValueHMO $77.44 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $79.79 ↓ -80%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $91.71 ↓ -77%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $92.69 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $92.69 ↓ -76%
TX Workforce Commission GVT $93.87 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $99.73 ↓ -75%
BCBS BAV $101.07 ↓ -74%
Molina Healthcare HIX $105.60 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $106.77 ↓ -73%
Aetna NBPOS $125.55 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPPO $125.55 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBHMO $125.55 ↓ -68%
BCBS HMO $126.33 ↓ -68%
BCBS PPO $126.33 ↓ -68%
BCBS EPOSOA $126.33 ↓ -68%
Aetna COMMPPO $133.76 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMPOS $133.76 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMHMO $133.76 ↓ -66%
Imagine Health PPO $136.89 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $136.89 ↓ -65%
Curative Administrators COMM $156.44 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $156.44 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPPO $156.84 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONHMO $156.84 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPOS $156.84 ↓ -60%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $160.92 ↓ -59%
United AllPayerAppendix $160.92 ↓ -59%
United SmallGroup $160.92 ↓ -59%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $168.18 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPPO $169.35 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAHMO $169.35 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPOS $169.35 ↓ -57%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $176.00 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $176.00 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $176.00 ↓ -55%
Cigna CSN $194.30 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $208.46 ↓ -47%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $210.36 ↓ -46%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $215.11 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $215.11 ↓ -45%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $234.67 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $234.67 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $234.67 ↓ -40%
Cigna PPO $250.50 ↓ -36%
Coastal Comp COMM $254.22 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $293.33 ↓ -25%
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↓ -23%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $320.71 ↓ -18%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $332.44 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $332.44 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $332.44 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $352.00 ↓ -10%
Humana HMO $455.73 ↑ +17%
Humana PPO $455.73 ↑ +17%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↑ +28%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↑ +53%

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Hc i-131 sodium iodide cap dx per mci at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $246.65 $91.71 – $455.73
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $300.71 $91.71 – $455.73
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $42.00 $174.99 – $186.82
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $349.11 $91.71 – $455.73
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $136.50 $42.11 – $390.00
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $136.50 $51.00 – $390.00
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $136.50 $51.00 – $390.00
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA $833.54 $91.71 – $455.73

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