Intracranial limited study at HCA HOUSTON CONROE
504 MEDICAL CENTER BOULEVARD, CONROE, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1962455816
$304.55
Cash price 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.
$304.55
Gross charge 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.
$18.27 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,209.81 with Humana — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $18.27 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $18.27 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $18.27 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $18.27 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $18.27 | ↓ -94% |
| Cigna | CSN | $45.07 | ↓ -85% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $48.73 | ↓ -84% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $53.60 | ↓ -82% |
| Cigna | PPO | $57.86 | ↓ -81% |
| Oscar | HIX | $59.39 | ↓ -80% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $62.13 | ↓ -80% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $72.18 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $72.18 | ↓ -76% |
| TX Workforce Commission | GVT | $73.09 | ↓ -76% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $77.66 | ↓ -75% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $80.71 | ↓ -73% |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $83.14 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $97.76 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $97.76 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $97.76 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $104.16 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $104.16 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $104.16 | ↓ -66% |
| Texas Health Network | MCD | $104.74 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $106.59 | ↓ -65% |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $106.59 | ↓ -65% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $106.88 | ↓ -65% |
| Liberty County Indigent | LOCALGOV | $106.88 | ↓ -65% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $106.88 | ↓ -65% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $108.97 | ↓ -64% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $108.97 | ↓ -64% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $108.97 | ↓ -64% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $108.97 | ↓ -64% |
| United | MGMCD | $111.15 | ↓ -64% |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $117.57 | ↓ -61% |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $117.57 | ↓ -61% |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $117.57 | ↓ -61% |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $117.57 | ↓ -61% |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $117.69 | ↓ -61% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $121.82 | ↓ -60% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $121.82 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $122.12 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $122.12 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $122.12 | ↓ -60% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $130.96 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $131.87 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $131.87 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $131.87 | ↓ -57% |
| Humana | MCD | $133.60 | ↓ -56% |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $137.05 | ↓ -55% |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $137.05 | ↓ -55% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $137.05 | ↓ -55% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $162.33 | ↓ -47% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $167.50 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $167.50 | ↓ -45% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $182.73 | ↓ -40% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $182.73 | ↓ -40% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $182.73 | ↓ -40% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $197.96 | ↓ -35% |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $228.41 | ↓ -25% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $249.73 | ↓ -18% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $258.87 | ↓ -15% |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $258.87 | ↓ -15% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $258.87 | ↓ -15% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $263.11 | ↓ -14% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $274.10 | ↓ -10% |
| BCBS | BAV | $290.10 | ↓ -5% |
| Texas Athletic Network | Premier | $300.00 | ↓ -1% |
| BCBS | HMO | $363.18 | ↑ +19% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $369.93 | ↑ +21% |
| BCBS | PPO | $376.67 | ↑ +24% |
| Texas Athletic Network | PremierPlus | $500.00 | ↑ +64% |
| Texas Athletic Network | TexasCustomUC | $600.00 | ↑ +97% |
| Humana | HMO | $1,209.81 | ↑ +297% |
| Humana | PPO | $1,209.81 | ↑ +297% |
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Intracranial limited study at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $418.44 | $99.77 – $523.05 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $423.52 | $87.17 – $1,117.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $398.34 | $99.77 – $1,117.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $418.44 | $99.77 – $1,117.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $423.52 | $99.77 – $1,117.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $423.52 | $106.34 – $635.28 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $398.34 | $99.77 – $597.51 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $418.44 | $99.77 – $523.05 |