Kidney imag w/bld flow multi 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.

$338.58 with Texas Health Network vs $5,463.88 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.

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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 $338.58
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $345.49
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $345.49
Amerigroup MGMCD $345.49
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $345.49
Liberty County Indigent LOCALGOV $345.49
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $361.20
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $361.20
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $361.20
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $361.20
United MGMCD $368.42
Molina Healthcare CHIP $380.04
Molina Healthcare STAR $380.04
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $380.04
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $380.04
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $390.10
Humana MCD $431.86
BCBS MyBlueHealth $549.30
BCBS BAV $695.98
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $929.86
BCBS HMO $1,061.14
United AllPayerAppendix $1,101.15
United SmallGroup $1,101.15
BCBS EPOSOA $1,176.62
BCBS PPO $1,292.09
Aetna QHPExchange $1,697.71
Aetna NBPPO $2,256.42
Aetna NBPOS $2,256.42
Aetna NBHMO $2,256.42
Aetna COMMPOS $2,400.30
Aetna COMMHMO $2,400.30
Aetna COMMPPO $2,400.30
Aetna OONPPO $2,822.33
Aetna OONPOS $2,822.33
Aetna OONHMO $2,822.33
Aetna ASAPPO $3,050.13
Aetna ASAPOS $3,050.13
Aetna ASAHMO $3,050.13
Humana HMO $5,463.88
Humana PPO $5,463.88

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Kidney imag w/bld flow multi at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,193.73 $332.13 – $1,492.16
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,293.28 $266.20 – $1,939.91
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,319.61 $332.13 – $1,649.51
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,193.73 $332.13 – $1,492.16
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,293.28 $355.38 – $1,939.91
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,293.28 $332.13 – $1,939.91
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,319.61 $332.13 – $1,979.41
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $1,193.73 $332.13 – $1,492.16

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