Kidney imaging morphology 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.

$157.50 with Texas Health Network vs $5,861.35 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 $157.50
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $160.71
Liberty County Indigent LOCALGOV $160.71
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $160.71
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $160.71
Amerigroup MGMCD $160.71
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $168.74
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $168.74
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $168.74
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $168.74
United MGMCD $172.11
Molina Healthcare CHIP $176.78
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $176.78
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $176.78
Molina Healthcare STAR $176.78
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $182.24
Humana MCD $200.89
BCBS MyBlueHealth $272.75
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00
BCBS BAV $345.58
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $390.76
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $390.76
Superior Health Plan STAR $390.76
Superior Health Plan STARKids $390.76
Superior Health Plan CHIP $390.76
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00
BCBS HMO $526.90
BCBS EPOSOA $584.24
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00
BCBS PPO $641.58
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $716.53
Aetna QHPExchange $841.53
United AllPayerAppendix $848.52
United SmallGroup $848.52
Aetna NBPPO $1,118.47
Aetna NBPOS $1,118.47
Aetna NBHMO $1,118.47
United OptionsPPO $1,146.22
Aetna COMMHMO $1,189.79
Aetna COMMPOS $1,189.79
Aetna COMMPPO $1,189.79
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $1,328.57
Aetna OONPPO $1,398.98
Aetna OONPOS $1,398.98
Aetna OONHMO $1,398.98
Aetna ASAPPO $1,511.90
Aetna ASAPOS $1,511.90
Aetna ASAHMO $1,511.90
TX Workforce Commission GVT $1,563.03
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,660.72
Evry Health BroadNetwork $1,777.94
Humana PPO $2,078.17
Humana HMO $2,078.17
BCBS Traditional $2,279.41
Imagine Health PPO $2,279.41
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $2,605.04
Curative Administrators COMM $2,605.04
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $2,800.42
Averde Health Commercial $2,930.67
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $2,930.67
United GlobalAppendix $2,930.67
Coventry National First Health COMM $3,471.22
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $3,581.94
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $3,581.94
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $3,907.57
Independent Medical System COMM $3,907.57
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $3,907.57
Coastal Comp COMM $4,233.20
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $4,884.46
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $5,340.34
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $5,535.72
Physicians, INC COMM $5,535.72
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $5,535.72
Affiliated PPO COMM $5,861.35

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Kidney imaging morphology at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $539.97 $157.04 – $1,021.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $997.30 $205.28 – $1,495.95
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,144.04 $157.04 – $1,430.05
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $539.97 $157.04 – $1,021.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $997.30 $168.03 – $1,495.95
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $997.30 $157.04 – $1,495.95
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,144.04 $157.04 – $1,716.06
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $539.97 $157.04 – $1,021.72

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