Kidney (Retroperitoneal) Ultrasound (limited) at HCA HOUSTON CONROE

504 MEDICAL CENTER BOULEVARD, CONROE, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1962455816

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 24, 2026

$4,121.00

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.

$4,121.00

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.

$58.61 with Texas Health Network vs $3,708.90 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 $58.61 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $59.14 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $59.14 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $59.14 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $59.14 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $59.81 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $59.81 ↓ -99%
Liberty County Indigent LOCALGOV $59.81 ↓ -99%
United MGMCD $60.32 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $63.87 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $65.79 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $65.79 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $65.79 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STAR $65.79 ↓ -98%
Humana MCD $74.76 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $89.72 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $89.72 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $89.72 ↓ -98%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $197.26 ↓ -95%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $207.04 ↓ -95%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $213.00 ↓ -95%
United SmallGroup $245.18 ↓ -94%
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $247.26 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $247.26 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $247.26 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $247.26 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $247.26 ↓ -94%
BCBS BAV $249.94 ↓ -94%
Aetna NBPOS $251.51 ↓ -94%
Aetna NBPPO $251.51 ↓ -94%
Aetna NBHMO $251.51 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMMHMO $267.61 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMMPOS $267.61 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMMPPO $267.61 ↓ -94%
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↓ -93%
Aetna OONHMO $314.64 ↓ -92%
Aetna OONPOS $314.64 ↓ -92%
Aetna OONPPO $314.64 ↓ -92%
Aetna ASAPOS $340.20 ↓ -92%
Aetna ASAPPO $340.20 ↓ -92%
Aetna ASAHMO $340.20 ↓ -92%
BCBS HMO $381.07 ↓ -91%
BCBS EPOSOA $422.54 ↓ -90%
BCBS PPO $464.01 ↓ -89%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↓ -88%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $725.30 ↓ -82%
TX Workforce Commission GVT $989.04 ↓ -76%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $1,125.03 ↓ -73%
Humana HMO $1,365.29 ↓ -67%
Humana PPO $1,365.29 ↓ -67%
BCBS Traditional $1,442.35 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $1,442.35 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,648.40 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $1,648.40 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $1,772.03 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $1,854.45 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $1,854.45 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $1,854.45 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $2,134.68 ↓ -48%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $2,266.55 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $2,266.55 ↓ -45%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $2,472.60 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $2,472.60 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $2,472.60 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $2,678.65 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $3,090.75 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $3,379.22 ↓ -18%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $3,502.85 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $3,502.85 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $3,502.85 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $3,708.90 ↓ -10%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,068.52 $431.51 – $431.51
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $518.80 $59.81 – $648.50
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