Liver imag w/vasclr flow 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.

$191.55 with Texas Health Network vs $9,344.56 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 $191.55
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $195.46
Liberty County Indigent LOCALGOV $195.46
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $195.46
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $195.46
Amerigroup MGMCD $195.46
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $205.83
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $205.83
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $205.83
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $205.83
United MGMCD $209.95
Molina Healthcare CHIP $215.01
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $215.01
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $215.01
Molina Healthcare STAR $215.01
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $222.30
Humana MCD $244.33
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00
BCBS MyBlueHealth $326.66
BCBS BAV $413.89
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00
Superior Health Plan STAR $622.97
Superior Health Plan CHIP $622.97
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $622.97
Superior Health Plan STARKids $622.97
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $622.97
BCBS HMO $631.04
BCBS EPOSOA $699.71
BCBS PPO $768.38
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $929.86
Aetna QHPExchange $1,054.64
United AllPayerAppendix $1,101.15
United SmallGroup $1,101.15
Aetna NBPPO $1,401.71
Aetna NBPOS $1,401.71
Aetna NBHMO $1,401.71
Aetna COMMPPO $1,491.09
Aetna COMMHMO $1,491.09
Aetna COMMPOS $1,491.09
Aetna OONPPO $1,753.26
Aetna OONPOS $1,753.26
Aetna OONHMO $1,753.26
United OptionsPPO $1,827.38
Aetna ASAHMO $1,894.77
Aetna ASAPPO $1,894.77
Aetna ASAPOS $1,894.77
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $2,118.10
TX Workforce Commission GVT $2,491.88
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $2,647.62
Evry Health BroadNetwork $2,834.52
Humana PPO $3,215.58
Humana HMO $3,215.58
BCBS Traditional $3,633.99
Imagine Health PPO $3,633.99
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $4,153.14
Curative Administrators COMM $4,153.14
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $4,464.62
Averde Health Commercial $4,672.28
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $4,672.28
United GlobalAppendix $4,672.28
Coventry National First Health COMM $5,534.05
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $5,710.56
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $5,710.56
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $6,229.70
Independent Medical System COMM $6,229.70
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $6,229.70
Coastal Comp COMM $6,748.85
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $7,787.13
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $8,513.93
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $8,825.41
Physicians, INC COMM $8,825.41
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $8,825.41
Affiliated PPO COMM $9,344.56

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Liver imag w/vasclr flow at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,255.15 $194.80 – $1,568.94
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,694.54 $348.79 – $2,541.81
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,255.15 $194.80 – $1,568.94
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,694.54 $208.44 – $2,541.81
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,694.54 $194.80 – $2,541.81
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,498.22 $194.80 – $2,247.34
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $1,255.15 $194.80 – $1,568.94

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