Low frequency non-thermal Ultrasound 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.

$370.29 with Oscar vs $1,253.15 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
Oscar MGMCR $370.29
WellMed MGMCR $375.96
Devoted Health MGMCR $377.85
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $377.85
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $377.85
Amerigroup DualEligible $377.85
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $377.85
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $377.85
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $377.85
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $377.85
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $377.85
BCBS MCRPPO $377.85
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $377.85
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $377.85
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $377.85
GEO Group - Joe Corley Detention Facility GVT $377.85
Aetna MCR $381.06
Van Lang IPA MCR $381.63
United MCR $385.41
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $389.19
WellCare PFFS $389.19
WellCare POS $389.19
WellCare MCRHMO $389.19
WellCare SNP $389.19
WellCare PPO $389.19
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $396.74
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $396.74
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $396.74
Superior Health Plan PFFS $396.74
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $396.74
Shared Health MGMCR $396.74
American Health Plan MGMCR $396.74
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $396.74
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $396.74
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $400.52
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $400.52
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $400.52
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $400.52
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $400.52
BCBS MyBlueHealth $408.87
Molina MGMCR $411.86
BCBS BAV $450.80
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $453.42
Verda Health Plan MCR $491.21
Community Health Choice HIX $547.88
Superior ValueHMO $547.88
BCBS HMO $564.38
BCBS EPOSOA $574.86
BCBS PPO $585.35
Superior EPO $585.67
Superior HMO $585.67
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $748.14
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $793.49
Molina Healthcare HIX $812.38
Humana PPO $1,253.15
Humana HMO $1,253.15

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Low frequency non-thermal Ultrasound at other Texas hospitals

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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $364.77 $103.35 – $495.95
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $364.77 $97.27 – $495.95
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $364.77 $97.27 – $495.95
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - GRAPEVINE Grapevine $364.77 $91.19 – $495.95
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - IRVING Irving $364.77 $66.87 – $495.95
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - LAKE POINTE Rowlett $364.77 $66.87 – $495.95
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY McKinney $364.77 $103.35 – $495.95
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY Frisco $364.77 $170.23 – $455.96

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