Lymph vessel x-ray arm/leg 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.

$278.96 with Texas Health Network vs $5,707.08 with Aetna — 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 $278.96
Amerigroup MGMCD $284.65
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $284.65
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $284.65
Liberty County Indigent LOCALGOV $284.65
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $284.65
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $284.65
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $284.65
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $284.65
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $284.65
United MGMCD $290.34
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $307.42
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $313.12
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $313.12
Molina Healthcare CHIP $313.12
Molina Healthcare STAR $313.12
Humana MCD $355.81
Cigna CSN $733.98
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $794.34
Cigna PPO $944.25
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1,029.08
BCBS MyBlueHealth $1,109.70
United AllPayerAppendix $1,218.65
United SmallGroup $1,218.65
BCBS BAV $1,406.04
BCBS HMO $2,143.73
BCBS EPOSOA $2,377.02
BCBS PPO $2,610.31
Aetna QHPExchange $3,176.58
Aetna NBHMO $4,221.98
Aetna NBPPO $4,221.98
Aetna NBPOS $4,221.98
Humana PPO $4,366.50
Humana HMO $4,366.50
Aetna COMMHMO $4,491.19
Aetna COMMPPO $4,491.19
Aetna COMMPOS $4,491.19
Aetna OONPOS $5,280.85
Aetna OONHMO $5,280.85
Aetna OONPPO $5,280.85
Aetna ASAHMO $5,707.08
Aetna ASAPPO $5,707.08
Aetna ASAPOS $5,707.08

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Lymph vessel x-ray arm/leg at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $700.80 $284.65 – $1,556.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $972.06 $71.00 – $1,556.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $984.85 $71.00 – $1,556.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $700.80 $284.65 – $1,556.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $972.06 $85.00 – $1,556.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $972.06 $284.65 – $1,556.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $984.85 $71.00 – $1,556.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $700.80 $284.65 – $1,556.23

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