Med physic dos eval rad exps 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

$673.46

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.

$673.46

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.

$40.41 with Superior Health Plan vs $3,712.13 with BCBS — 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
Superior Health Plan STAR $40.41 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $40.41 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $40.41 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $40.41 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $40.41 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $87.55 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $87.55 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $87.55 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $87.55 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MGMCD $94.28 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $94.28 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $118.53 ↓ -82%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $137.39 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $159.61 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $159.61 ↓ -76%
TX Workforce Commission GVT $161.63 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $171.73 ↓ -75%
Aetna QHPExchange $178.47 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $183.85 ↓ -73%
Humana PPO $214.90 ↓ -68%
Humana HMO $214.90 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPPO $216.18 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBHMO $216.18 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPOS $216.18 ↓ -68%
Aetna COMMPPO $230.32 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMPOS $230.32 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMHMO $230.32 ↓ -66%
Imagine Health PPO $235.71 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $235.71 ↓ -65%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $241.05 ↓ -64%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $269.38 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $269.38 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONHMO $270.06 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPOS $270.06 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPPO $270.06 ↓ -60%
United SmallGroup $285.46 ↓ -58%
United AllPayerAppendix $285.46 ↓ -58%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $289.59 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPOS $291.61 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAHMO $291.61 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPPO $291.61 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $303.06 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $303.06 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $303.06 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $358.95 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $370.40 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $370.40 ↓ -45%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $404.08 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $404.08 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $404.08 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $437.75 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $505.10 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $552.24 ↓ -18%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $572.44 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $572.44 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $572.44 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $606.11 ↓ -10%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $1,578.10 ↑ +134%
Cigna CSN $1,653.71 ↑ +146%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $1,789.69 ↑ +166%
BCBS BAV $1,999.53 ↑ +197%
Cigna PPO $2,127.45 ↑ +216%
BCBS HMO $3,048.61 ↑ +353%
BCBS EPOSOA $3,380.37 ↑ +402%
BCBS PPO $3,712.13 ↑ +451%

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