Mnl appl strs jt radiography 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.

$40.59 with Superior Health Plan vs $861.49 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
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $40.59
Superior Health Plan CHIP $40.59
Superior Health Plan STARKids $40.59
Superior Health Plan STAR $40.59
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $40.59
Texas Health Network MCD $54.62
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $55.73
Amerigroup MGMCD $55.73
Liberty County Indigent LOCALGOV $55.73
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $55.73
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $55.73
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $56.41
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $56.41
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $56.41
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $56.41
United MGMCD $57.54
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $60.92
Molina Healthcare STAR $61.30
Molina Healthcare CHIP $61.30
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $61.30
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $61.30
Humana MCD $69.66
United OptionsPPO $119.06
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $138.00
BCBS MyBlueHealth $140.47
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $153.71
TX Workforce Commission GVT $162.35
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $172.49
BCBS BAV $177.98
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
United SmallGroup $182.03
Evry Health BroadNetwork $184.67
BCBS Traditional $236.76
Imagine Health PPO $236.76
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $270.58
Curative Administrators COMM $270.58
BCBS HMO $271.35
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $290.87
Cigna CSN $297.19
BCBS EPOSOA $300.88
United GlobalAppendix $304.40
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $304.40
Averde Health Commercial $304.40
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $321.63
Aetna QHPExchange $326.88
BCBS PPO $330.41
Coventry National First Health COMM $360.55
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $372.05
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $372.05
Cigna PPO $382.33
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $405.87
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $405.87
Independent Medical System COMM $405.87
Aetna NBPPO $434.46
Aetna NBPOS $434.46
Aetna NBHMO $434.46
Coastal Comp COMM $439.69
Aetna COMMPPO $462.16
Aetna COMMPOS $462.16
Aetna COMMHMO $462.16
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $507.34
Aetna OONPPO $543.42
Aetna OONHMO $543.42
Aetna OONPOS $543.42
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $554.69
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $574.98
Physicians, INC COMM $574.98
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $574.98
Aetna ASAPOS $587.28
Aetna ASAPPO $587.28
Aetna ASAHMO $587.28
Affiliated PPO COMM $608.81
Humana HMO $861.49
Humana PPO $861.49

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Mnl appl strs jt radiography at other Texas hospitals

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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $101.73 $55.73 – $225.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $196.81 $40.51 – $295.22
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