MRA chest wwo IV cont 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.

$672.06 with BCBS vs $13,102.81 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
BCBS MyBlueHealth $672.06
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $699.43
United SmallGroup $828.27
United AllPayerAppendix $828.27
BCBS BAV $851.53
Superior Health Plan STAR $873.52
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $873.52
Superior Health Plan CHIP $873.52
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $873.52
Superior Health Plan STARKids $873.52
BCBS HMO $1,298.29
BCBS EPOSOA $1,439.57
BCBS PPO $1,580.86
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $1,892.63
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $1,892.63
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $1,892.63
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $1,892.63
Amerigroup MGMCD $2,038.22
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $2,038.22
Cigna CSN $2,127.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $2,304.00
United OptionsPPO $2,562.33
Cigna PPO $2,739.00
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $2,969.97
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $3,450.41
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $3,450.41
TX Workforce Commission GVT $3,494.08
Aetna QHPExchange $3,858.05
Aetna NBPPO $4,673.34
Aetna NBHMO $4,673.34
Aetna NBPOS $4,673.34
Aetna COMMPOS $4,979.07
Aetna COMMPPO $4,979.07
Aetna COMMHMO $4,979.07
BCBS Traditional $5,095.54
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $5,823.47
Aetna OONPOS $5,838.03
Aetna OONPPO $5,838.03
Aetna OONHMO $5,838.03
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $6,260.23
Aetna ASAHMO $6,303.91
Aetna ASAPOS $6,303.91
Aetna ASAPPO $6,303.91
United GlobalAppendix $6,551.41
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $6,551.41
Coventry National First Health COMM $7,759.78
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $8,007.27
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $8,007.27
Independent Medical System COMM $8,735.21
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $8,735.21
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $8,735.21
Coastal Comp COMM $9,463.14
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $10,919.01
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $11,938.12
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $12,374.88
Physicians, INC COMM $12,374.88
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $12,374.88
Affiliated PPO COMM $13,102.81

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MRA chest wwo IV cont at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $10,418.18 $672.06 – $699.43
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $1,654.38 $538.41 – $3,545.10
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $1,943.20 $458.22 – $5,552.00
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $790.50 $400.00 – $4,743.00
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland $8,469.49 $672.06 – $699.43
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $1,943.20 $538.41 – $5,552.00
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $1,943.20 $538.41 – $5,552.00
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA $11,685.36 $672.06 – $699.43

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