Mra, w/dye, spinal canal at HCA HOUSTON CONROE
504 MEDICAL CENTER BOULEVARD, CONROE, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1962455816
$35,266.14
Cash price 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.
$35,266.14
Gross charge 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 $31,739.53 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $672.06 | ↓ -98% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $699.43 | ↓ -98% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $828.27 | ↓ -98% |
| United | SmallGroup | $828.27 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | BAV | $851.53 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | HMO | $1,298.29 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $1,439.57 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | PPO | $1,580.86 | ↓ -96% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $2,115.97 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $2,115.97 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $2,115.97 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $2,115.97 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $2,115.97 | ↓ -94% |
| Cigna | CSN | $2,127.00 | ↓ -94% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $2,304.00 | ↓ -93% |
| Cigna | PPO | $2,739.00 | ↓ -92% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $4,584.60 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $4,584.60 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $4,584.60 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $4,584.60 | ↓ -87% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $4,937.26 | ↓ -86% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $4,937.26 | ↓ -86% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $6,206.84 | ↓ -82% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $7,194.29 | ↓ -80% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $8,358.08 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $8,358.08 | ↓ -76% |
| TX Workforce Commission | GVT | $8,463.87 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $9,345.53 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $11,320.43 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $11,320.43 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $11,320.43 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $12,061.02 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $12,061.02 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $12,061.02 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $12,343.15 | ↓ -65% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $14,106.46 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $14,141.72 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $14,141.72 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $14,141.72 | ↓ -60% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $15,164.44 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $15,270.24 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $15,270.24 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $15,270.24 | ↓ -57% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $15,869.76 | ↓ -55% |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $15,869.76 | ↓ -55% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $18,796.85 | ↓ -47% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $19,396.38 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $19,396.38 | ↓ -45% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $21,159.68 | ↓ -40% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $21,159.68 | ↓ -40% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $21,159.68 | ↓ -40% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $22,922.99 | ↓ -35% |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $26,449.60 | ↓ -25% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $28,918.23 | ↓ -18% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $29,976.22 | ↓ -15% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $29,976.22 | ↓ -15% |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $29,976.22 | ↓ -15% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $31,739.53 | ↓ -10% |
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Mra, w/dye, spinal canal at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $1,033.39 | $292.79 – $2,149.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,033.39 | $212.71 – $2,577.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,033.39 | $206.68 – $2,577.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $1,033.39 | $275.57 – $2,577.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $1,033.39 | $331.72 – $2,577.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $1,033.39 | $533.92 – $2,700.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $1,033.39 | $332.94 – $2,149.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $1,033.39 | $275.57 – $2,149.00 |