MRI fetal ea addl gestation 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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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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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.

$153.24 with Superior Health Plan vs $2,739.00 with Cigna — 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 $153.24
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $153.24
Superior Health Plan STARKids $153.24
Superior Health Plan CHIP $153.24
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $153.24
Aetna MCR $169.33
Texas Health Network MCD $200.40
Amerigroup MGMCD $204.49
Liberty County Indigent LOCALGOV $204.49
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $204.49
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $204.49
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $204.49
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $207.83
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $207.83
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $207.83
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $207.83
United MGMCD $211.99
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $224.46
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $224.94
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $224.94
Molina Healthcare STAR $224.94
Molina Healthcare CHIP $224.94
Humana MCD $255.61
BCBS MyBlueHealth $306.05
BCBS BAV $353.03
Superior HMO $446.96
Superior EPO $446.96
United OptionsPPO $449.52
Superior ValueHMO $505.71
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $521.03
BCBS HMO $536.66
BCBS EPOSOA $587.91
TX Workforce Commission GVT $612.98
BCBS PPO $637.73
Molina Healthcare HIX $689.60
BCBS Traditional $893.92
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,021.63
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $1,098.25
United GlobalAppendix $1,149.33
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $1,149.33
Aetna QHPExchange $1,210.00
Aetna ASAPPO $1,301.00
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,361.32
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $1,404.74
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $1,404.74
Independent Medical System COMM $1,532.44
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,532.44
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $1,532.44
Aetna NBHMO $1,605.00
Aetna NBPPO $1,605.00
Aetna NBPOS $1,605.00
Coastal Comp COMM $1,660.15
Aetna COMMPOS $1,706.00
Aetna COMMPPO $1,706.00
Aetna COMMHMO $1,706.00
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $1,915.55
Aetna OONHMO $2,007.00
Aetna OONPPO $2,007.00
Aetna OONPOS $2,007.00
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,094.34
Cigna CSN $2,127.00
Aetna ASAHMO $2,168.00
Aetna ASAPOS $2,168.00
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $2,170.96
Physicians, INC COMM $2,170.96
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $2,170.96
Affiliated PPO COMM $2,298.66
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $2,304.00
Humana HMO $2,546.56
Humana PPO $2,546.56
Cigna PPO $2,739.00

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MRI fetal ea addl gestation at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $477.93 $204.49 – $2,149.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $654.40 $134.70 – $2,149.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $577.07 $204.49 – $2,149.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $477.93 $204.49 – $2,149.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $654.40 $218.80 – $2,149.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $654.40 $204.49 – $2,700.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $577.07 $204.49 – $2,149.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $477.93 $204.49 – $2,149.00

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