MRI guid ndl plc s&i 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

$9,316.11

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.

$9,316.11

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.

$558.97 with Superior Health Plan vs $8,384.50 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
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $558.97 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $558.97 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $558.97 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $558.97 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $558.97 ↓ -94%
Aetna MCR $617.66 ↓ -93%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $720.54 ↓ -92%
BCBS BAV $912.96 ↓ -90%
Aetna QHPExchange $1,210.00 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $1,211.09 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $1,211.09 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $1,211.09 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $1,211.09 ↓ -87%
Aetna ASAPPO $1,301.00 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MGMCD $1,304.26 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $1,304.26 ↓ -86%
Cigna CSN $1,378.78 ↓ -85%
BCBS HMO $1,391.96 ↓ -85%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $1,490.58 ↓ -84%
BCBS EPOSOA $1,543.44 ↓ -83%
Aetna NBPPO $1,605.00 ↓ -83%
Aetna NBPOS $1,605.00 ↓ -83%
Aetna NBHMO $1,605.00 ↓ -83%
Superior EPO $1,630.32 ↓ -82%
Superior HMO $1,630.32 ↓ -82%
United OptionsPPO $1,639.64 ↓ -82%
BCBS PPO $1,694.92 ↓ -82%
Aetna COMMPPO $1,706.00 ↓ -82%
Aetna COMMPOS $1,706.00 ↓ -82%
Aetna COMMHMO $1,706.00 ↓ -82%
Cigna PPO $1,770.06 ↓ -81%
Superior ValueHMO $1,844.59 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $1,900.49 ↓ -80%
Aetna OONHMO $2,007.00 ↓ -78%
Aetna OONPOS $2,007.00 ↓ -78%
Aetna OONPPO $2,007.00 ↓ -78%
Aetna ASAHMO $2,168.00 ↓ -77%
Aetna ASAPOS $2,168.00 ↓ -77%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $2,207.92 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $2,207.92 ↓ -76%
TX Workforce Commission GVT $2,235.87 ↓ -76%
Molina Healthcare HIX $2,515.35 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $3,260.64 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $3,726.44 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $4,005.93 ↓ -57%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $4,192.25 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $4,192.25 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $4,965.49 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $5,123.86 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $5,123.86 ↓ -45%
Humana HMO $5,572.44 ↓ -40%
Humana PPO $5,572.44 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $5,589.67 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $5,589.67 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $5,589.67 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $6,055.47 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $6,987.08 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $7,639.21 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $7,918.69 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $7,918.69 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $7,918.69 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $8,384.50 ↓ -10%

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