MRI guid parenchymal tiss ablation at HCA HOUSTON CONROE
504 MEDICAL CENTER BOULEVARD, CONROE, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1962455816
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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.
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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.
$390.09 with BCBS vs $9,965.07 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.
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 |
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| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $390.09 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $494.26 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $753.58 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $835.58 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $917.59 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $1,210.00 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $1,301.00 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $1,605.00 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $1,605.00 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $1,605.00 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $1,706.00 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $1,706.00 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $1,706.00 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $2,007.00 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $2,007.00 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $2,007.00 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $2,168.00 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $2,168.00 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $9,965.07 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $9,965.07 | — |
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MRI guid parenchymal tiss ablation at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $2,394.95 | $492.96 – $3,592.43 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $2,394.95 | $478.99 – $2,993.69 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $2,394.95 | $768.78 – $3,592.43 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $2,394.95 | $1,237.39 – $3,592.43 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $2,394.95 | $744.71 – $3,592.43 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST | Waco | $2,394.95 | $478.99 – $3,392.85 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER | Temple | $2,394.95 | $598.74 – $3,592.43 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PFLUGERVILLE | Suite 100 | $2,394.95 | $439.07 – $3,592.43 |