MRI loex nonjt w 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.

$265.88 with Texas Health Network vs $23,946.36 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
Texas Health Network MCD $265.88
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $271.31
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $271.31
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $271.31
Amerigroup MGMCD $271.31
Liberty County Indigent LOCALGOV $271.31
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $274.65
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $274.65
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $274.65
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $274.65
United MGMCD $280.14
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $296.62
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $298.44
Molina Healthcare STAR $298.44
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $298.44
Molina Healthcare CHIP $298.44
Humana MCD $339.14
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $699.43
BCBS MyBlueHealth $820.98
United SmallGroup $828.27
United AllPayerAppendix $828.27
BCBS BAV $946.99
Aetna QHPExchange $1,210.00
Aetna ASAPPO $1,301.00
BCBS HMO $1,439.57
BCBS EPOSOA $1,577.04
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $1,596.42
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $1,596.42
Superior Health Plan CHIP $1,596.42
Superior Health Plan STAR $1,596.42
Superior Health Plan STARKids $1,596.42
Aetna NBPPO $1,605.00
Aetna NBHMO $1,605.00
Aetna NBPOS $1,605.00
Aetna COMMPOS $1,706.00
Aetna COMMHMO $1,706.00
Aetna COMMPPO $1,706.00
BCBS PPO $1,710.69
Aetna OONHMO $2,007.00
Aetna OONPPO $2,007.00
Aetna OONPOS $2,007.00
Cigna CSN $2,127.00
Aetna ASAPOS $2,168.00
Aetna ASAHMO $2,168.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $2,304.00
Cigna PPO $2,739.00
Humana HMO $4,583.44
Humana PPO $4,583.44
United OptionsPPO $4,682.84
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $5,427.84
TX Workforce Commission GVT $6,385.70
BCBS Traditional $9,312.47
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $10,642.83
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $11,441.04
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $11,973.18
United GlobalAppendix $11,973.18
Coventry National First Health COMM $14,181.57
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $14,633.89
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $14,633.89
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $15,964.24
Independent Medical System COMM $15,964.24
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $15,964.24
Coastal Comp COMM $17,294.60
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $19,955.30
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $21,817.80
Physicians, INC COMM $22,616.01
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $22,616.01
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $22,616.01
Affiliated PPO COMM $23,946.36

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MRI loex nonjt w IV cont at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,541.64 $271.31 – $2,149.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $3,000.00 $494.01 – $4,500.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,770.20 $271.31 – $3,462.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,541.64 $271.31 – $2,149.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $3,000.00 $290.30 – $4,500.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $3,000.00 $271.31 – $4,500.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $2,770.20 $271.31 – $4,155.30
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $1,541.64 $271.31 – $2,149.00

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