MRI without fol w/cont, breast 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.

$29.91 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 STARKids $29.91
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $29.91
Superior Health Plan CHIP $29.91
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $29.91
Superior Health Plan STAR $29.91
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $64.80
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $64.80
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $64.80
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $64.80
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $69.78
Amerigroup MGMCD $69.78
United OptionsPPO $87.73
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $101.68
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $118.13
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $118.13
TX Workforce Commission GVT $119.63
Aetna QHPExchange $132.09
Aetna NBHMO $160.00
Aetna NBPOS $160.00
Aetna NBPPO $160.00
Aetna COMMHMO $170.47
Aetna COMMPPO $170.47
Aetna COMMPOS $170.47
BCBS Traditional $174.45
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $199.38
Aetna OONPPO $199.87
Aetna OONPOS $199.87
Aetna OONHMO $199.87
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $214.33
Aetna ASAPPO $215.82
Aetna ASAHMO $215.82
Aetna ASAPOS $215.82
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $224.30
United GlobalAppendix $224.30
Coventry National First Health COMM $265.67
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $274.14
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $274.14
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $299.06
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $299.06
Independent Medical System COMM $299.06
Coastal Comp COMM $323.99
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $373.83
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $408.72
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $423.67
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $423.67
Physicians, INC COMM $423.67
Affiliated PPO COMM $448.60
BCBS MyBlueHealth $672.06
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $699.43
United AllPayerAppendix $828.27
United SmallGroup $828.27
BCBS BAV $851.53
BCBS HMO $1,298.29
BCBS EPOSOA $1,439.57
BCBS PPO $1,580.86
Cigna CSN $2,127.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $2,304.00
Cigna PPO $2,739.00

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MRI without fol w/cont, breast at other Texas hospitals

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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,056.69 $332.94 – $2,570.86
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,221.52 $457.26 – $3,332.28
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,049.50 $332.94 – $2,561.87
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,056.69 $332.94 – $2,570.86
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $2,221.52 $332.94 – $3,332.28
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $2,221.52 $952.69 – $3,332.28
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $2,049.50 $332.94 – $3,074.25
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $2,056.69 $332.94 – $2,570.86

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