Nm imaging gastric emptying study 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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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.

$300.00 with Texas Athletic Network vs $5,293.49 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 Athletic Network Premier $300.00
Texas Health Network MCD $301.92
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $308.08
Liberty County Indigent LOCALGOV $308.08
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $308.08
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $308.08
Amerigroup MGMCD $308.08
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $326.45
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $326.45
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $326.45
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $326.45
United MGMCD $332.98
Molina Healthcare CHIP $338.89
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $338.89
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $338.89
Molina Healthcare STAR $338.89
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $352.57
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $352.90
Superior Health Plan STARKids $352.90
Superior Health Plan CHIP $352.90
Superior Health Plan STAR $352.90
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $352.90
Humana MCD $385.10
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00
BCBS MyBlueHealth $542.31
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00
BCBS BAV $687.13
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $716.53
United SmallGroup $848.52
United AllPayerAppendix $848.52
United OptionsPPO $1,035.17
BCBS HMO $1,047.64
BCBS EPOSOA $1,161.65
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $1,199.86
BCBS PPO $1,275.66
TX Workforce Commission GVT $1,411.60
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,499.82
Evry Health BroadNetwork $1,605.69
Aetna QHPExchange $1,643.91
Humana HMO $1,876.84
Humana PPO $1,876.84
BCBS Traditional $2,058.58
Imagine Health PPO $2,058.58
Aetna NBPPO $2,184.91
Aetna NBHMO $2,184.91
Aetna NBPOS $2,184.91
Aetna COMMHMO $2,324.22
Aetna COMMPOS $2,324.22
Aetna COMMPPO $2,324.22
Curative Administrators COMM $2,352.66
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $2,352.66
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $2,529.11
Averde Health Commercial $2,646.75
United GlobalAppendix $2,646.75
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $2,646.75
Aetna OONPOS $2,732.88
Aetna OONHMO $2,732.88
Aetna OONPPO $2,732.88
Aetna ASAPOS $2,953.46
Aetna ASAHMO $2,953.46
Aetna ASAPPO $2,953.46
Coventry National First Health COMM $3,134.92
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $3,234.91
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $3,234.91
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $3,529.00
Independent Medical System COMM $3,529.00
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $3,529.00
Coastal Comp COMM $3,823.08
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $4,411.24
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $4,822.96
Physicians, INC COMM $4,999.41
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $4,999.41
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $4,999.41
Affiliated PPO COMM $5,293.49

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Nm imaging gastric emptying study at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,861.14 $296.71 – $2,326.43
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,719.11 $353.85 – $2,578.67
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,402.87 $296.71 – $1,753.58
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,861.14 $296.71 – $2,326.43
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,719.11 $317.48 – $2,578.67
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,719.11 $296.71 – $2,578.67
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,402.87 $296.71 – $2,104.30
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $1,861.14 $296.71 – $2,326.43

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