Nm imaging hepatobiliary system w/pharmacologic intervention 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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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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Gross charge

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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 $10,174.88 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 $399.15
Liberty County Indigent LOCALGOV $407.30
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $407.30
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $407.30
Amerigroup MGMCD $407.30
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $407.30
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $433.04
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $433.04
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $433.04
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $433.04
United MGMCD $441.70
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $448.03
Molina Healthcare STAR $448.03
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $448.03
Molina Healthcare CHIP $448.03
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $467.68
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00
Humana MCD $509.13
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00
Superior Health Plan STAR $678.33
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $678.33
Superior Health Plan STARKids $678.33
Superior Health Plan CHIP $678.33
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $678.33
BCBS MyBlueHealth $735.77
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $929.86
BCBS BAV $932.25
United AllPayerAppendix $1,101.15
United SmallGroup $1,101.15
BCBS HMO $1,421.37
BCBS EPOSOA $1,576.05
BCBS PPO $1,730.73
United OptionsPPO $1,989.75
Aetna QHPExchange $2,217.03
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $2,306.31
TX Workforce Commission GVT $2,713.30
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $2,882.88
Aetna NBPPO $2,946.65
Aetna NBPOS $2,946.65
Aetna NBHMO $2,946.65
Evry Health BroadNetwork $3,086.38
Aetna COMMHMO $3,134.53
Aetna COMMPOS $3,134.53
Aetna COMMPPO $3,134.53
Humana PPO $3,607.56
Humana HMO $3,607.56
Aetna OONHMO $3,685.66
Aetna OONPOS $3,685.66
Aetna OONPPO $3,685.66
BCBS Traditional $3,956.90
Imagine Health PPO $3,956.90
Aetna ASAPOS $3,983.14
Aetna ASAPPO $3,983.14
Aetna ASAHMO $3,983.14
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $4,522.17
Curative Administrators COMM $4,522.17
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $4,861.33
Averde Health Commercial $5,087.44
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $5,087.44
United GlobalAppendix $5,087.44
Coventry National First Health COMM $6,025.79
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $6,217.98
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $6,217.98
Independent Medical System COMM $6,783.25
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $6,783.25
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $6,783.25
Coastal Comp COMM $7,348.52
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $8,479.07
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $9,270.44
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $9,609.61
Physicians, INC COMM $9,609.61
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $9,609.61
Affiliated PPO COMM $10,174.88

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Nm imaging hepatobiliary system w/pharmacologic intervention at other Texas hospitals

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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,900.64 $390.26 – $2,375.80
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,968.94 $390.26 – $2,953.41
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,968.31 $390.26 – $2,952.47
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $1,900.64 $390.26 – $2,375.80

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