Nm imaging pulmonary ventilation/perfusion 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

$14,717.77

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.

$14,717.77

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 $13,245.99 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 ↓ -98%
Texas Health Network MCD $303.21 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $309.40 ↓ -98%
Liberty County Indigent LOCALGOV $309.40 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $309.40 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $309.40 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $309.40 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $327.11 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $327.11 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $327.11 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $327.11 ↓ -98%
United MGMCD $333.65 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STAR $340.34 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $340.34 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $340.34 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $340.34 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $353.28 ↓ -98%
Humana MCD $386.75 ↓ -97%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↓ -97%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $516.31 ↓ -96%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -96%
BCBS BAV $654.19 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $883.07 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $883.07 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $883.07 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $883.07 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $883.07 ↓ -94%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $929.86 ↓ -94%
BCBS HMO $997.42 ↓ -93%
United SmallGroup $1,101.15 ↓ -93%
United AllPayerAppendix $1,101.15 ↓ -93%
BCBS EPOSOA $1,105.97 ↓ -92%
BCBS PPO $1,214.51 ↓ -92%
Aetna QHPExchange $1,580.19 ↓ -89%
Aetna NBPPO $2,100.22 ↓ -86%
Aetna NBHMO $2,100.22 ↓ -86%
Aetna NBPOS $2,100.22 ↓ -86%
Aetna COMMHMO $2,234.13 ↓ -85%
Aetna COMMPPO $2,234.13 ↓ -85%
Aetna COMMPOS $2,234.13 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $2,590.33 ↓ -82%
Aetna OONHMO $2,626.95 ↓ -82%
Aetna OONPOS $2,626.95 ↓ -82%
Aetna OONPPO $2,626.95 ↓ -82%
Aetna ASAPPO $2,838.98 ↓ -81%
Aetna ASAPOS $2,838.98 ↓ -81%
Aetna ASAHMO $2,838.98 ↓ -81%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $3,002.43 ↓ -80%
TX Workforce Commission GVT $3,532.26 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $3,753.03 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $4,017.95 ↓ -73%
Humana PPO $4,696.44 ↓ -68%
Humana HMO $4,696.44 ↓ -68%
BCBS Traditional $5,151.22 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $5,151.22 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $5,887.11 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $5,887.11 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $6,328.64 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $6,623.00 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $6,623.00 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $6,623.00 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $7,844.57 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $8,094.77 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $8,094.77 ↓ -45%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $8,830.66 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $8,830.66 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $8,830.66 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $9,566.55 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $11,038.33 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $12,068.57 ↓ -18%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $12,510.10 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $12,510.10 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $12,510.10 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $13,245.99 ↓ -10%

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