Radiation physics consult at HCA HOUSTON CONROE
504 MEDICAL CENTER BOULEVARD, CONROE, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1962455816
$1,243.00
Cash price 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.
$1,243.00
Gross charge 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.
$149.05 with BCBS vs $1,118.70 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $149.05 | ↓ -88% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $161.59 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $161.59 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $161.59 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $161.59 | ↓ -87% |
| BCBS | BAV | $164.53 | ↓ -87% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $174.02 | ↓ -86% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $174.02 | ↓ -86% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $218.77 | ↓ -82% |
| Oscar | HIX | $242.38 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $244.35 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS | HMO | $244.35 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS | PPO | $244.35 | ↓ -80% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $253.57 | ↓ -80% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $294.59 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $294.59 | ↓ -76% |
| TX Workforce Commission | GVT | $298.32 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Athletic Network | Premier | $300.00 | ↓ -76% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $316.96 | ↓ -75% |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $339.34 | ↓ -73% |
| Humana | PPO | $396.64 | ↓ -68% |
| Humana | HMO | $396.64 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $433.15 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $435.05 | ↓ -65% |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $435.05 | ↓ -65% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $497.20 | ↓ -60% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $497.20 | ↓ -60% |
| Texas Athletic Network | PremierPlus | $500.00 | ↓ -60% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $534.49 | ↓ -57% |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $559.35 | ↓ -55% |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $559.35 | ↓ -55% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $559.35 | ↓ -55% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $575.70 | ↓ -54% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $575.70 | ↓ -54% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $575.70 | ↓ -54% |
| Texas Athletic Network | TexasCustomUC | $600.00 | ↓ -52% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $612.41 | ↓ -51% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $612.41 | ↓ -51% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $612.41 | ↓ -51% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $662.52 | ↓ -47% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $683.65 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $683.65 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $720.09 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $720.09 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $720.09 | ↓ -42% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $745.80 | ↓ -40% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $745.80 | ↓ -40% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $745.80 | ↓ -40% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $778.21 | ↓ -37% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $778.21 | ↓ -37% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $778.21 | ↓ -37% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $807.95 | ↓ -35% |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $932.25 | ↓ -25% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $1,019.26 | ↓ -18% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $1,056.55 | ↓ -15% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $1,056.55 | ↓ -15% |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $1,056.55 | ↓ -15% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $1,118.70 | ↓ -10% |
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Radiation physics consult at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $694.39 | $127.06 – $867.98 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $677.84 | $139.52 – $1,016.77 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $602.12 | $120.42 – $752.65 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $694.39 | $78.19 – $867.98 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $677.84 | $128.27 – $1,016.77 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $677.84 | $336.13 – $1,016.77 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $602.12 | $128.27 – $903.19 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $694.39 | $127.06 – $867.98 |