Radiation therapy dose plan 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

$986.00

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.

$986.00

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.

$63.32 with BCBS vs $887.40 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
BCBS MyBlueHealth $63.32 ↓ -94%
BCBS BAV $69.89 ↓ -93%
BCBS EPOSOA $103.80 ↓ -89%
BCBS PPO $103.80 ↓ -89%
BCBS HMO $103.80 ↓ -89%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $128.18 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $128.18 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $128.18 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $128.18 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MGMCD $138.04 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $138.04 ↓ -86%
Aetna QHPExchange $171.62 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $173.54 ↓ -82%
Oscar HIX $192.27 ↓ -81%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $201.14 ↓ -80%
Aetna NBPPO $228.10 ↓ -77%
Aetna NBPOS $228.10 ↓ -77%
Aetna NBHMO $228.10 ↓ -77%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $233.68 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $233.68 ↓ -76%
TX Workforce Commission GVT $236.64 ↓ -76%
Aetna COMMPPO $242.64 ↓ -75%
Aetna COMMHMO $242.64 ↓ -75%
Aetna COMMPOS $242.64 ↓ -75%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $251.43 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $269.18 ↓ -73%
Aetna OONHMO $285.30 ↓ -71%
Aetna OONPOS $285.30 ↓ -71%
Aetna OONPPO $285.30 ↓ -71%
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↓ -70%
Aetna ASAPPO $308.33 ↓ -69%
Aetna ASAHMO $308.33 ↓ -69%
Aetna ASAPOS $308.33 ↓ -69%
Humana HMO $314.63 ↓ -68%
Humana PPO $314.63 ↓ -68%
BCBS Traditional $345.10 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $345.10 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $394.40 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $394.40 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $423.98 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $443.70 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $443.70 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $443.70 ↓ -55%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↓ -49%
Coventry National First Health COMM $525.54 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $542.30 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $542.30 ↓ -45%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $591.60 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $591.60 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $591.60 ↓ -40%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -39%
Coastal Comp COMM $640.90 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $739.50 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $808.52 ↓ -18%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $838.10 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $838.10 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $838.10 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $887.40 ↓ -10%

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Radiation therapy dose plan at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $473.01 $53.98 – $591.26
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $619.25 $127.46 – $928.87
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $509.00 $101.80 – $636.25
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $473.01 $33.22 – $591.26
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $619.25 $128.27 – $928.87
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $619.25 $319.94 – $928.87
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $509.00 $128.27 – $763.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $473.01 $53.98 – $591.26

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