Special physics consult at HCA HOUSTON CONROE
504 MEDICAL CENTER BOULEVARD, CONROE, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1962455816
$2,240.00
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.
$2,240.00
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.
$232.15 with BCBS vs $2,016.00 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 |
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| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $232.15 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS | BAV | $256.26 | ↓ -89% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $291.20 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $291.20 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $291.20 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $291.20 | ↓ -87% |
| Texas Athletic Network | Premier | $300.00 | ↓ -87% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $313.60 | ↓ -86% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $313.60 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS | HMO | $380.58 | ↓ -83% |
| BCBS | PPO | $380.58 | ↓ -83% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $380.58 | ↓ -83% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $394.24 | ↓ -82% |
| Oscar | HIX | $436.80 | ↓ -81% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $456.96 | ↓ -80% |
| Texas Athletic Network | PremierPlus | $500.00 | ↓ -78% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $530.88 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $530.88 | ↓ -76% |
| TX Workforce Commission | GVT | $537.60 | ↓ -76% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $571.20 | ↓ -75% |
| Texas Athletic Network | TexasCustomUC | $600.00 | ↓ -73% |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $611.52 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $690.02 | ↓ -69% |
| Humana | PPO | $714.78 | ↓ -68% |
| Humana | HMO | $714.78 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $784.00 | ↓ -65% |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $784.00 | ↓ -65% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $896.00 | ↓ -60% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $896.00 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $917.10 | ↓ -59% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $917.10 | ↓ -59% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $917.10 | ↓ -59% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $963.20 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $975.57 | ↓ -56% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $975.57 | ↓ -56% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $975.57 | ↓ -56% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $1,008.00 | ↓ -55% |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $1,008.00 | ↓ -55% |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $1,008.00 | ↓ -55% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $1,147.10 | ↓ -49% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $1,147.10 | ↓ -49% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $1,147.10 | ↓ -49% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $1,193.92 | ↓ -47% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $1,232.00 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $1,232.00 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $1,239.69 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $1,239.69 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $1,239.69 | ↓ -45% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $1,344.00 | ↓ -40% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $1,344.00 | ↓ -40% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $1,344.00 | ↓ -40% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $1,456.00 | ↓ -35% |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $1,680.00 | ↓ -25% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $1,836.80 | ↓ -18% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $1,904.00 | ↓ -15% |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $1,904.00 | ↓ -15% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $1,904.00 | ↓ -15% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $2,016.00 | ↓ -10% |
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Special physics consult at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $945.67 | $128.27 – $1,182.08 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $799.57 | $164.58 – $1,199.35 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $699.60 | $128.27 – $874.50 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $945.67 | $121.79 – $1,182.08 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $799.57 | $128.27 – $1,199.35 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $799.57 | $336.13 – $1,199.35 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $699.60 | $128.27 – $1,049.40 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $945.67 | $128.27 – $1,182.08 |