Tc-99m mebrofenin 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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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.

$101.55 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,523.29 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
Superior Health Plan STAR $101.55
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $101.55
Superior Health Plan CHIP $101.55
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $101.55
Superior Health Plan STARKids $101.55
BCBS MyBlueHealth $108.00
Aetna MCR $112.22
BCBS BAV $119.02
Cigna CSN $136.54
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $147.82
BCBS EPOSOA $148.77
BCBS HMO $148.77
BCBS PPO $148.77
Cigna PPO $176.03
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $187.21
United AllPayerAppendix $187.21
United SmallGroup $187.21
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $220.03
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $220.03
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $220.03
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $220.03
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $236.96
Amerigroup MGMCD $236.96
Superior HMO $296.19
Superior EPO $296.19
United OptionsPPO $297.89
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00
Oscar HIX $330.05
Superior ValueHMO $335.12
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $345.28
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $401.13
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $401.13
TX Workforce Commission GVT $406.21
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $431.60
Molina Healthcare HIX $456.99
Evry Health BroadNetwork $462.06
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00
Aetna NBPOS $543.31
Aetna NBPPO $543.31
Aetna NBHMO $543.31
Aetna COMMPPO $578.85
Aetna COMMPOS $578.85
Aetna COMMHMO $578.85
BCBS Traditional $592.39
Imagine Health PPO $592.39
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00
Humana PPO $646.54
Humana HMO $646.54
Curative Administrators COMM $677.02
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $677.02
Aetna OONPPO $678.71
Aetna OONHMO $678.71
Aetna OONPOS $678.71
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $727.79
Aetna ASAPPO $732.87
Aetna ASAHMO $732.87
Aetna ASAPOS $732.87
United GlobalAppendix $761.64
Averde Health Commercial $761.64
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $761.64
Coventry National First Health COMM $902.12
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $930.90
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $930.90
Independent Medical System COMM $1,015.52
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,015.52
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $1,015.52
Coastal Comp COMM $1,100.15
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $1,269.40
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,387.88
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,438.66
Physicians, INC COMM $1,438.66
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1,438.66
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,523.29

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Tc-99m mebrofenin at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $893.78 $108.00 – $646.54
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $1,280.09 $108.00 – $646.54
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING $1,328.96 $108.00 – $646.54
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $239.40 $60.06 – $498.13
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $103.60 $49.59 – $296.00
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $71.05 $51.73 – $365.40
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $157.65 $100.00 – $945.90
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland $769.84 $108.00 – $646.54

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