Tc-99m pertechnetate per mci 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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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.

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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.

$3.84 with Superior Health Plan vs $600.00 with Texas Athletic Network — 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 STARKids $3.84
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $3.84
Superior Health Plan CHIP $3.84
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $3.84
Superior Health Plan STAR $3.84
Cigna CSN $4.19
Aetna MCR $4.25
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $4.53
Cigna PPO $5.40
BCBS MyBlueHealth $7.70
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $8.33
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $8.33
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $8.33
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $8.33
BCBS BAV $8.49
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $8.97
Amerigroup MGMCD $8.97
BCBS HMO $10.61
BCBS EPOSOA $10.61
BCBS PPO $10.61
Superior EPO $11.21
Superior HMO $11.21
United OptionsPPO $11.27
Oscar HIX $12.49
Superior ValueHMO $12.68
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $13.07
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $15.18
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $15.18
TX Workforce Commission GVT $15.37
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $16.34
Molina Healthcare HIX $17.30
Evry Health BroadNetwork $17.49
United SmallGroup $19.83
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $19.83
United AllPayerAppendix $19.83
Aetna NBHMO $20.56
Aetna NBPOS $20.56
Aetna NBPPO $20.56
Aetna COMMHMO $21.91
Aetna COMMPPO $21.91
Aetna COMMPOS $21.91
Imagine Health PPO $22.42
BCBS Traditional $22.42
Curative Administrators COMM $25.62
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $25.62
Aetna OONPPO $25.69
Aetna OONHMO $25.69
Aetna OONPOS $25.69
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $27.55
Aetna ASAPOS $27.74
Aetna ASAPPO $27.74
Aetna ASAHMO $27.74
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $28.83
Averde Health Commercial $28.83
United GlobalAppendix $28.83
Coventry National First Health COMM $34.14
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $35.23
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $35.23
Humana PPO $38.28
Humana HMO $38.28
Independent Medical System COMM $38.44
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $38.44
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $38.44
Coastal Comp COMM $41.64
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $48.05
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $52.53
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $54.45
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $54.45
Physicians, INC COMM $54.45
Affiliated PPO COMM $57.65
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00

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Tc-99m pertechnetate per mci at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $191.98 $4.19 – $38.28
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $235.55 $4.19 – $38.28
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING $244.54 $4.19 – $38.28
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $8.82 $4.28 – $18.75
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $9.10 $3.54 – $26.00
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $58.98 $5.42 – $303.30
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $11.25 $8.41 – $73.00
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland $165.94 $4.19 – $38.28

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