Tc-99m sestamibi p study dose 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.

$125.43 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,881.42 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 CHIP $125.43
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $125.43
Superior Health Plan STARKids $125.43
Superior Health Plan STAR $125.43
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $125.43
Aetna MCR $138.60
Cigna CSN $240.23
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $260.09
BCBS MyBlueHealth $266.81
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $271.76
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $271.76
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $271.76
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $271.76
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $292.67
Amerigroup MGMCD $292.67
BCBS BAV $294.04
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00
Cigna PPO $309.72
Superior HMO $365.83
Superior EPO $365.83
BCBS PPO $367.55
BCBS EPOSOA $367.55
BCBS HMO $367.55
United OptionsPPO $367.92
Oscar HIX $407.64
Superior ValueHMO $413.91
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $426.46
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $495.44
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $495.44
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00
TX Workforce Commission GVT $501.71
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $533.07
Molina Healthcare HIX $564.43
Evry Health BroadNetwork $570.70
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00
Aetna NBPOS $671.04
Aetna NBPPO $671.04
Aetna NBHMO $671.04
Aetna COMMPPO $714.94
Aetna COMMPOS $714.94
Aetna COMMHMO $714.94
Imagine Health PPO $731.66
BCBS Traditional $731.66
United AllPayerAppendix $743.46
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $743.46
United SmallGroup $743.46
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $836.19
Curative Administrators COMM $836.19
Aetna OONPPO $838.28
Aetna OONHMO $838.28
Aetna OONPOS $838.28
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $898.90
Aetna ASAHMO $905.17
Aetna ASAPPO $905.17
Aetna ASAPOS $905.17
United GlobalAppendix $940.71
Averde Health Commercial $940.71
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $940.71
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,114.22
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $1,149.76
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $1,149.76
Humana PPO $1,247.69
Humana HMO $1,247.69
Independent Medical System COMM $1,254.28
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,254.28
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $1,254.28
Coastal Comp COMM $1,358.81
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $1,567.85
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,714.19
Physicians, INC COMM $1,776.90
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,776.90
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1,776.90
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,881.42

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Tc-99m sestamibi p study dose at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $109.62 $31.06 – $155.29
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $109.62 $22.56 – $164.43
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $109.62 $21.92 – $137.03
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $109.62 $29.23 – $155.29
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $109.62 $35.19 – $164.43
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $109.62 $56.64 – $164.43
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $109.62 $36.54 – $164.43
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $109.62 $29.23 – $155.29

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