Tc-99m succimer (dmsa) 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

$2,777.29

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$2,777.29

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$166.64 with Superior Health Plan vs $7,005.98 with Humana — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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
Superior Health Plan STARKids $166.64 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $166.64 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $166.64 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $166.64 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $166.64 ↓ -94%
Aetna MCR $184.13 ↓ -93%
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↓ -89%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $361.05 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $361.05 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $361.05 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $361.05 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $388.82 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MGMCD $388.82 ↓ -86%
Superior EPO $486.03 ↓ -82%
Superior HMO $486.03 ↓ -82%
United OptionsPPO $488.80 ↓ -82%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↓ -82%
Oscar HIX $541.57 ↓ -81%
Superior ValueHMO $549.90 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $566.57 ↓ -80%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -78%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $658.22 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $658.22 ↓ -76%
TX Workforce Commission GVT $666.55 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $708.21 ↓ -74%
Molina Healthcare HIX $749.87 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $758.20 ↓ -73%
Aetna NBPOS $891.51 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBHMO $891.51 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPPO $891.51 ↓ -68%
Aetna COMMHMO $949.83 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMPPO $949.83 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMPOS $949.83 ↓ -66%
Imagine Health PPO $972.05 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $972.05 ↓ -65%
United SmallGroup $1,088.88 ↓ -61%
United AllPayerAppendix $1,088.88 ↓ -61%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1,088.88 ↓ -61%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,110.92 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $1,110.92 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPPO $1,113.69 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONHMO $1,113.69 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPOS $1,113.69 ↓ -60%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $1,170.16 ↓ -58%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $1,194.23 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAHMO $1,202.57 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPPO $1,202.57 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPOS $1,202.57 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $1,249.78 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $1,249.78 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $1,249.78 ↓ -55%
BCBS BAV $1,289.56 ↓ -54%
Cigna CSN $1,479.61 ↓ -47%
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,480.30 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $1,527.51 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $1,527.51 ↓ -45%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $1,601.89 ↓ -42%
BCBS PPO $1,611.95 ↓ -42%
BCBS EPOSOA $1,611.95 ↓ -42%
BCBS HMO $1,611.95 ↓ -42%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $1,666.37 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $1,666.37 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,666.37 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $1,805.24 ↓ -35%
Cigna PPO $1,907.60 ↓ -31%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $2,082.97 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,277.38 ↓ -18%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $2,360.70 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $2,360.70 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $2,360.70 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $2,499.56 ↓ -10%
Humana HMO $7,005.98 ↑ +152%
Humana PPO $7,005.98 ↑ +152%

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Tc-99m succimer (dmsa) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,970.00 $626.93 – $3,712.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,970.00 $611.33 – $4,455.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,970.00 $594.00 – $3,712.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,970.00 $626.93 – $3,712.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $2,970.00 $626.93 – $4,455.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $2,970.00 $1,534.50 – $4,455.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $2,970.00 $626.93 – $4,455.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $2,970.00 $626.93 – $3,712.50

All Texas hospitals for this procedure →