Tc-99m tetrofosmin 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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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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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.

$190.26 with BCBS vs $3,033.09 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
BCBS MyBlueHealth $190.26
United AllPayerAppendix $192.89
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $192.89
United SmallGroup $192.89
Superior Health Plan STAR $202.21
Superior Health Plan CHIP $202.21
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $202.21
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $202.21
Superior Health Plan STARKids $202.21
BCBS BAV $209.67
Cigna CSN $210.49
Aetna MCR $223.44
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $227.89
BCBS EPOSOA $262.09
BCBS HMO $262.09
BCBS PPO $262.09
Cigna PPO $271.38
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $438.11
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $438.11
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $438.11
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $438.11
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $471.81
Amerigroup MGMCD $471.81
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00
Superior EPO $589.77
Superior HMO $589.77
United OptionsPPO $593.14
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00
Oscar HIX $657.17
Superior ValueHMO $667.28
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $687.50
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $798.71
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $798.71
TX Workforce Commission GVT $808.82
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $859.38
Molina Healthcare HIX $909.93
Evry Health BroadNetwork $920.04
Aetna NBPOS $1,081.80
Aetna NBPPO $1,081.80
Aetna NBHMO $1,081.80
Humana HMO $1,139.09
Humana PPO $1,139.09
Aetna COMMPOS $1,152.57
Aetna COMMHMO $1,152.57
Aetna COMMPPO $1,152.57
BCBS Traditional $1,179.54
Imagine Health PPO $1,179.54
Curative Administrators COMM $1,348.04
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,348.04
Aetna OONPPO $1,351.41
Aetna OONHMO $1,351.41
Aetna OONPOS $1,351.41
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $1,449.14
Aetna ASAPPO $1,459.25
Aetna ASAHMO $1,459.25
Aetna ASAPOS $1,459.25
United GlobalAppendix $1,516.55
Averde Health Commercial $1,516.55
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $1,516.55
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,796.26
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $1,853.56
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $1,853.56
Independent Medical System COMM $2,022.06
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $2,022.06
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $2,022.06
Coastal Comp COMM $2,190.57
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $2,527.57
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,763.48
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $2,864.59
Physicians, INC COMM $2,864.59
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $2,864.59
Affiliated PPO COMM $3,033.09

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

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $531.44 $190.26 – $1,139.09
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $165.20 $100.00 – $354.00
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $119.00 $87.36 – $340.00
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $97.30 $70.84 – $500.40
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $59.25 $100.00 – $315.90
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland $457.01 $190.26 – $1,139.09
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $119.00 $88.40 – $340.00
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $119.00 $88.40 – $340.00

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