Tl-201 thallium diag 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.

$44.15 with Superior Health Plan vs $662.29 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 CHIP $44.15
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $44.15
Superior Health Plan STARKids $44.15
Superior Health Plan STAR $44.15
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $44.15
Aetna MCR $48.79
United AllPayerAppendix $78.80
United SmallGroup $78.80
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $78.80
Cigna CSN $80.61
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $87.27
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $95.66
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $95.66
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $95.66
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $95.66
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $103.02
Amerigroup MGMCD $103.02
Cigna PPO $103.93
Superior HMO $128.78
Superior EPO $128.78
United OptionsPPO $129.51
Oscar HIX $143.50
Superior ValueHMO $145.70
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $150.12
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $174.40
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $174.40
TX Workforce Commission GVT $176.61
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $187.65
Molina Healthcare HIX $198.69
Evry Health BroadNetwork $200.90
Aetna NBPOS $236.22
Aetna NBHMO $236.22
Aetna NBPPO $236.22
Aetna COMMPOS $251.67
Aetna COMMHMO $251.67
Aetna COMMPPO $251.67
Imagine Health PPO $257.56
BCBS Traditional $257.56
Curative Administrators COMM $294.35
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $294.35
Aetna OONPPO $295.09
Aetna OONHMO $295.09
Aetna OONPOS $295.09
BCBS MyBlueHealth $297.53
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $316.43
Aetna ASAPOS $318.64
Aetna ASAHMO $318.64
Aetna ASAPPO $318.64
BCBS BAV $327.89
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $331.15
United GlobalAppendix $331.15
Averde Health Commercial $331.15
Humana PPO $340.71
Humana HMO $340.71
Coventry National First Health COMM $392.22
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $404.73
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $404.73
BCBS PPO $409.86
BCBS HMO $409.86
BCBS EPOSOA $409.86
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $441.53
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $441.53
Independent Medical System COMM $441.53
Coastal Comp COMM $478.32
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $551.91
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $603.42
Physicians, INC COMM $625.50
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $625.50
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $625.50
Affiliated PPO COMM $662.29

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Tl-201 thallium diag per mci at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $27.09 $20.13 – $538.00
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $28.35 $21.87 – $538.00
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $33.78 $24.59 – $193.00
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $171.90 $38.72 – $954.90
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $28.35 $21.06 – $538.00
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $28.35 $21.06 – $538.00
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $33.78 $38.60 – $193.00
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $28.35 $21.06 – $538.00

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