Ultrasound abdomen aorta screening study aaa 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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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.

$102.66 with Texas Health Network vs $2,198.77 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
Texas Health Network MCD $102.66
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $104.75
Liberty County Indigent LOCALGOV $104.75
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $104.75
Amerigroup MGMCD $104.75
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $104.75
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $106.88
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $106.88
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $106.88
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $106.88
United MGMCD $109.02
Molina Healthcare CHIP $115.23
Molina Healthcare STAR $115.23
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $115.23
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $115.23
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $115.43
Humana MCD $130.94
Superior Health Plan CHIP $146.58
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $146.58
Superior Health Plan STARKids $146.58
Superior Health Plan STAR $146.58
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $146.58
BCBS MyBlueHealth $153.49
BCBS BAV $194.48
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $207.04
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $213.00
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
United SmallGroup $245.18
BCBS HMO $296.51
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00
BCBS EPOSOA $328.78
BCBS PPO $361.05
United OptionsPPO $429.98
Aetna QHPExchange $483.71
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $498.39
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00
TX Workforce Commission GVT $586.34
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00
Aetna NBPOS $642.89
Aetna NBHMO $642.89
Aetna NBPPO $642.89
Evry Health BroadNetwork $666.96
Aetna COMMPOS $683.88
Aetna COMMPPO $683.88
Aetna COMMHMO $683.88
Humana HMO $779.59
Humana PPO $779.59
Aetna OONHMO $804.13
Aetna OONPOS $804.13
Aetna OONPPO $804.13
BCBS Traditional $855.08
Imagine Health PPO $855.08
Aetna ASAPOS $869.03
Aetna ASAPPO $869.03
Aetna ASAHMO $869.03
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $977.23
Curative Administrators COMM $977.23
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $1,050.52
Averde Health Commercial $1,099.39
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $1,099.39
United GlobalAppendix $1,099.39
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,302.16
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $1,343.69
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $1,343.69
Independent Medical System COMM $1,465.85
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $1,465.85
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,465.85
Coastal Comp COMM $1,588.00
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $1,832.31
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,003.33
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $2,076.62
Physicians, INC COMM $2,076.62
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $2,076.62
Affiliated PPO COMM $2,198.77

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Ultrasound abdomen aorta screening study aaa at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $950.10 $335.76 – $335.76
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $430.21 $99.77 – $537.76
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $430.21 $88.55 – $645.31
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $419.75 $99.77 – $524.69
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $430.21 $99.77 – $537.76
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $430.21 $99.77 – $645.31
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $430.21 $104.75 – $645.31
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $419.75 $99.77 – $629.63

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