Ultrasound exam k transpl w/doppler 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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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.

$102.66 with Texas Health Network vs $2,048.04 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
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $104.75
Amerigroup MGMCD $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 STARKIDS $115.23
Molina Healthcare STAR $115.23
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $115.23
Molina Healthcare CHIP $115.23
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $115.43
Humana MCD $130.94
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $136.54
Superior Health Plan STARKids $136.54
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $136.54
Superior Health Plan CHIP $136.54
Superior Health Plan STAR $136.54
BCBS MyBlueHealth $197.26
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $207.04
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $213.00
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
United SmallGroup $245.18
BCBS BAV $249.94
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00
BCBS HMO $381.07
United OptionsPPO $400.51
BCBS EPOSOA $422.54
BCBS PPO $464.01
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $464.22
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00
TX Workforce Commission GVT $546.14
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00
Evry Health BroadNetwork $621.24
Aetna QHPExchange $680.67
Humana PPO $726.14
Humana HMO $726.14
BCBS Traditional $796.46
Imagine Health PPO $796.46
Aetna NBHMO $904.68
Aetna NBPOS $904.68
Aetna NBPPO $904.68
Curative Administrators COMM $910.24
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $910.24
Aetna COMMHMO $962.36
Aetna COMMPPO $962.36
Aetna COMMPOS $962.36
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $978.51
Averde Health Commercial $1,024.02
United GlobalAppendix $1,024.02
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $1,024.02
Aetna OONHMO $1,131.57
Aetna OONPPO $1,131.57
Aetna OONPOS $1,131.57
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,212.89
Aetna ASAPOS $1,222.90
Aetna ASAHMO $1,222.90
Aetna ASAPPO $1,222.90
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $1,251.58
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $1,251.58
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $1,365.36
Independent Medical System COMM $1,365.36
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,365.36
Coastal Comp COMM $1,479.14
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $1,706.70
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,865.99
Physicians, INC COMM $1,934.26
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,934.26
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1,934.26
Affiliated PPO COMM $2,048.04

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $2,288.27 $431.51 – $431.51
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $684.31 $99.77 – $855.38
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $618.88 $127.39 – $928.31
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $601.20 $99.77 – $751.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $684.31 $99.77 – $855.38
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $618.88 $99.77 – $928.31
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $618.88 $104.75 – $928.31
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $601.20 $99.77 – $901.80

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