Ultrasound Guidance for a Needle Procedure at HCA HOUSTON CONROE
504 MEDICAL CENTER BOULEVARD, CONROE, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1962455816
$3,932.00
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.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$3,932.00
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.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$44.40 with BCBS vs $3,538.80 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $44.40 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | BAV | $56.26 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | HMO | $85.78 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $95.12 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | PPO | $104.45 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $226.62 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $226.62 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $226.62 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $235.92 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $235.92 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $235.92 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $235.92 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $235.92 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $241.12 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $241.12 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $241.12 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | MCR | $260.69 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $283.50 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $283.50 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $283.50 | ↓ -93% |
| Texas Athletic Network | Premier | $300.00 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $306.53 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $306.53 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $306.53 | ↓ -92% |
| Texas Athletic Network | PremierPlus | $500.00 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $511.16 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $511.16 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $511.16 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $511.16 | ↓ -87% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $550.48 | ↓ -86% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $550.48 | ↓ -86% |
| Texas Athletic Network | TexasCustomUC | $600.00 | ↓ -85% |
| Superior | HMO | $688.10 | ↓ -83% |
| Superior | EPO | $688.10 | ↓ -83% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $692.03 | ↓ -82% |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $778.54 | ↓ -80% |
| TX Workforce Commission | GVT | $943.68 | ↓ -76% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $1,002.66 | ↓ -75% |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $1,061.64 | ↓ -73% |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $1,073.44 | ↓ -73% |
| Humana | HMO | $1,302.67 | ↓ -67% |
| Humana | PPO | $1,302.67 | ↓ -67% |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $1,376.20 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $1,376.20 | ↓ -65% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $1,572.80 | ↓ -60% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $1,572.80 | ↓ -60% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $1,690.76 | ↓ -57% |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $1,769.40 | ↓ -55% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $1,769.40 | ↓ -55% |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $1,769.40 | ↓ -55% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $2,036.78 | ↓ -48% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $2,162.60 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $2,162.60 | ↓ -45% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $2,359.20 | ↓ -40% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $2,359.20 | ↓ -40% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $2,359.20 | ↓ -40% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $2,555.80 | ↓ -35% |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $2,949.00 | ↓ -25% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $3,224.24 | ↓ -18% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $3,342.20 | ↓ -15% |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $3,342.20 | ↓ -15% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $3,342.20 | ↓ -15% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $3,538.80 | ↓ -10% |
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Ultrasound Guidance for a Needle Procedure at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $909.17 | $50.46 – $1,288.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $799.40 | $84.77 – $1,199.11 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $906.04 | $84.77 – $1,132.55 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $909.17 | $57.78 – $1,288.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $799.40 | $103.19 – $1,199.11 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $799.40 | $413.03 – $1,199.11 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $906.04 | $84.77 – $1,359.06 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $909.17 | $50.46 – $1,288.00 |