Ultrasound prostate/transrectal 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.

$102.66 with Texas Health Network vs $1,148.23 with Aetna — 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
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $104.75
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $104.75
Amerigroup MGMCD $104.75
Liberty County Indigent LOCALGOV $104.75
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $106.88
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $106.88
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $106.88
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $106.88
United MGMCD $109.02
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $115.23
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $115.23
Molina Healthcare STAR $115.23
Molina Healthcare CHIP $115.23
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $115.43
Humana MCD $130.94
BCBS MyBlueHealth $169.35
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $207.04
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $213.00
BCBS BAV $214.57
United SmallGroup $245.18
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
BCBS HMO $327.15
BCBS EPOSOA $362.75
BCBS PPO $398.35
Aetna QHPExchange $639.11
Aetna NBPOS $849.44
Aetna NBHMO $849.44
Aetna NBPPO $849.44
Aetna COMMPPO $903.60
Aetna COMMPOS $903.60
Aetna COMMHMO $903.60
Aetna OONHMO $1,062.48
Aetna OONPOS $1,062.48
Aetna OONPPO $1,062.48
Humana HMO $1,111.36
Humana PPO $1,111.36
Aetna ASAPOS $1,148.23
Aetna ASAHMO $1,148.23
Aetna ASAPPO $1,148.23

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Ultrasound prostate/transrectal at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $545.16 $99.77 – $681.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $441.88 $90.95 – $662.81
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $515.63 $99.77 – $644.53
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $545.16 $99.77 – $681.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $441.88 $99.77 – $662.81
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $441.88 $104.75 – $662.81
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $515.63 $99.77 – $773.44
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $545.16 $99.77 – $681.45

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