Ultrasound retroperitoneal limited 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 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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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.

$58.61 with Texas Health Network vs $1,451.74 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 $58.61
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $59.14
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $59.14
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $59.14
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $59.14
Liberty County Indigent LOCALGOV $59.81
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $59.81
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $59.81
Amerigroup MGMCD $59.81
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $59.81
United MGMCD $60.32
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $63.87
Molina Healthcare CHIP $65.79
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $65.79
Molina Healthcare STAR $65.79
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $65.79
Humana MCD $74.76
Superior Health Plan STAR $96.78
Superior Health Plan CHIP $96.78
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $96.78
Superior Health Plan STARKids $96.78
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $96.78
Aetna QHPExchange $180.96
BCBS MyBlueHealth $197.26
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $207.04
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $213.00
Aetna NBHMO $240.52
Aetna NBPOS $240.52
Aetna NBPPO $240.52
United SmallGroup $245.18
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
BCBS BAV $249.94
Aetna COMMPOS $255.86
Aetna COMMPPO $255.86
Aetna COMMHMO $255.86
United OptionsPPO $283.90
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00
Aetna OONHMO $300.84
Aetna OONPOS $300.84
Aetna OONPPO $300.84
Aetna ASAHMO $325.12
Aetna ASAPPO $325.12
Aetna ASAPOS $325.12
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $329.06
BCBS HMO $381.07
TX Workforce Commission GVT $387.13
BCBS EPOSOA $422.54
Evry Health BroadNetwork $440.36
BCBS PPO $464.01
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00
Humana PPO $514.72
Humana HMO $514.72
Imagine Health PPO $564.57
BCBS Traditional $564.57
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00
Curative Administrators COMM $645.22
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $645.22
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $693.61
United GlobalAppendix $725.87
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $725.87
Averde Health Commercial $725.87
Coventry National First Health COMM $859.76
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $887.18
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $887.18
Independent Medical System COMM $967.83
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $967.83
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $967.83
Coastal Comp COMM $1,048.48
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $1,209.79
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,322.70
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,371.09
Physicians, INC COMM $1,371.09
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1,371.09
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,451.74

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Ultrasound retroperitoneal limited at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,068.52 $431.51 – $431.51
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $518.80 $59.81 – $648.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $537.62 $110.66 – $806.43
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $460.28 $59.81 – $575.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $518.80 $59.81 – $648.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $537.62 $64.00 – $806.43
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $537.62 $59.81 – $806.43
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $460.28 $59.81 – $690.42

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