Ultrasound scrotum and contents 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.

$98.24 with Texas Health Network vs $1,981.93 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 $98.24
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $100.24
Liberty County Indigent LOCALGOV $100.24
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $100.24
Amerigroup MGMCD $100.24
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $100.24
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $101.58
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $101.58
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $101.58
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $101.58
United MGMCD $103.61
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $109.71
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $110.26
Molina Healthcare CHIP $110.26
Molina Healthcare STAR $110.26
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $110.26
Humana MCD $125.30
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $132.13
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $132.13
Superior Health Plan STARKids $132.13
Superior Health Plan CHIP $132.13
Superior Health Plan STAR $132.13
BCBS MyBlueHealth $197.26
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $207.04
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $213.00
United SmallGroup $245.18
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
BCBS BAV $249.94
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00
BCBS HMO $381.07
United OptionsPPO $387.58
BCBS EPOSOA $422.54
Aetna QHPExchange $424.02
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $449.24
BCBS PPO $464.01
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00
TX Workforce Commission GVT $528.52
Aetna NBHMO $563.56
Aetna NBPOS $563.56
Aetna NBPPO $563.56
Aetna COMMPOS $599.50
Aetna COMMPPO $599.50
Aetna COMMHMO $599.50
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00
Evry Health BroadNetwork $601.19
Humana HMO $632.78
Humana PPO $632.78
Aetna OONHMO $704.91
Aetna OONPOS $704.91
Aetna OONPPO $704.91
Aetna ASAPOS $761.80
Aetna ASAPPO $761.80
Aetna ASAHMO $761.80
Imagine Health PPO $770.75
BCBS Traditional $770.75
Curative Administrators COMM $880.86
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $880.86
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $946.92
Averde Health Commercial $990.97
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $990.97
United GlobalAppendix $990.97
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,173.75
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $1,211.18
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $1,211.18
Independent Medical System COMM $1,321.29
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $1,321.29
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,321.29
Coastal Comp COMM $1,431.40
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $1,651.61
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,805.76
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,871.83
Physicians, INC COMM $1,871.83
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1,871.83
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,981.93

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Ultrasound scrotum and contents at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,180.35 $431.51 – $431.51
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $612.55 $99.77 – $765.68
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $685.33 $141.06 – $1,028.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $767.02 $99.77 – $958.77
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $612.55 $99.77 – $765.68
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $685.33 $99.77 – $1,028.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $685.33 $100.24 – $1,028.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $767.02 $99.77 – $1,150.52

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