Vein x-ray liver 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

$6,089.40

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.

$6,089.40

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.

$121.81 with Texas Health Network vs $11,473.10 with BCBS — 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 $121.81 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $124.30 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $124.30 ↓ -98%
Liberty County Indigent LOCALGOV $124.30 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $124.30 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $124.30 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $124.63 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $124.63 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $124.63 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $124.63 ↓ -98%
United MGMCD $127.12 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $134.60 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $136.73 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $136.73 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $136.73 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STAR $136.73 ↓ -98%
Humana MCD $155.38 ↓ -97%
Cigna CSN $265.29 ↓ -96%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $287.11 ↓ -95%
Cigna PPO $341.29 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $365.36 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $365.36 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $365.36 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $365.36 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $365.36 ↓ -94%
Aetna QHPExchange $431.95 ↓ -93%
Aetna NBPPO $574.10 ↓ -91%
Aetna NBHMO $574.10 ↓ -91%
Aetna NBPOS $574.10 ↓ -91%
Aetna COMMPOS $610.71 ↓ -90%
Aetna COMMPPO $610.71 ↓ -90%
Aetna COMMHMO $610.71 ↓ -90%
Aetna OONPPO $718.09 ↓ -88%
Aetna OONPOS $718.09 ↓ -88%
Aetna OONHMO $718.09 ↓ -88%
Aetna ASAHMO $776.05 ↓ -87%
Aetna ASAPPO $776.05 ↓ -87%
Aetna ASAPOS $776.05 ↓ -87%
United OptionsPPO $1,071.73 ↓ -82%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $1,242.24 ↓ -80%
TX Workforce Commission GVT $1,461.46 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,552.80 ↓ -74%
Humana PPO $1,564.92 ↓ -74%
Humana HMO $1,564.92 ↓ -74%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $1,662.41 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $2,131.29 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $2,131.29 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $2,435.76 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $2,435.76 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $2,618.44 ↓ -57%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $2,740.23 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $2,740.23 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $2,740.23 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $3,245.65 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $3,349.17 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $3,349.17 ↓ -45%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $3,653.64 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $3,653.64 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $3,653.64 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $3,958.11 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $4,567.05 ↓ -25%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $4,877.45 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $4,993.31 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $5,175.99 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $5,175.99 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $5,175.99 ↓ -15%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $5,437.15 ↓ -11%
Affiliated PPO COMM $5,480.46 ↓ -10%
BCBS BAV $6,179.95 ↑ +1%
United AllPayerAppendix $6,438.74 ↑ +6%
United SmallGroup $6,438.74 ↑ +6%
BCBS HMO $9,422.35 ↑ +55%
BCBS EPOSOA $10,447.73 ↑ +72%
BCBS PPO $11,473.10 ↑ +88%

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