Whole Skeleton X-ray Survey at HCA HOUSTON CONROE

504 MEDICAL CENTER BOULEVARD, CONROE, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1962455816

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 24, 2026

$5,998.00

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.

$5,998.00

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.

$97.90 with Texas Health Network vs $5,398.20 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 $97.90 ↓ -98%
Liberty County Indigent LOCALGOV $99.90 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $99.90 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $99.90 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $100.24 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $100.24 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $100.24 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $100.24 ↓ -98%
United MGMCD $102.24 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $108.26 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $109.89 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $109.89 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $109.89 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STAR $109.89 ↓ -98%
Humana MCD $124.88 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $149.85 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $149.85 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $149.85 ↓ -98%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $197.26 ↓ -97%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $207.04 ↓ -97%
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 ↓ -96%
United SmallGroup $245.18 ↓ -96%
BCBS BAV $249.94 ↓ -96%
Cigna CSN $267.75 ↓ -96%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $289.76 ↓ -95%
Cigna PPO $344.45 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $359.88 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $359.88 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $359.88 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $359.88 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $359.88 ↓ -94%
BCBS HMO $381.07 ↓ -94%
BCBS EPOSOA $422.54 ↓ -93%
BCBS PPO $464.01 ↓ -92%
Aetna NBHMO $605.85 ↓ -90%
Aetna NBPOS $605.85 ↓ -90%
Aetna NBPPO $605.85 ↓ -90%
Aetna COMMHMO $644.64 ↓ -89%
Aetna COMMPOS $644.64 ↓ -89%
Aetna COMMPPO $644.64 ↓ -89%
Aetna OONHMO $757.93 ↓ -87%
Aetna OONPOS $757.93 ↓ -87%
Aetna OONPPO $757.93 ↓ -87%
Aetna ASAPPO $819.50 ↓ -86%
Aetna ASAPOS $819.50 ↓ -86%
Aetna ASAHMO $819.50 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $1,055.65 ↓ -82%
TX Workforce Commission GVT $1,439.52 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,529.49 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $1,637.45 ↓ -73%
Humana HMO $1,987.14 ↓ -67%
Humana PPO $1,987.14 ↓ -67%
Imagine Health PPO $2,099.30 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $2,099.30 ↓ -65%
Curative Administrators COMM $2,399.20 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $2,399.20 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $2,579.14 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $2,699.10 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $2,699.10 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $2,699.10 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $3,106.96 ↓ -48%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $3,298.90 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $3,298.90 ↓ -45%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $3,598.80 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $3,598.80 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $3,598.80 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $3,898.70 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $4,498.50 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $4,918.36 ↓ -18%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $5,098.30 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $5,098.30 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $5,098.30 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $5,398.20 ↓ -10%

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