X-ray arthrogram shoulder supervision & interpretation (both sides) 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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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.

$129.35 with Texas Health Network vs $6,831.38 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 $129.35
Liberty County Indigent LOCALGOV $131.99
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $131.99
Amerigroup MGMCD $131.99
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $131.99
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $131.99
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $132.31
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $132.31
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $132.31
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $132.31
United MGMCD $134.96
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $142.89
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $145.19
Molina Healthcare STAR $145.19
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $145.19
Molina Healthcare CHIP $145.19
Humana MCD $164.99
Cigna CSN $383.26
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $414.77
Superior Health Plan CHIP $455.43
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $455.43
Superior Health Plan STAR $455.43
Superior Health Plan STARKids $455.43
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $455.43
Cigna PPO $493.05
Aetna QHPExchange $633.09
BCBS MyBlueHealth $672.06
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $699.43
United SmallGroup $828.27
United AllPayerAppendix $828.27
Aetna NBHMO $841.44
Aetna NBPOS $841.44
Aetna NBPPO $841.44
BCBS BAV $851.53
Aetna COMMPOS $895.09
Aetna COMMPPO $895.09
Aetna COMMHMO $895.09
Aetna OONPPO $1,052.47
Aetna OONHMO $1,052.47
Aetna OONPOS $1,052.47
Aetna ASAPPO $1,137.42
Aetna ASAPOS $1,137.42
Aetna ASAHMO $1,137.42
Humana PPO $1,291.50
Humana HMO $1,291.50
BCBS HMO $1,298.29
United OptionsPPO $1,335.91
BCBS EPOSOA $1,439.57
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $1,548.45
BCBS PPO $1,580.86
TX Workforce Commission GVT $1,821.70
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,935.56
Evry Health BroadNetwork $2,072.18
BCBS Traditional $2,656.65
Imagine Health PPO $2,656.65
Curative Administrators COMM $3,036.17
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $3,036.17
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $3,263.88
United GlobalAppendix $3,415.69
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $3,415.69
Averde Health Commercial $3,415.69
Coventry National First Health COMM $4,045.69
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $4,174.73
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $4,174.73
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $4,554.25
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $4,554.25
Independent Medical System COMM $4,554.25
Coastal Comp COMM $4,933.77
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $5,692.81
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $6,224.14
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $6,451.86
Physicians, INC COMM $6,451.86
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $6,451.86
Affiliated PPO COMM $6,831.38

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X-ray arthrogram shoulder supervision & interpretation (both sides) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $261.79 $131.99 – $952.69
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $937.91 $193.05 – $1,406.87
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $888.08 $131.99 – $1,110.10
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $261.79 $131.99 – $952.69
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $937.91 $141.23 – $1,406.87
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $937.91 $131.99 – $1,406.87
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $888.08 $131.99 – $1,332.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $261.79 $131.99 – $952.69

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