X-ray bone survey complete 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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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.

$92.84 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,392.67 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
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $92.84
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $92.84
Superior Health Plan STARKids $92.84
Superior Health Plan STAR $92.84
Superior Health Plan CHIP $92.84
Texas Health Network MCD $97.90
Liberty County Indigent LOCALGOV $99.90
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $99.90
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $99.90
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $99.90
Amerigroup MGMCD $99.90
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $100.24
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $100.24
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $100.24
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $100.24
United MGMCD $102.24
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $108.26
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $109.89
Molina Healthcare CHIP $109.89
Molina Healthcare STAR $109.89
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $109.89
Humana MCD $124.88
BCBS MyBlueHealth $197.26
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $207.04
United SmallGroup $245.18
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
BCBS BAV $249.94
Cigna CSN $267.75
United OptionsPPO $272.34
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $289.76
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $315.67
Cigna PPO $344.45
TX Workforce Commission GVT $371.38
BCBS HMO $381.07
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $394.59
Evry Health BroadNetwork $422.44
BCBS EPOSOA $422.54
Aetna QHPExchange $435.92
BCBS PPO $464.01
Imagine Health PPO $541.59
BCBS Traditional $541.59
Aetna NBHMO $579.37
Aetna NBPOS $579.37
Aetna NBPPO $579.37
Aetna COMMHMO $616.32
Aetna COMMPOS $616.32
Aetna COMMPPO $616.32
Curative Administrators COMM $618.96
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $618.96
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $665.39
United GlobalAppendix $696.33
Averde Health Commercial $696.33
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $696.33
Aetna OONHMO $724.68
Aetna OONPOS $724.68
Aetna OONPPO $724.68
Aetna ASAPOS $783.17
Aetna ASAHMO $783.17
Aetna ASAPPO $783.17
Coventry National First Health COMM $824.77
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $851.08
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $851.08
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $928.45
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $928.45
Independent Medical System COMM $928.45
Coastal Comp COMM $1,005.82
Humana PPO $1,055.42
Humana HMO $1,055.42
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $1,160.56
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,268.88
Physicians, INC COMM $1,315.30
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1,315.30
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,315.30
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,392.67

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X-ray bone survey complete at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,533.13 $431.51 – $431.51
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $810.79 $99.77 – $1,013.48
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $826.19 $141.23 – $1,239.29
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $747.36 $99.77 – $934.20
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $810.79 $99.77 – $1,013.48
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $826.19 $99.77 – $1,239.29
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $826.19 $99.90 – $1,239.29
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $747.36 $99.77 – $1,121.04

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