X-ray exam of jaw joint 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.

$34.05 with Texas Health Network vs $371.86 with Humana — 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 $34.05
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $34.75
Amerigroup MGMCD $34.75
Liberty County Indigent LOCALGOV $34.75
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $34.75
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $34.75
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $34.75
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $34.75
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $34.75
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $34.75
United MGMCD $35.45
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $37.53
Molina Healthcare STAR $38.23
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $38.23
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $38.23
Molina Healthcare CHIP $38.23
Humana MCD $43.44
Cigna CSN $94.44
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $102.20
Cigna PPO $121.49
BCBS MyBlueHealth $140.47
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $153.71
Aetna QHPExchange $155.12
BCBS BAV $177.98
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
United SmallGroup $182.03
Aetna NBPOS $206.17
Aetna NBHMO $206.17
Aetna NBPPO $206.17
Aetna COMMPPO $219.32
Aetna COMMHMO $219.32
Aetna COMMPOS $219.32
Aetna OONPPO $257.88
Aetna OONPOS $257.88
Aetna OONHMO $257.88
BCBS HMO $271.35
Aetna ASAPOS $278.70
Aetna ASAHMO $278.70
Aetna ASAPPO $278.70
BCBS EPOSOA $300.88
BCBS PPO $330.41
Humana HMO $371.86
Humana PPO $371.86

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X-ray exam of jaw joint at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $115.69 $34.75 – $225.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $251.32 $51.73 – $376.98
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $256.34 $34.75 – $320.43
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $115.69 $34.75 – $225.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $251.32 $37.18 – $376.98
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $251.32 $34.75 – $376.98
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $256.34 $34.75 – $384.52
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $115.69 $34.75 – $225.11

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