X-ray eye detection foreign body (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 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.

$32.09 with Texas Health Network vs $486.22 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 $32.09
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $32.41
Superior Health Plan CHIP $32.41
Superior Health Plan STARKids $32.41
Superior Health Plan STAR $32.41
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $32.41
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $32.75
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $32.75
Liberty County Indigent LOCALGOV $32.75
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $32.75
Amerigroup MGMCD $32.75
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $32.75
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $32.75
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $32.75
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $32.75
United MGMCD $33.41
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $35.37
Molina Healthcare STAR $36.03
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $36.03
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $36.03
Molina Healthcare CHIP $36.03
Humana MCD $40.94
Cigna CSN $87.12
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $94.29
United OptionsPPO $95.08
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $110.21
Cigna PPO $112.08
TX Workforce Commission GVT $129.66
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $137.76
BCBS MyBlueHealth $140.47
Aetna QHPExchange $141.18
Evry Health BroadNetwork $147.49
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $153.71
BCBS BAV $177.98
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
United SmallGroup $182.03
Aetna NBHMO $187.64
Aetna NBPOS $187.64
Aetna NBPPO $187.64
BCBS Traditional $189.08
Imagine Health PPO $189.08
Aetna COMMPPO $199.60
Aetna COMMHMO $199.60
Aetna COMMPOS $199.60
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $216.10
Curative Administrators COMM $216.10
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $232.30
Aetna OONHMO $234.69
Aetna OONPOS $234.69
Aetna OONPPO $234.69
Averde Health Commercial $243.11
United GlobalAppendix $243.11
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $243.11
Aetna ASAHMO $253.64
Aetna ASAPPO $253.64
Aetna ASAPOS $253.64
BCBS HMO $271.35
Coventry National First Health COMM $287.95
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $297.13
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $297.13
BCBS EPOSOA $300.88
Independent Medical System COMM $324.14
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $324.14
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $324.14
BCBS PPO $330.41
Humana PPO $340.77
Humana HMO $340.77
Coastal Comp COMM $351.16
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $405.18
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $443.00
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $459.20
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $459.20
Physicians, INC COMM $459.20
Affiliated PPO COMM $486.22

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X-ray eye detection foreign body (both sides) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $276.00 $32.75 – $345.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $183.98 $37.87 – $275.97
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $189.70 $32.75 – $237.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $276.00 $32.75 – $345.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $183.98 $35.04 – $275.97
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $183.98 $32.75 – $275.97
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $189.70 $32.75 – $284.54
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $276.00 $32.75 – $345.00

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