X-ray hip with pelvis when performed unilateral 1 view left 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.

$32.42 with Texas Health Network vs $1,810.21 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

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 $32.42
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $33.08
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $33.08
Liberty County Indigent LOCALGOV $33.08
Amerigroup MGMCD $33.08
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $33.08
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $33.08
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $33.08
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $33.08
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $33.08
United MGMCD $33.74
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $35.73
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $36.39
Molina Healthcare STAR $36.39
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $36.39
Molina Healthcare CHIP $36.39
Humana MCD $41.35
Cigna CSN $87.12
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $94.29
Cigna PPO $112.08
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $120.68
Superior Health Plan CHIP $120.68
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $120.68
Superior Health Plan STAR $120.68
Superior Health Plan STARKids $120.68
Aetna QHPExchange $139.19
BCBS MyBlueHealth $140.47
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $153.71
BCBS BAV $177.98
United SmallGroup $182.03
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
Aetna NBPPO $185.00
Aetna NBPOS $185.00
Aetna NBHMO $185.00
Aetna COMMPPO $196.80
Aetna COMMHMO $196.80
Aetna COMMPOS $196.80
Aetna OONPOS $231.40
Aetna OONHMO $231.40
Aetna OONPPO $231.40
Aetna ASAHMO $250.08
Aetna ASAPOS $250.08
Aetna ASAPPO $250.08
BCBS HMO $271.35
BCBS EPOSOA $300.88
BCBS PPO $330.41
United OptionsPPO $354.00
Humana PPO $359.35
Humana HMO $359.35
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $410.32
TX Workforce Commission GVT $482.72
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $512.89
Evry Health BroadNetwork $549.10
BCBS Traditional $703.97
Imagine Health PPO $703.97
Curative Administrators COMM $804.54
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $804.54
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $864.88
United GlobalAppendix $905.11
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $905.11
Averde Health Commercial $905.11
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,072.05
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $1,106.24
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $1,106.24
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $1,206.81
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,206.81
Independent Medical System COMM $1,206.81
Coastal Comp COMM $1,307.38
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $1,508.51
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,649.31
Physicians, INC COMM $1,709.65
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1,709.65
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,709.65
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,810.21

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X-ray hip with pelvis when performed unilateral 1 view left at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $383.85 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $196.47 $33.08 – $245.59
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $118.83 $24.46 – $225.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $248.67 $33.08 – $310.84
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $196.47 $33.08 – $245.59
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $118.83 $35.40 – $225.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $118.83 $33.08 – $225.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $248.67 $33.08 – $373.00

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