X-ray lower extremities infant > 2 views (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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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.

$80.90 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $1,833.10 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
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $80.90
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $80.90
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $80.90
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $80.90
United MGMCD $82.52
Texas Health Network MCD $84.85
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $86.58
Liberty County Indigent LOCALGOV $86.58
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $86.58
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $86.58
Amerigroup MGMCD $86.58
Cigna CSN $87.12
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $87.37
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $94.29
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $95.24
Molina Healthcare CHIP $95.24
Molina Healthcare STAR $95.24
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $95.24
Humana MCD $108.22
Cigna PPO $112.08
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $122.21
Superior Health Plan CHIP $122.21
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $122.21
Superior Health Plan STAR $122.21
Superior Health Plan STARKids $122.21
BCBS MyBlueHealth $140.47
Aetna QHPExchange $143.16
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $153.71
BCBS BAV $177.98
United SmallGroup $182.03
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
Aetna NBPPO $190.27
Aetna NBPOS $190.27
Aetna NBHMO $190.27
Aetna COMMPPO $202.40
Aetna COMMHMO $202.40
Aetna COMMPOS $202.40
Aetna OONPOS $237.99
Aetna OONHMO $237.99
Aetna OONPPO $237.99
Aetna ASAHMO $257.20
Aetna ASAPOS $257.20
Aetna ASAPPO $257.20
BCBS HMO $271.35
BCBS EPOSOA $300.88
BCBS PPO $330.41
Humana PPO $334.70
Humana HMO $334.70
United OptionsPPO $358.47
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $415.50
TX Workforce Commission GVT $488.83
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $519.38
Evry Health BroadNetwork $556.04
BCBS Traditional $712.87
Imagine Health PPO $712.87
Curative Administrators COMM $814.71
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $814.71
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $875.82
United GlobalAppendix $916.55
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $916.55
Averde Health Commercial $916.55
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,085.60
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $1,120.23
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $1,120.23
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $1,222.07
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,222.07
Independent Medical System COMM $1,222.07
Coastal Comp COMM $1,323.91
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $1,527.59
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,670.16
Physicians, INC COMM $1,731.26
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1,731.26
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,731.26
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,833.10

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X-ray lower extremities infant > 2 views (both sides) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $113.43 $68.06 – $225.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $249.13 $51.28 – $373.70
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $254.12 $83.05 – $317.65
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $113.43 $83.05 – $225.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $249.13 $83.05 – $373.70
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $249.13 $86.58 – $373.70
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $254.12 $83.05 – $381.18
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $113.43 $83.05 – $225.11

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