X-ray neck soft tissue 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.

$26.58 with Superior Health Plan vs $398.67 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 STAR $26.58
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $26.58
Superior Health Plan STARKids $26.58
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $26.58
Superior Health Plan CHIP $26.58
Texas Health Network MCD $30.78
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $31.41
Amerigroup MGMCD $31.41
Liberty County Indigent LOCALGOV $31.41
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $31.41
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $31.41
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $31.74
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $31.74
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $31.74
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $31.74
United MGMCD $32.37
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $34.28
Molina Healthcare STAR $34.55
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $34.55
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $34.55
Molina Healthcare CHIP $34.55
Humana MCD $39.26
United OptionsPPO $77.96
Cigna CSN $83.51
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $90.37
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $90.37
TX Workforce Commission GVT $106.31
Cigna PPO $107.43
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $112.96
Evry Health BroadNetwork $120.93
Aetna QHPExchange $135.16
BCBS MyBlueHealth $140.47
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $153.71
BCBS Traditional $155.04
Imagine Health PPO $155.04
Curative Administrators COMM $177.19
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $177.19
BCBS BAV $177.98
Aetna NBHMO $179.64
Aetna NBPPO $179.64
Aetna NBPOS $179.64
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
United SmallGroup $182.03
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $190.48
Aetna COMMPPO $191.09
Aetna COMMHMO $191.09
Aetna COMMPOS $191.09
Averde Health Commercial $199.34
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $199.34
United GlobalAppendix $199.34
Aetna OONHMO $224.69
Aetna OONPOS $224.69
Aetna OONPPO $224.69
Coventry National First Health COMM $236.10
Aetna ASAPOS $242.82
Aetna ASAPPO $242.82
Aetna ASAHMO $242.82
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $243.63
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $243.63
Independent Medical System COMM $265.78
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $265.78
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $265.78
BCBS HMO $271.35
Coastal Comp COMM $287.93
BCBS EPOSOA $300.88
BCBS PPO $330.41
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $332.23
Humana PPO $347.02
Humana HMO $347.02
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $363.24
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $376.52
Physicians, INC COMM $376.52
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $376.52
Affiliated PPO COMM $398.67

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X-ray neck soft tissue at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $520.32 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $191.89 $31.41 – $239.87
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $279.65 $57.56 – $419.47
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $237.76 $31.41 – $297.20
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $191.89 $31.41 – $239.87
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $279.65 $33.61 – $419.47
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $279.65 $31.41 – $419.47
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $237.76 $31.41 – $356.64

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