X-ray of mammary ducts 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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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.

$68.11 with Texas Health Network vs $2,623.72 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 $68.11
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $69.16
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $69.16
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $69.16
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $69.16
Liberty County Indigent LOCALGOV $69.50
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $69.50
Amerigroup MGMCD $69.50
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $69.50
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $69.50
United MGMCD $70.54
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $74.69
Molina Healthcare STAR $76.45
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $76.45
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $76.45
Molina Healthcare CHIP $76.45
Humana MCD $86.88
Cigna CSN $174.51
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $174.91
Superior Health Plan STARKids $174.91
Superior Health Plan CHIP $174.91
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $174.91
Superior Health Plan STAR $174.91
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $188.86
Cigna PPO $224.51
Aetna QHPExchange $282.56
Aetna NBPPO $375.55
Aetna NBPOS $375.55
Aetna NBHMO $375.55
Aetna COMMPPO $399.50
Aetna COMMPOS $399.50
Aetna COMMHMO $399.50
BCBS MyBlueHealth $410.15
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $437.25
Aetna OONPPO $469.74
Aetna OONPOS $469.74
Aetna OONHMO $469.74
Aetna ASAPOS $507.66
Aetna ASAHMO $507.66
Aetna ASAPPO $507.66
United OptionsPPO $513.08
United AllPayerAppendix $517.79
United SmallGroup $517.79
BCBS BAV $519.68
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $594.71
TX Workforce Commission GVT $699.66
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $743.39
BCBS HMO $792.34
Evry Health BroadNetwork $795.86
BCBS EPOSOA $878.56
Humana PPO $937.30
Humana HMO $937.30
BCBS PPO $964.79
BCBS Traditional $1,020.34
Imagine Health PPO $1,020.34
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,166.10
Curative Administrators COMM $1,166.10
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $1,253.56
United GlobalAppendix $1,311.86
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $1,311.86
Averde Health Commercial $1,311.86
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,553.83
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $1,603.39
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $1,603.39
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,749.15
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $1,749.15
Independent Medical System COMM $1,749.15
Coastal Comp COMM $1,894.91
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $2,186.44
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,390.51
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $2,477.96
Physicians, INC COMM $2,477.96
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $2,477.96
Affiliated PPO COMM $2,623.72

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X-ray of mammary ducts at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $437.00 $89.95 – $655.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $437.00 $69.50 – $607.02
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $437.00 $74.36 – $655.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $437.00 $69.50 – $655.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $437.00 $69.50 – $655.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST Waco $437.00 $69.50 – $607.02
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER Temple $437.00 $69.50 – $655.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PFLUGERVILLE Suite 100 $437.00 $69.50 – $783.01

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