X-ray ribs 2 views 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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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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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

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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.

$36.02 with Texas Health Network vs $2,478.60 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 $36.02
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $36.75
Amerigroup MGMCD $36.75
Liberty County Indigent LOCALGOV $36.75
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $36.75
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $36.75
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $37.09
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $37.09
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $37.09
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $37.09
United MGMCD $37.83
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $40.06
Molina Healthcare STAR $40.43
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $40.43
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $40.43
Molina Healthcare CHIP $40.43
Humana MCD $45.94
Cigna CSN $95.64
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $103.51
Cigna PPO $123.04
BCBS MyBlueHealth $140.47
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $153.71
Aetna QHPExchange $155.12
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $165.24
Superior Health Plan CHIP $165.24
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $165.24
Superior Health Plan STAR $165.24
Superior Health Plan STARKids $165.24
BCBS BAV $177.98
United SmallGroup $182.03
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
Aetna NBHMO $206.17
Aetna NBPPO $206.17
Aetna NBPOS $206.17
Aetna COMMPPO $219.32
Aetna COMMPOS $219.32
Aetna COMMHMO $219.32
Aetna OONHMO $257.88
Aetna OONPOS $257.88
Aetna OONPPO $257.88
BCBS HMO $271.35
Aetna ASAPOS $278.70
Aetna ASAPPO $278.70
Aetna ASAHMO $278.70
BCBS EPOSOA $300.88
BCBS PPO $330.41
Humana PPO $384.19
Humana HMO $384.19
United OptionsPPO $484.70
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $561.82
TX Workforce Commission GVT $660.96
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $702.27
Evry Health BroadNetwork $751.84
BCBS Traditional $963.90
Imagine Health PPO $963.90
Curative Administrators COMM $1,101.60
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,101.60
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $1,184.22
United GlobalAppendix $1,239.30
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $1,239.30
Averde Health Commercial $1,239.30
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,467.88
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $1,514.70
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $1,514.70
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $1,652.40
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,652.40
Independent Medical System COMM $1,652.40
Coastal Comp COMM $1,790.10
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $2,065.50
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,258.28
Physicians, INC COMM $2,340.90
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $2,340.90
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $2,340.90
Affiliated PPO COMM $2,478.60

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X-ray ribs 2 views left at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $452.21 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $296.32 $36.75 – $370.40
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $362.86 $74.69 – $544.29
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $385.50 $36.75 – $481.88
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $296.32 $36.75 – $370.40
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $362.86 $39.32 – $544.29
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $362.86 $36.75 – $544.29
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $385.50 $36.75 – $578.25

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