X-ray sacrum/coccyx >= 2 views 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.

$32.09 with Texas Health Network vs $1,325.33 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 $32.09
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $32.75
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $32.75
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $32.75
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $32.75
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $32.75
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $32.75
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $32.75
Amerigroup MGMCD $32.75
Liberty County Indigent LOCALGOV $32.75
United MGMCD $33.41
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $35.37
Molina Healthcare CHIP $36.03
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $36.03
Molina Healthcare STAR $36.03
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $36.03
Humana MCD $40.94
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $88.36
Superior Health Plan CHIP $88.36
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $88.36
Superior Health Plan STAR $88.36
Superior Health Plan STARKids $88.36
Cigna CSN $88.37
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $95.64
Cigna PPO $113.68
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 NBHMO $190.27
Aetna NBPOS $190.27
Aetna COMMPOS $202.40
Aetna COMMHMO $202.40
Aetna COMMPPO $202.40
Aetna OONPOS $237.99
Aetna OONPPO $237.99
Aetna OONHMO $237.99
Aetna ASAHMO $257.20
Aetna ASAPPO $257.20
Aetna ASAPOS $257.20
United OptionsPPO $259.18
BCBS HMO $271.35
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $300.41
BCBS EPOSOA $300.88
BCBS PPO $330.41
Humana PPO $340.77
Humana HMO $340.77
TX Workforce Commission GVT $353.42
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $375.51
Evry Health BroadNetwork $402.02
BCBS Traditional $515.41
Imagine Health PPO $515.41
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $589.04
Curative Administrators COMM $589.04
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $633.21
United GlobalAppendix $662.67
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $662.67
Averde Health Commercial $662.67
Coventry National First Health COMM $784.89
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $809.92
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $809.92
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $883.55
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $883.55
Independent Medical System COMM $883.55
Coastal Comp COMM $957.18
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $1,104.44
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,207.52
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,251.70
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1,251.70
Physicians, INC COMM $1,251.70
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,325.33

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X-ray sacrum/coccyx >= 2 views at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $683.63 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $278.57 $32.75 – $348.21
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $278.57 $57.34 – $417.85
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $327.92 $32.75 – $409.90
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $278.57 $32.75 – $348.21
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $278.57 $35.04 – $417.85
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $278.57 $32.75 – $417.85
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $327.92 $32.75 – $491.88

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