X-ray scapula complete (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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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.

$23.58 with Texas Health Network vs $2,274.89 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 $23.58
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $23.73
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $23.73
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $23.73
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $23.73
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $24.06
Liberty County Indigent LOCALGOV $24.06
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $24.06
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $24.06
Amerigroup MGMCD $24.06
United MGMCD $24.20
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $25.63
Molina Healthcare STAR $26.47
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $26.47
Molina Healthcare CHIP $26.47
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $26.47
Humana MCD $30.07
Cigna CSN $54.36
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $58.83
Cigna PPO $69.94
Aetna QHPExchange $89.35
Aetna NBPPO $118.75
Aetna NBHMO $118.75
Aetna NBPOS $118.75
Aetna COMMHMO $126.33
Aetna COMMPOS $126.33
Aetna COMMPPO $126.33
Aetna OONPPO $148.54
Aetna OONPOS $148.54
Aetna OONHMO $148.54
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $151.66
Superior Health Plan STARKids $151.66
Superior Health Plan STAR $151.66
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $151.66
Superior Health Plan CHIP $151.66
Aetna ASAPOS $160.53
Aetna ASAHMO $160.53
Aetna ASAPPO $160.53
BCBS MyBlueHealth $197.26
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $207.04
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
United SmallGroup $245.18
BCBS BAV $249.94
Humana PPO $371.86
Humana HMO $371.86
BCBS HMO $381.07
BCBS EPOSOA $422.54
United OptionsPPO $444.87
BCBS PPO $464.01
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $515.64
TX Workforce Commission GVT $606.64
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $644.55
Evry Health BroadNetwork $690.05
BCBS Traditional $884.68
Imagine Health PPO $884.68
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,011.06
Curative Administrators COMM $1,011.06
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $1,086.89
Averde Health Commercial $1,137.44
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $1,137.44
United GlobalAppendix $1,137.44
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,347.24
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $1,390.21
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $1,390.21
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $1,516.59
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,516.59
Independent Medical System COMM $1,516.59
Coastal Comp COMM $1,642.97
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $1,895.74
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,072.67
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $2,148.50
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $2,148.50
Physicians, INC COMM $2,148.50
Affiliated PPO COMM $2,274.89

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X-ray scapula complete (both sides) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $540.58 $431.51 – $431.51
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $223.85 $24.06 – $279.81
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $276.52 $56.92 – $414.77
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $311.92 $24.06 – $389.89
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $223.85 $24.06 – $279.81
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $276.52 $25.74 – $414.77
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $276.52 $24.06 – $414.77
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $311.92 $24.06 – $467.87

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