X-ray sella turcica 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

$1,098.46

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.

$1,098.46

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.

$32.42 with Texas Health Network vs $988.61 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 $32.42 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MGMCD $33.08 ↓ -97%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $33.08 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $33.08 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $33.08 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $33.08 ↓ -97%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $33.08 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $33.08 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $33.08 ↓ -97%
Liberty County Indigent LOCALGOV $33.08 ↓ -97%
United MGMCD $33.74 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $35.73 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $36.39 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $36.39 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $36.39 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STAR $36.39 ↓ -97%
Humana MCD $41.35 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan STAR $65.91 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $65.91 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $65.91 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $65.91 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $65.91 ↓ -94%
Cigna CSN $87.12 ↓ -92%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $94.29 ↓ -91%
Cigna PPO $112.08 ↓ -90%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $140.47 ↓ -87%
Aetna QHPExchange $143.16 ↓ -87%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $153.71 ↓ -86%
BCBS BAV $177.98 ↓ -84%
United SmallGroup $182.03 ↓ -83%
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03 ↓ -83%
Aetna NBHMO $190.27 ↓ -83%
Aetna NBPPO $190.27 ↓ -83%
Aetna NBPOS $190.27 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $193.33 ↓ -82%
Aetna COMMPOS $202.40 ↓ -82%
Aetna COMMHMO $202.40 ↓ -82%
Aetna COMMPPO $202.40 ↓ -82%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $224.09 ↓ -80%
Aetna OONPOS $237.99 ↓ -78%
Aetna OONHMO $237.99 ↓ -78%
Aetna OONPPO $237.99 ↓ -78%
Aetna ASAPPO $257.20 ↓ -77%
Aetna ASAPOS $257.20 ↓ -77%
Aetna ASAHMO $257.20 ↓ -77%
TX Workforce Commission GVT $263.63 ↓ -76%
BCBS HMO $271.35 ↓ -75%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $280.11 ↓ -74%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $299.88 ↓ -73%
BCBS EPOSOA $300.88 ↓ -73%
BCBS PPO $330.41 ↓ -70%
Humana PPO $365.61 ↓ -67%
Humana HMO $365.61 ↓ -67%
BCBS Traditional $384.46 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $384.46 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $439.38 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $439.38 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $472.34 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $494.31 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $494.31 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $494.31 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $585.48 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $604.15 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $604.15 ↓ -45%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $659.08 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $659.08 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $659.08 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $714.00 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $823.85 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $900.74 ↓ -18%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $933.69 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $933.69 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $933.69 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $988.61 ↓ -10%

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