X-ray sinus tract/fistula/abscess 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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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.

$58.61 with Texas Health Network vs $1,993.74 with BCBS — 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 $58.61
Amerigroup MGMCD $59.81
Liberty County Indigent LOCALGOV $59.81
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $59.81
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $59.81
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $59.81
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $60.14
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $60.14
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $60.14
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $60.14
United MGMCD $61.34
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $64.95
Molina Healthcare CHIP $65.79
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $65.79
Molina Healthcare STAR $65.79
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $65.79
Humana MCD $74.76
Superior Health Plan CHIP $84.22
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $84.22
Superior Health Plan STARKids $84.22
Superior Health Plan STAR $84.22
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $84.22
Cigna CSN $128.41
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $138.96
Cigna PPO $165.19
Aetna QHPExchange $212.90
United OptionsPPO $247.06
Aetna NBPOS $282.96
Aetna NBHMO $282.96
Aetna NBPPO $282.96
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $286.36
Aetna COMMPOS $301.00
Aetna COMMPPO $301.00
Aetna COMMHMO $301.00
TX Workforce Commission GVT $336.90
Aetna OONHMO $353.92
Aetna OONPOS $353.92
Aetna OONPPO $353.92
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $357.96
Aetna ASAPPO $382.49
Aetna ASAHMO $382.49
Aetna ASAPOS $382.49
Evry Health BroadNetwork $383.22
Imagine Health PPO $491.31
BCBS Traditional $491.31
Humana HMO $502.32
Humana PPO $502.32
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $561.50
Curative Administrators COMM $561.50
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $603.61
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $631.69
Averde Health Commercial $631.69
United GlobalAppendix $631.69
Coventry National First Health COMM $748.20
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $772.06
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $772.06
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $842.25
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $842.25
Independent Medical System COMM $842.25
BCBS MyBlueHealth $847.58
Coastal Comp COMM $912.44
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $917.49
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $1,052.81
BCBS BAV $1,073.92
United SmallGroup $1,086.50
United AllPayerAppendix $1,086.50
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,151.08
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1,193.19
Physicians, INC COMM $1,193.19
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,193.19
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,263.38
BCBS HMO $1,637.37
BCBS EPOSOA $1,815.56
BCBS PPO $1,993.74

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X-ray sinus tract/fistula/abscess at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $492.03 $59.81 – $1,366.64
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $601.93 $123.90 – $1,366.64
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $735.32 $59.81 – $1,366.64
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $492.03 $59.81 – $1,366.64
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $601.93 $64.00 – $1,366.64
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $601.93 $59.81 – $1,366.64
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $735.32 $59.81 – $1,366.64
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $492.03 $59.81 – $1,366.64

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