X-ray swallowing function w/ciner/videoradiography neck radiographs(s)&delayed images contrast study 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

$2,069.70

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.

$2,069.70

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.

$122.46 with Texas Health Network vs $1,862.73 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 $122.46 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $124.18 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $124.18 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $124.18 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $124.18 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $124.18 ↓ -94%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $124.96 ↓ -94%
Liberty County Indigent LOCALGOV $124.96 ↓ -94%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $124.96 ↓ -94%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $124.96 ↓ -94%
Amerigroup MGMCD $124.96 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $127.64 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $127.64 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $127.64 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $127.64 ↓ -94%
United MGMCD $130.19 ↓ -94%
Molina Healthcare STAR $137.46 ↓ -93%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $137.46 ↓ -93%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $137.46 ↓ -93%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $137.46 ↓ -93%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $137.85 ↓ -93%
Humana MCD $156.20 ↓ -92%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $320.71 ↓ -85%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $339.25 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $364.27 ↓ -82%
Cigna CSN $371.16 ↓ -82%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $401.68 ↓ -81%
United SmallGroup $401.74 ↓ -81%
United AllPayerAppendix $401.74 ↓ -81%
BCBS BAV $406.35 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $422.22 ↓ -80%
Cigna PPO $477.48 ↓ -77%
TX Workforce Commission GVT $496.73 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $527.77 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $565.03 ↓ -73%
BCBS HMO $619.55 ↓ -70%
Aetna QHPExchange $625.16 ↓ -70%
BCBS EPOSOA $686.97 ↓ -67%
BCBS Traditional $724.39 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $724.39 ↓ -65%
BCBS PPO $754.39 ↓ -64%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $827.88 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $827.88 ↓ -60%
Aetna NBPOS $830.90 ↓ -60%
Aetna NBHMO $830.90 ↓ -60%
Aetna NBPPO $830.90 ↓ -60%
Aetna COMMHMO $883.88 ↓ -57%
Aetna COMMPPO $883.88 ↓ -57%
Aetna COMMPOS $883.88 ↓ -57%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $889.97 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $931.36 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $931.36 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $931.36 ↓ -55%
Aetna OONPOS $1,039.29 ↓ -50%
Aetna OONPPO $1,039.29 ↓ -50%
Aetna OONHMO $1,039.29 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,103.15 ↓ -47%
Aetna ASAHMO $1,123.18 ↓ -46%
Aetna ASAPOS $1,123.18 ↓ -46%
Aetna ASAPPO $1,123.18 ↓ -46%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $1,138.33 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $1,138.33 ↓ -45%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $1,241.82 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $1,241.82 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,241.82 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $1,345.31 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $1,552.28 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,697.15 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $1,759.24 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,759.24 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1,759.24 ↓ -15%
Humana HMO $1,794.74 ↓ -13%
Humana PPO $1,794.74 ↓ -13%
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,862.73 ↓ -10%

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