Thyroid nuclear medicine scan with whole body imaging at Hca Houston Healthcare Conroe

Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.

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Original text from hospital filings

Thyroid carcinoma metastases imaging; whole body

CONROE, TX

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Hca Houston Healthcare Conroe’s median price of $2.0k is 172% above the median hospital's median price ($749), higher than 91% of the 2,152 hospitals reporting CPT 78018. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.

Payers reporting CPT 78018 at Hca Houston Healthcare Conroe

Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 10 payers, 44 plan rates. A facility fee, a professional fee, a per diem and a case rate are different bills, so each is listed on its own. Open a payer to see it across hospitals.

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1	UnitedHealthcare mgmcd fee schedule · outpatient	$315	$315	—	—	—	$315 – $315
2	Molina chip fee schedule · outpatient	$320	$320	—	—	—	$320 – $320
3	Molina star fee schedule · outpatient	$320	$320	—	—	—	$320 – $320
4	Molina starkids fee schedule · outpatient	$320	$320	—	—	—	$320 – $320
5	Molina starplus fee schedule · outpatient	$320	$320	—	—	—	$320 – $320
6	Aetna Better Health mgmcd fee schedule · outpatient	$333	$333	—	—	—	$333 – $333
7	Humana mcd fee schedule · outpatient	$363	$363	—	—	—	$363 – $363
8	Blue Cross Blue Shield mybluehealth fee schedule · outpatient	$499	$499	—	—	—	$499 – $499
9	Blue Cross Blue Shield bav fee schedule · outpatient	$632	$632	—	—	—	$632 – $632
10	Superior Healthplan chip percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$800	$800	—	—	—	$800 – $800
11	Superior Healthplan chpfc percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$800	$800	—	—	—	$800 – $800
12	Superior Healthplan star percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$800	$800	—	—	—	$800 – $800
13	Superior Healthplan starkids percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$800	$800	—	—	—	$800 – $800
14	Superior Healthplan starplus percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$800	$800	—	—	—	$800 – $800
15	UnitedHealthcare narrownetworkindivexchange fee schedule · outpatient	$930	$930	—	—	—	$930 – $930
16	Blue Cross Blue Shield hmo fee schedule · outpatient	$963	$963	—	—	—	$963 – $963
17	Blue Cross Blue Shield eposoa fee schedule · outpatient	$1.1k	$1.1k	—	—	—	$1.1k – $1.1k
18	UnitedHealthcare allpayerappendix fee schedule · outpatient	$1.1k	$1.1k	—	—	—	$1.1k – $1.1k
19	UnitedHealthcare smallgroup fee schedule · outpatient	$1.1k	$1.1k	—	—	—	$1.1k – $1.1k
20	Blue Cross Blue Shield ppo fee schedule · outpatient	$1.2k	$1.2k	—	—	—	$1.2k – $1.2k
21	Aetna qhpexchange fee schedule · outpatient	$1.5k	$1.5k	—	—	—	$1.5k – $1.5k
22	Aetna nbhmo fee schedule · outpatient	$2.0k	$2.0k	—	—	—	$2.0k – $2.0k
23	Aetna nbpos fee schedule · outpatient	$2.0k	$2.0k	—	—	—	$2.0k – $2.0k
24	Aetna nbppo fee schedule · outpatient	$2.0k	$2.0k	—	—	—	$2.0k – $2.0k
25	Aetna commhmo fee schedule · outpatient	$2.2k	$2.2k	—	—	—	$2.2k – $2.2k

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Last updated: May 14, 2026

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