Particle matristem matrix 1000mg micron-q4118-cost per mg 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.

$1.56 with Superior Health Plan vs $23.40 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
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $1.56
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $1.56
Superior Health Plan STARKids $1.56
Superior Health Plan STAR $1.56
Superior Health Plan CHIP $1.56
Aetna MCR $1.72
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $3.38
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $3.38
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $3.38
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $3.38
Amerigroup MGMCD $3.64
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $3.64
Superior HMO $4.55
Superior EPO $4.55
United OptionsPPO $4.58
Superior ValueHMO $5.15
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $5.30
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $6.16
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $6.16
Cigna CSN $6.20
TX Workforce Commission GVT $6.24
BCBS MyBlueHealth $6.25
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $6.71
BCBS BAV $6.89
Molina Healthcare HIX $7.02
Cigna PPO $7.99
Humana PPO $8.30
Humana HMO $8.30
BCBS PPO $8.61
BCBS HMO $8.61
BCBS EPOSOA $8.61
BCBS Traditional $9.10
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $10.40
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $11.18
United GlobalAppendix $11.70
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $13.08
United SmallGroup $13.08
United AllPayerAppendix $13.08
Coventry National First Health COMM $13.86
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $14.30
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $14.30
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $15.60
Independent Medical System COMM $15.60
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $15.60
Coastal Comp COMM $16.90
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $19.50
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $21.32
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $22.10
Physicians, INC COMM $22.10
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $22.10
Affiliated PPO COMM $23.40

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Particle matristem matrix 1000mg micron-q4118-cost per mg at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $4,921.76 $8.94 – $12.74
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $4,257.86 $3.47 – $11.82
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $6,469.58 $2.54 – $491.40
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $1,804.54 $2.89 – $720.96
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $6,469.58 $2.54 – $464.10
St. Joseph Health Grimes Hospital Navasota $6,469.58 $2.54 – $606.06
St. Luke's Health Memorial Livingston Livingston $1,804.54 $2.89 – $720.96
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock $4,921.76 $8.94 – $16.89

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