Drsg oasis fen mesh thick 3x7cm 21sqcm -cost per sq cm at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE

225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$113.00

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.

$113.00

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.

$6.78 with Superior Health Plan vs $209.78 with United — 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 CHIP $6.78 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $6.78 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $6.78 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $6.78 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $6.78 ↓ -94%
Aetna MCR $7.49 ↓ -93%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $12.01 ↓ -89%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $12.01 ↓ -89%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $14.69 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $14.69 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $14.69 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $14.69 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MGMCD $15.82 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $15.82 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $18.76 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $19.89 ↓ -82%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $22.97 ↓ -80%
BCBS BAV $25.32 ↓ -78%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $26.78 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $26.78 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $27.12 ↓ -76%
IPA Management Services COMM $28.25 ↓ -75%
Cigna CSN $28.31 ↓ -75%
Molina Healthcare HIX $30.51 ↓ -73%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $30.65 ↓ -73%
BCBS EPOSOA $31.64 ↓ -72%
BCBS PPO $31.64 ↓ -72%
BCBS HMO $31.64 ↓ -72%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $33.90 ↓ -70%
Cigna PPO $36.50 ↓ -68%
BCBS Traditional $39.55 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $48.59 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $50.85 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $60.23 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $62.15 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $62.15 ↓ -45%
Independent Medical System COMM $67.80 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $67.80 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $67.80 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $67.80 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $73.45 ↓ -35%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $90.40 ↓ -20%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $90.40 ↓ -20%
Beech Street COMMPPO $90.40 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $92.66 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $96.05 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $96.05 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $101.70 ↓ -10%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $101.70 ↓ -10%
Humana PPO $112.20 ↓ -1%
Humana HMO $112.20 ↓ -1%
United AllPayerAppendix $209.78 ↑ +86%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $209.78 ↑ +86%
United SmallGroup $209.78 ↑ +86%

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Drsg oasis fen mesh thick 3x7cm 21sqcm -cost per sq cm at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $886.80 $40.96 – $50.96
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $35.97 $22.97 – $209.78
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $54.03 $7.17 – $24.42
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $55.30 $10.55 – $158.00
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $55.30 $12.77 – $158.00
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $55.30 $12.77 – $158.00
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA $78.93 $12.01 – $209.78
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $55.30 $12.77 – $158.00

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