Drsg wound matrix sheet 2.5x2.5cm-7 sq cm-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

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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.

$11.74 with BCBS vs $641.78 with Cigna — 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
BCBS MyBlueHealth $11.74
BCBS BAV $12.97
BCBS HMO $16.19
BCBS EPOSOA $17.14
BCBS PPO $18.09
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $25.74
Superior Health Plan CHIP $25.74
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $25.74
Superior Health Plan STAR $25.74
Superior Health Plan STARKids $25.74
Aetna MCR $28.44
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $55.77
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $55.77
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $55.77
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $55.77
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $60.06
Amerigroup MGMCD $60.06
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $71.21
United OptionsPPO $75.50
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $101.67
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $101.67
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $102.96
IPA Management Services COMM $107.25
Molina Healthcare HIX $115.83
CHC Harris Health Indigent $128.70
Humana PPO $136.89
Humana HMO $136.89
BCBS Traditional $150.15
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $171.60
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $184.47
United GlobalAppendix $193.05
United AllPayerAppendix $209.78
United SmallGroup $209.78
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $209.78
Coventry National First Health COMM $228.66
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $235.95
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $235.95
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $257.40
Independent Medical System COMM $257.40
Beech Street WCOMP $257.40
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $257.40
Coastal Comp COMM $278.85
Beech Street COMMPPO $343.20
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $343.20
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $343.20
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $351.78
Physicians, INC COMM $364.65
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $364.65
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $386.10
Affiliated PPO COMM $386.10
Cigna CSN $497.79
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $538.93
Cigna PPO $641.78

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Drsg wound matrix sheet 2.5x2.5cm-7 sq cm-cost per sq cm at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $11.74 – $497.79
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock not published $10.89 – $309.81
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $11.74 – $497.79
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $11.74 – $497.79
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $11.74 – $497.79
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $11.74 – $497.79
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $11.74 – $497.79
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $11.74 – $497.79

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