Graft apligraf 3in 44sqcm-q4101-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

$319.00

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.

$319.00

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.

$5.82 with Superior Health Plan vs $299.99 with Humana — 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 $5.82 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $5.82 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $5.82 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $5.82 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan STAR $5.82 ↓ -98%
Aetna MCR $6.43 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $12.61 ↓ -96%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $12.61 ↓ -96%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $12.61 ↓ -96%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $12.61 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup MGMCD $13.58 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $13.58 ↓ -96%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $16.10 ↓ -95%
United OptionsPPO $17.07 ↓ -95%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $22.99 ↓ -93%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $22.99 ↓ -93%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $23.28 ↓ -93%
Molina Healthcare HIX $26.19 ↓ -92%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $29.10 ↓ -91%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $30.36 ↓ -90%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $30.36 ↓ -90%
BCBS Traditional $33.95 ↓ -89%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $41.71 ↓ -87%
United GlobalAppendix $43.65 ↓ -86%
Coventry National First Health COMM $51.70 ↓ -84%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $53.35 ↓ -83%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $53.35 ↓ -83%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $58.20 ↓ -82%
Independent Medical System COMM $58.20 ↓ -82%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $58.20 ↓ -82%
Beech Street WCOMP $58.20 ↓ -82%
Coastal Comp COMM $63.05 ↓ -80%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $66.99 ↓ -79%
Cigna CSN $73.33 ↓ -77%
BCBS BAV $73.83 ↓ -77%
Beech Street COMMPPO $77.60 ↓ -76%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $77.60 ↓ -76%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $79.39 ↓ -75%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $79.54 ↓ -75%
IPA Management Services COMM $79.75 ↓ -75%
Physicians, INC COMM $82.45 ↓ -74%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $82.45 ↓ -74%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $87.30 ↓ -73%
Affiliated PPO COMM $87.30 ↓ -73%
BCBS EPOSOA $92.29 ↓ -71%
BCBS HMO $92.29 ↓ -71%
BCBS PPO $92.29 ↓ -71%
Cigna PPO $94.54 ↓ -70%
United SmallGroup $209.78 ↓ -34%
United AllPayerAppendix $209.78 ↓ -34%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $209.78 ↓ -34%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $255.20 ↓ -20%
Humana HMO $299.99 ↓ -6%
Humana PPO $299.99 ↓ -6%

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Graft apligraf 3in 44sqcm-q4101-cost per sq cm at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $3,202.29 $106.06 – $136.47
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $2,575.81 $37.26 – $129.15
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA $642.00 $30.36 – $299.99
St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital Lake Jackson $1,317.31 $13.32 – $68.11
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock $3,202.29 $106.06 – $148.72
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $1,527.00 $30.36 – $299.99
Covenant Hospital Plainview Plainview $3,202.29 $121.26 – $131.89
Ascension Seton Cedar Park Hospital Cedar Park $140.31 $30.90 – $143.21

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