Graft fish skin 16mm round marigen 2units-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.

$18.78 with Superior Health Plan vs $281.70 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 STARPLUS $18.78
Superior Health Plan STARKids $18.78
Superior Health Plan STAR $18.78
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $18.78
Superior Health Plan CHIP $18.78
Aetna MCR $20.75
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $40.69
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $40.69
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $40.69
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $40.69
Amerigroup MGMCD $43.82
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $43.82
BCBS MyBlueHealth $51.02
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $51.96
United OptionsPPO $55.09
BCBS BAV $56.34
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $63.62
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $63.62
BCBS HMO $70.42
BCBS EPOSOA $71.99
BCBS PPO $73.24
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $74.18
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $74.18
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $75.12
IPA Management Services COMM $78.25
Molina Healthcare HIX $84.51
CHC Harris Health Indigent $93.90
Humana PPO $99.88
Humana HMO $99.88
BCBS Traditional $109.55
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $134.59
United GlobalAppendix $140.85
Cigna CSN $160.49
Coventry National First Health COMM $166.83
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $172.15
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $172.15
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $173.76
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $187.80
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $187.80
Independent Medical System COMM $187.80
Beech Street WCOMP $187.80
Coastal Comp COMM $203.45
Cigna PPO $206.92
United SmallGroup $209.78
United AllPayerAppendix $209.78
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $209.78
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $250.40
Beech Street COMMPPO $250.40
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $250.40
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $256.66
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $266.05
Physicians, INC COMM $266.05
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $281.70
Affiliated PPO COMM $281.70

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Graft fish skin 16mm round marigen 2units-cost per sq cm at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,679.75 not published
St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital Lake Jackson $5,659.50 $93.68 – $1,863.23
Adventhealth Central Texas Killeen $1,679.75 not published
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $63.62 – $209.78
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $160.49 – $209.78
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $160.49 – $209.78
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $63.62 – $209.78
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $63.62 – $209.78

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