Graft sft tiss grafix amnio prime 3x4cm 12sqcm-q4133-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

$820.00

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.

$820.00

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.

$49.20 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,283.63 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 STARPLUS $49.20 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $49.20 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $49.20 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $49.20 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $49.20 ↓ -94%
Aetna MCR $54.37 ↓ -93%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $106.60 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $106.60 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $106.60 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $106.60 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $114.80 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MGMCD $114.80 ↓ -86%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $133.66 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $136.12 ↓ -83%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $136.37 ↓ -83%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $136.37 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $144.32 ↓ -82%
BCBS BAV $147.60 ↓ -82%
BCBS HMO $184.50 ↓ -78%
BCBS EPOSOA $188.60 ↓ -77%
BCBS PPO $191.88 ↓ -77%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $194.34 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $194.34 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $196.80 ↓ -76%
United SmallGroup $209.78 ↓ -74%
United AllPayerAppendix $209.78 ↓ -74%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $209.78 ↓ -74%
Molina Healthcare HIX $221.40 ↓ -73%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $246.00 ↓ -70%
BCBS Traditional $287.00 ↓ -65%
Cigna CSN $329.56 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $352.60 ↓ -57%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $356.79 ↓ -56%
United GlobalAppendix $369.00 ↓ -55%
Cigna PPO $424.88 ↓ -48%
Coventry National First Health COMM $437.06 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $451.00 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $451.00 ↓ -45%
Beech Street WCOMP $492.00 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $492.00 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $492.00 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $492.00 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $533.00 ↓ -35%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $656.00 ↓ -20%
Beech Street COMMPPO $656.00 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $672.40 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $697.00 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $697.00 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $738.00 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $738.00 ↓ -10%
Humana PPO $1,283.63 ↑ +57%
Humana HMO $1,283.63 ↑ +57%

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Graft sft tiss grafix amnio prime 3x4cm 12sqcm-q4133-cost per sq cm at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $6,023.00 $136.37 – $1,283.63
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $17,161.20 $476.62 – $518.02
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $6,031.00 $209.78 – $1,283.63
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $4,325.48 $87.98 – $314.22
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $2,177.70 $138.75 – $3,321.90
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $2,177.70 $138.75 – $5,587.40
St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital Lake Jackson $9,795.72 $157.50 – $4,648.77
St. Joseph Health Grimes Hospital Navasota $2,177.70 $138.75 – $5,587.40

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