Graft sft tiss theraskin lg 5.1x7.6cm meshed 39 sq cm-q4121-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

$64.26

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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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$64.26

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.

$3.86 with Superior Health Plan vs $446.38 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 STAR $3.86 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $3.86 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $3.86 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $3.86 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $3.86 ↓ -94%
Aetna MCR $4.26 ↓ -93%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $8.35 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $8.35 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $8.35 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $8.35 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MGMCD $9.00 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $9.00 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $10.67 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $11.31 ↓ -82%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $15.23 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $15.23 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $15.42 ↓ -76%
IPA Management Services COMM $16.07 ↓ -75%
Molina Healthcare HIX $17.35 ↓ -73%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $19.28 ↓ -70%
BCBS Traditional $22.49 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $27.63 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $28.92 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $34.25 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $35.34 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $35.34 ↓ -45%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $38.56 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $38.56 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $38.56 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $38.56 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $41.77 ↓ -35%
Beech Street COMMPPO $51.41 ↓ -20%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $51.41 ↓ -20%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $51.41 ↓ -20%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $51.79 ↓ -19%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $51.79 ↓ -19%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $52.69 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $54.62 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $54.62 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $57.83 ↓ -10%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $57.83 ↓ -10%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $89.59 ↑ +39%
BCBS BAV $98.73 ↑ +54%
Cigna CSN $118.22 ↑ +84%
BCBS PPO $123.42 ↑ +92%
BCBS HMO $123.42 ↑ +92%
BCBS EPOSOA $123.42 ↑ +92%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $127.99 ↑ +99%
Cigna PPO $152.41 ↑ +137%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $209.78 ↑ +226%
United SmallGroup $209.78 ↑ +226%
United AllPayerAppendix $209.78 ↑ +226%
Humana HMO $446.38 ↑ +595%
Humana PPO $446.38 ↑ +595%

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Graft sft tiss theraskin lg 5.1x7.6cm meshed 39 sq cm-q4121-cost per sq cm at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $2,361.19 $29.57 – $100.80
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $59.15 $37.18 – $169.00
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $115.44 $20.61 – $132.47
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $59.15 $37.18 – $169.00
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $59.15 $37.18 – $169.00
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $59.15 $37.18 – $169.00
St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital Lake Jackson $1,250.85 $56.20 – $1,822.04
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $59.15 $37.18 – $169.00

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