Allograft epieffect 2x3cm-q4186-cost per sq cm at HCA HOUSTON WEST

12141 RICHMOND AVENUE, HOUSTON, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1275580938

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published May 14, 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.

$148.14 with Superior Health Plan vs $2,222.10 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 CHIP $148.14
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $148.14
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $148.14
Superior Health Plan STARKids $148.14
Superior Health Plan STAR $148.14
Aetna MCR $163.69
United AllPayerAppendix $209.78
United SmallGroup $209.78
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $209.78
BCBS MyBlueHealth $271.30
BCBS BAV $299.74
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $320.97
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $320.97
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $320.97
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $320.97
Amerigroup MGMCD $345.66
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $345.66
Cigna CSN $363.80
BCBS HMO $374.13
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $393.86
BCBS EPOSOA $396.01
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $409.85
United OptionsPPO $414.79
BCBS PPO $417.89
Superior EPO $432.07
Superior HMO $432.07
Cigna PPO $469.03
Superior ValueHMO $488.86
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $585.15
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $585.15
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $592.56
Molina Healthcare HIX $666.63
CHC Harris Health Indigent $740.70
Humana HMO $787.86
Humana PPO $787.86
BCBS Traditional $864.15
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $987.60
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $1,061.67
United GlobalAppendix $1,111.05
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,315.98
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $1,357.95
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $1,357.95
Triumph COMM $1,481.40
Independent Medical System COMM $1,481.40
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,481.40
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $1,481.40
Coastal Comp COMM $1,604.85
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $1,851.75
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $1,975.20
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,024.58
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $2,098.65
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $2,098.65
Physicians, INC COMM $2,098.65
Affiliated PPO COMM $2,222.10

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Allograft epieffect 2x3cm-q4186-cost per sq cm at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $877.10 $194.72 – $1,113.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $877.10 $226.10 – $1,113.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $158.33 – $363.80
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $158.33 – $363.80
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,722.91 not published
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $3,202.40 $219.92 – $749.70
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $1,645.35 $158.33 – $3,575.70
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $1,028.25 $179.09 – $6,169.50

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