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

$30.42 with Superior Health Plan vs $456.30 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 STARKids $30.42
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $30.42
Superior Health Plan CHIP $30.42
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $30.42
Superior Health Plan STAR $30.42
Aetna MCR $33.61
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $65.91
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $65.91
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $65.91
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $65.91
Amerigroup MGMCD $70.98
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $70.98
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $84.16
United OptionsPPO $85.18
Superior EPO $88.72
Superior HMO $88.72
BCBS MyBlueHealth $89.59
BCBS BAV $98.73
Superior ValueHMO $100.39
Cigna CSN $118.22
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $120.16
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $120.16
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $121.68
BCBS EPOSOA $123.42
BCBS PPO $123.42
BCBS HMO $123.42
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $127.99
Molina Healthcare HIX $136.89
CHC Harris Health Indigent $152.10
Cigna PPO $152.41
BCBS Traditional $177.45
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $202.80
United SmallGroup $209.78
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $209.78
United AllPayerAppendix $209.78
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $218.01
United GlobalAppendix $228.15
Coventry National First Health COMM $270.23
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $278.85
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $278.85
Triumph COMM $304.20
Independent Medical System COMM $304.20
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $304.20
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $304.20
Coastal Comp COMM $329.55
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $380.25
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $405.60
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $415.74
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $430.95
Physicians, INC COMM $430.95
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $430.95
Humana HMO $446.38
Humana PPO $446.38
Affiliated PPO COMM $456.30

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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
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $59.15 $37.18 – $169.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $59.15 $37.18 – $169.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $51.79 – $446.38
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $51.79 – $446.38
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St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $59.15 $37.18 – $169.00

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