Matrix tissue 15x10cm gentrix extra-gynecological clgn strl-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

$564.00

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.

$564.00

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.

$33.84 with Superior Health Plan vs $507.60 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 $33.84 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $33.84 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $33.84 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $33.84 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $33.84 ↓ -94%
Aetna MCR $37.39 ↓ -93%
Cigna CSN $50.46 ↓ -91%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $54.63 ↓ -90%
Cigna PPO $65.05 ↓ -88%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $73.32 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $73.32 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $73.32 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $73.32 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $78.96 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MGMCD $78.96 ↓ -86%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $91.93 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $93.62 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $94.75 ↓ -83%
Superior EPO $98.70 ↓ -83%
Superior HMO $98.70 ↓ -83%
BCBS BAV $101.52 ↓ -82%
Superior ValueHMO $111.67 ↓ -80%
BCBS HMO $126.90 ↓ -78%
BCBS EPOSOA $129.72 ↓ -77%
BCBS PPO $131.98 ↓ -77%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $133.67 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $133.67 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $135.36 ↓ -76%
Molina Healthcare HIX $152.28 ↓ -73%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $169.20 ↓ -70%
Humana PPO $179.97 ↓ -68%
Humana HMO $179.97 ↓ -68%
BCBS Traditional $197.40 ↓ -65%
United SmallGroup $209.78 ↓ -63%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $209.78 ↓ -63%
United AllPayerAppendix $209.78 ↓ -63%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $225.60 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $242.52 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $253.80 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $300.61 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $310.20 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $310.20 ↓ -45%
Triumph COMM $338.40 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $338.40 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $338.40 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $338.40 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $366.60 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $423.00 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $451.20 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $462.48 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $479.40 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $479.40 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $479.40 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $507.60 ↓ -10%

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Matrix tissue 15x10cm gentrix extra-gynecological clgn strl-cost per sq cm at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $21.50 – $209.78
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $21.50 – $209.78
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $8,953.23 $70.49 – $72.96
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $4,447.10 $20.56 – $560.70
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $2,383.61 $22.34 – $152.15
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $4,447.10 $20.56 – $529.55
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA $1,607.85 $21.50 – $209.78
St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital Lake Jackson $540.30 $22.74 – $146.06

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