Membrane amnioband 2x2cm -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

$1,676.00

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.

$1,676.00

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.

$100.56 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,508.40 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 STAR $100.56 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $100.56 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $100.56 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $100.56 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $100.56 ↓ -94%
Aetna MCR $111.12 ↓ -93%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $209.78 ↓ -87%
United AllPayerAppendix $209.78 ↓ -87%
United SmallGroup $209.78 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $217.88 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $217.88 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $217.88 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $217.88 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MGMCD $234.64 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $234.64 ↓ -86%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $273.19 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $278.22 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $281.57 ↓ -83%
Superior EPO $293.30 ↓ -83%
Superior HMO $293.30 ↓ -83%
BCBS BAV $301.68 ↓ -82%
Superior ValueHMO $331.85 ↓ -80%
Cigna CSN $332.00 ↓ -80%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $359.44 ↓ -79%
BCBS HMO $377.10 ↓ -78%
BCBS EPOSOA $385.48 ↓ -77%
BCBS PPO $392.18 ↓ -77%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $397.21 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $397.21 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $402.24 ↓ -76%
Cigna PPO $428.03 ↓ -74%
Molina Healthcare HIX $452.52 ↓ -73%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $502.80 ↓ -70%
Humana HMO $534.81 ↓ -68%
Humana PPO $534.81 ↓ -68%
BCBS Traditional $586.60 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $670.40 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $720.68 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $754.20 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $893.31 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $921.80 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $921.80 ↓ -45%
Triumph COMM $1,005.60 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $1,005.60 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,005.60 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $1,005.60 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $1,089.40 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $1,257.00 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $1,340.80 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,374.32 ↓ -18%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,424.60 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1,424.60 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $1,424.60 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,508.40 ↓ -10%

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Membrane amnioband 2x2cm -cost per sq cm at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $136.48 – $332.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $136.48 – $332.00
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $790.10 $86.91 – $383.41
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $790.10 $63.13 – $460.09
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $790.10 $61.35 – $383.41
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $790.10 $81.79 – $383.41
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $790.10 $98.46 – $460.09
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $790.10 $158.48 – $460.09

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