Particle matristem matrix 1000mg micron-q4118-cost per mg 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.

$3.24 with Superior Health Plan vs $48.60 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 $3.24
Superior Health Plan STARKids $3.24
Superior Health Plan STAR $3.24
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $3.24
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $3.24
Aetna MCR $3.58
Cigna CSN $6.20
BCBS MyBlueHealth $6.25
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $6.71
BCBS BAV $6.89
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $7.02
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $7.02
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $7.02
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $7.02
Amerigroup MGMCD $7.56
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $7.56
Cigna PPO $7.99
BCBS PPO $8.61
BCBS EPOSOA $8.61
BCBS HMO $8.61
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $8.96
United OptionsPPO $9.07
Superior HMO $9.45
Superior EPO $9.45
Superior ValueHMO $10.69
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $12.80
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $12.80
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $12.96
United AllPayerAppendix $13.08
United SmallGroup $13.08
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $13.08
Molina Healthcare HIX $14.58
CHC Harris Health Indigent $16.20
Humana PPO $17.23
Humana HMO $17.23
BCBS Traditional $18.90
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $21.60
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $23.22
United GlobalAppendix $24.30
Coventry National First Health COMM $28.78
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $29.70
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $29.70
Triumph COMM $32.40
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $32.40
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $32.40
Independent Medical System COMM $32.40
Coastal Comp COMM $35.10
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $40.50
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $43.20
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $44.28
Physicians, INC COMM $45.90
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $45.90
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $45.90
Affiliated PPO COMM $48.60

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Particle matristem matrix 1000mg micron-q4118-cost per mg at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $2.55 – $13.08
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $2.55 – $13.08
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $4,921.76 $8.94 – $12.74
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $4,257.86 $3.47 – $11.82
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $6,469.58 $2.54 – $491.40
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $1,804.54 $2.89 – $720.96
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $6,469.58 $2.54 – $464.10
St. Joseph Health Grimes Hospital Navasota $6,469.58 $2.54 – $606.06

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