Tissue matrix 1.8x1.8cm collagen dermacell porous 4sq cm 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.

$49.38 with Superior Health Plan vs $740.70 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 $49.38
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $49.38
Superior Health Plan STAR $49.38
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $49.38
Superior Health Plan STARKids $49.38
Aetna MCR $54.56
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $106.99
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $106.99
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $106.99
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $106.99
Amerigroup MGMCD $115.22
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $115.22
BCBS MyBlueHealth $134.15
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $136.62
United OptionsPPO $138.26
Superior EPO $144.03
Superior HMO $144.03
BCBS BAV $148.14
Superior ValueHMO $162.95
BCBS HMO $185.18
BCBS EPOSOA $189.29
BCBS PPO $192.58
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $195.05
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $195.05
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $197.52
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $209.78
United AllPayerAppendix $209.78
United SmallGroup $209.78
Molina Healthcare HIX $222.21
CHC Harris Health Indigent $246.90
Cigna CSN $248.90
Humana HMO $262.62
Humana PPO $262.62
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $269.47
BCBS Traditional $288.05
Cigna PPO $320.89
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $329.20
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $353.89
United GlobalAppendix $370.35
Coventry National First Health COMM $438.66
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $452.65
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $452.65
Triumph COMM $493.80
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $493.80
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $493.80
Independent Medical System COMM $493.80
Coastal Comp COMM $534.95
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $617.25
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $658.40
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $674.86
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $699.55
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $699.55
Physicians, INC COMM $699.55
Affiliated PPO COMM $740.70

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Tissue matrix 1.8x1.8cm collagen dermacell porous 4sq cm cost per sq cm at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $2,541.00 $209.78 – $248.90
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $209.78 – $248.90
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $304.84 $15.67 – $268.77
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $304.84 $11.38 – $82.94
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $304.84 $11.06 – $131.26
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $304.84 $14.75 – $268.77
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $304.84 $17.75 – $186.89
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $304.84 $28.57 – $82.94

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