Graft apligraf 3in 44sqcm-q4101-cost per sq cm at Houston Methodist Continuing Care Hospital

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Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

$8,383.00

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.

$16,766.00

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.

$179.58 with Unitedhealthcare vs $179.58 with Unitedhealthcare — 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
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $179.58 ↓ -98%

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Graft apligraf 3in 44sqcm-q4101-cost per sq cm at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $319.00 $30.36 – $299.99
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $3,202.29 $106.06 – $136.47
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $2,575.81 $37.26 – $129.15
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $61.60 $30.76 – $176.00
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $22.92 $21.40 – $137.52
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $61.60 $37.26 – $176.00
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $61.60 $37.26 – $176.00
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA $642.00 $30.36 – $299.99

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