Graft impl ult thck 6x12cm -cost per sq cm at HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST

6002 FAIRMONT PKWY, PASADENA, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1174576698

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 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.

$51.33 with United vs $1,362.66 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
United AllPayerAppendix $51.33
United SmallGroup $51.33
BCBS MyBlueHealth $69.17
Cigna CSN $75.29
BCBS BAV $76.23
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $81.51
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $90.84
Superior Health Plan CHIP $90.84
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $90.84
Superior Health Plan STAR $90.84
Superior Health Plan STARKids $90.84
BCBS EPOSOA $95.28
BCBS PPO $95.28
BCBS HMO $95.28
Cigna PPO $97.06
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $196.83
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $196.83
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $196.83
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $196.83
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $209.78
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $211.97
Amerigroup MGMCD $211.97
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $266.48
Humana PPO $303.01
Humana HMO $303.01
United OptionsPPO $305.84
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $358.83
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $358.83
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $363.38
Molina Healthcare HIX $408.80
CHC Harris Health Indigent $454.22
BCBS Traditional $529.92
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $605.63
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $651.05
United GlobalAppendix $681.33
Coventry National First Health COMM $807.00
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $832.74
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $832.74
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $908.44
Independent Medical System COMM $908.44
Beech Street WCOMP $908.44
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $908.44
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $908.44
Coastal Comp COMM $984.15
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $1,135.55
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $1,211.26
Beech Street COMMPPO $1,211.26
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,241.54
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1,286.96
Physicians, INC COMM $1,286.96
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $1,362.66
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,362.66

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Graft impl ult thck 6x12cm -cost per sq cm at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $7,763.07 $10.17 – $34.65
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $34,943.93 $131.98 – $140.90
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $2,109.00 $51.33 – $303.01
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $40,917.45 $31.76 – $1,554.00
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $23,253.65 $35.15 – $10,909.80
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $17,536.05 $21.49 – $138.11
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $40,917.45 $38.47 – $1,554.00
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $40,917.45 $38.47 – $1,554.00

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