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

$2.55 with Christus (USFHP) vs $156.77 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
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $2.55
Cigna CSN $6.20
BCBS MyBlueHealth $6.25
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $6.71
BCBS BAV $6.89
Cigna PPO $7.99
BCBS EPOSOA $8.61
BCBS PPO $8.61
BCBS HMO $8.61
Superior Health Plan STARKids $10.45
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $10.45
Superior Health Plan CHIP $10.45
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $10.45
Superior Health Plan STAR $10.45
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $13.08
United SmallGroup $13.08
United AllPayerAppendix $13.08
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $22.64
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $22.64
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $22.64
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $22.64
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $24.39
Amerigroup MGMCD $24.39
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $30.66
United OptionsPPO $35.19
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $41.28
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $41.28
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $41.81
Molina Healthcare HIX $47.03
CHC Harris Health Indigent $52.26
Humana PPO $55.58
Humana HMO $55.58
BCBS Traditional $60.97
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $74.90
United GlobalAppendix $78.39
Coventry National First Health COMM $92.84
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $95.80
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $95.80
Beech Street WCOMP $104.51
Independent Medical System COMM $104.51
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $104.51
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $104.51
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $104.51
Coastal Comp COMM $113.22
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $130.64
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $139.35
Beech Street COMMPPO $139.35
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $142.84
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $148.06
Physicians, INC COMM $148.06
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $156.77
Affiliated PPO COMM $156.77

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

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $4,257.86 $3.47 – $11.82
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $4,921.76 $8.94 – $12.74
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
St. Luke's Health Memorial Livingston Livingston $1,804.54 $2.89 – $720.96
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock $4,921.76 $8.94 – $16.89

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