Aquatic exercise - group charge at HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER

1313 Hermann Dr, Houston, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1073043592

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$615.34

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.

$615.34

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.

$15.68 with Oscar vs $327.98 with Coventry National First Health — 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
Oscar MGMCR $15.68 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $16.00 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $16.00 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $16.00 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $16.00 ↓ -97%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $16.00 ↓ -97%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $16.00 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $16.00 ↓ -97%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $16.00 ↓ -97%
BCBS MCRPPO $16.00 ↓ -97%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $16.00 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health MGMCR $16.00 ↓ -97%
WellMed MGMCR $16.08 ↓ -97%
Van Lang IPA MCR $16.16 ↓ -97%
United MCR $16.32 ↓ -97%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $16.48 ↓ -97%
WellCare PPO $16.48 ↓ -97%
WellCare SNP $16.48 ↓ -97%
WellCare POS $16.48 ↓ -97%
WellCare MCRHMO $16.48 ↓ -97%
WellCare PFFS $16.48 ↓ -97%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $16.80 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $16.80 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $16.80 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $16.80 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $16.80 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $16.80 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $16.80 ↓ -97%
Shared Health MGMCR $16.80 ↓ -97%
American Health Plan MGMCR $16.80 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $16.96 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $16.96 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $16.96 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $16.96 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $16.96 ↓ -97%
Molina MGMCR $17.44 ↓ -97%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $17.76 ↓ -97%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $17.76 ↓ -97%
Verda Health Plan MCR $20.80 ↓ -97%
Superior ValueHMO $23.20 ↓ -96%
Community Health Choice HIX $23.20 ↓ -96%
Superior EPO $24.80 ↓ -96%
Superior HMO $24.80 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare HIX $34.40 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $36.92 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $36.92 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $36.92 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $36.92 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $36.92 ↓ -94%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $43.85 ↓ -93%
BCBS BAV $48.35 ↓ -92%
Aetna QHPExchange $52.39 ↓ -91%
BCBS EPOSOA $60.53 ↓ -90%
BCBS PPO $60.53 ↓ -90%
BCBS HMO $60.53 ↓ -90%
Aetna NBPOS $69.60 ↓ -89%
Aetna NBPPO $69.60 ↓ -89%
Aetna NBHMO $69.60 ↓ -89%
Aetna COMMPPO $73.81 ↓ -88%
Aetna COMMPOS $73.81 ↓ -88%
Aetna COMMHMO $73.81 ↓ -88%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $79.99 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $79.99 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $79.99 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $79.99 ↓ -87%
Aetna OONPOS $87.02 ↓ -86%
Aetna OONPPO $87.02 ↓ -86%
Aetna OONHMO $87.02 ↓ -86%
Aetna ASAPPO $93.91 ↓ -85%
Aetna ASAPOS $93.91 ↓ -85%
Aetna ASAHMO $93.91 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $103.38 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $119.99 ↓ -81%
Humana PPO $176.88 ↓ -71%
Humana HMO $176.88 ↓ -71%
BCBS Traditional $215.37 ↓ -65%
United GlobalAppendix $276.90 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $327.98 ↓ -47%

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Aquatic exercise - group charge at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $87.15 $22.11 – $249.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $87.15 $27.36 – $249.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $15.68 – $34.40
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $15.68 – $34.40
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $191.40 $72.15 – $72.15
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $117.76 $33.36 – $166.82
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $117.76 $24.24 – $176.63
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $106.47 $21.29 – $149.00

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