Aquatic exercise - group charge 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.

$15.68 with Oscar vs $176.88 with Humana — 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
WellMed MGMCR $15.92
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $16.00
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $16.00
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $16.00
Devoted Health MGMCR $16.00
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $16.00
CHC Harris Health Indigent $16.00
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $16.00
BCBS MCRPPO $16.00
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $16.00
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $16.00
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $16.00
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $16.00
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $16.00
Amerigroup DualEligible $16.00
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $16.00
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $16.00
Aetna MCR $16.13
Van Lang IPA MCR $16.16
United MCR $16.32
WellCare POS $16.48
WellCare MCRHMO $16.48
WellCare PFFS $16.48
WellCare SNP $16.48
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $16.48
WellCare PPO $16.48
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $16.80
American Health Plan MGMCR $16.80
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $16.80
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $16.80
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $16.80
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $16.80
Superior Health Plan PFFS $16.80
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $16.80
Shared Health MGMCR $16.80
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $16.96
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $16.96
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $16.96
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $16.96
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $16.96
Molina MGMCR $17.44
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $18.19
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $18.19
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $19.20
Verda Health Plan MCR $20.80
Superior ValueHMO $23.20
Community Health Choice HIX $23.20
Superior EPO $24.80
Superior HMO $24.80
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $31.68
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $33.60
Molina Healthcare HIX $34.40
BCBS MyBlueHealth $43.85
BCBS BAV $48.35
Aetna QHPExchange $52.39
BCBS HMO $60.53
BCBS EPOSOA $68.03
Aetna NBPOS $69.60
Aetna NBHMO $69.60
Aetna NBPPO $69.60
Aetna COMMHMO $73.81
Aetna COMMPPO $73.81
Aetna COMMPOS $73.81
BCBS PPO $75.33
Aetna OONHMO $87.02
Aetna OONPOS $87.02
Aetna OONPPO $87.02
Aetna ASAPOS $93.91
Aetna ASAHMO $93.91
Aetna ASAPPO $93.91
Humana HMO $176.88
Humana PPO $176.88

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Aquatic exercise - group charge at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $615.34 $15.68 – $52.39
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 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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