Calcitonin (salmon) 200 unit/ml injection solution at HCA HOUSTON CONROE

504 MEDICAL CENTER BOULEVARD, CONROE, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1962455816

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.

$531.33 with Superior Health Plan vs $25,611.62 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
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $531.33
Superior Health Plan STAR $531.33
Superior Health Plan STARKids $531.33
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $531.33
Superior Health Plan CHIP $531.33
Aetna MCR $587.12
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $1,151.22
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $1,151.22
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $1,151.22
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $1,151.22
Amerigroup MGMCD $1,239.78
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $1,239.78
Superior EPO $1,549.72
Superior HMO $1,549.72
United OptionsPPO $1,558.58
Superior ValueHMO $1,753.40
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $1,806.53
Cigna CSN $1,974.72
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $2,098.77
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $2,098.77
TX Workforce Commission GVT $2,125.33
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $2,137.92
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $2,364.78
United AllPayerAppendix $2,364.78
United SmallGroup $2,364.78
Molina Healthcare HIX $2,391.00
Cigna PPO $2,545.92
BCBS Traditional $3,099.44
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $3,542.22
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $3,807.89
United GlobalAppendix $3,985.00
Coventry National First Health COMM $4,720.01
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $4,870.55
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $4,870.55
BCBS MyBlueHealth $5,298.02
Independent Medical System COMM $5,313.33
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $5,313.33
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $5,313.33
Coastal Comp COMM $5,756.11
BCBS BAV $5,838.63
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $6,641.66
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $7,261.55
BCBS HMO $7,298.29
BCBS EPOSOA $7,298.29
BCBS PPO $7,298.29
Physicians, INC COMM $7,527.22
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $7,527.22
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $7,527.22
Affiliated PPO COMM $7,969.99
Humana HMO $25,611.62
Humana PPO $25,611.62

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Calcitonin (salmon) 200 unit/ml injection solution at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $2,038.33 $10,406.82 – $10,406.82
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $7,386.88 $1,974.72 – $25,611.62
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $24,370.38 $1,974.72 – $25,611.62
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $3,512.06 $4,064.10 – $10,792.62
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $16,864.12 $1,974.72 – $25,611.62
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING $17,535.47 $1,974.72 – $25,611.62
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $158.03 $270.90 – $1,631.36
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $2,822.99 $740.83 – $3,367.40

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