Calcitonin (salmon) 200 unit/ml injection solution at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE
225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035
$7,386.88
Cash price 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.
$7,386.88
Gross charge 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.
$443.21 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $443.21 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $443.21 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $443.21 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $443.21 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $443.21 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | MCR | $489.75 | ↓ -93% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $960.29 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $960.29 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $960.29 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $960.29 | ↓ -87% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $1,034.16 | ↓ -86% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $1,034.16 | ↓ -86% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $1,226.22 | ↓ -83% |
| Superior | HMO | $1,292.70 | ↓ -83% |
| Superior | EPO | $1,292.70 | ↓ -83% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,300.09 | ↓ -82% |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $1,462.60 | ↓ -80% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $1,750.69 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $1,750.69 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $1,772.85 | ↓ -76% |
| IPA Management Services | COMM | $1,846.72 | ↓ -75% |
| Cigna | CSN | $1,974.72 | ↓ -73% |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $1,994.46 | ↓ -73% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $2,137.92 | ↓ -71% |
| CHC Harris Health | Indigent | $2,216.06 | ↓ -70% |
| United | SmallGroup | $2,364.78 | ↓ -68% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $2,364.78 | ↓ -68% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $2,364.78 | ↓ -68% |
| Cigna | PPO | $2,545.92 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $2,585.41 | ↓ -65% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $2,954.75 | ↓ -60% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $3,176.36 | ↓ -57% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $3,324.10 | ↓ -55% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $3,937.21 | ↓ -47% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $4,062.78 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $4,062.78 | ↓ -45% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $4,432.13 | ↓ -40% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $4,432.13 | ↓ -40% |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $4,432.13 | ↓ -40% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $4,432.13 | ↓ -40% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $4,801.47 | ↓ -35% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $5,298.02 | ↓ -28% |
| BCBS | BAV | $5,838.63 | ↓ -21% |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $5,909.50 | ↓ -20% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | Veterans | $5,909.50 | ↓ -20% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $5,909.50 | ↓ -20% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $6,057.24 | ↓ -18% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $6,278.85 | ↓ -15% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $6,278.85 | ↓ -15% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $6,648.19 | ↓ -10% |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $6,648.19 | ↓ -10% |
| BCBS | HMO | $7,298.29 | ↓ -1% |
| BCBS | PPO | $7,298.29 | ↓ -1% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $7,298.29 | ↓ -1% |
| Humana | HMO | $25,611.62 | ↑ +247% |
| Humana | PPO | $25,611.62 | ↑ +247% |
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Calcitonin (salmon) 200 unit/ml injection solution at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $2,038.33 | $10,406.82 – $10,406.82 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | $24,370.38 | $1,974.72 – $25,611.62 |
| 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 |
| St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin | Lufkin | $5,434.82 | $1,325.56 – $23,773.90 |
| HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND | Pearland | $11,703.55 | $1,974.72 – $25,611.62 |