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

5003 CYPRESS CREEK PKWY, HOUSTON, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1750819025

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

$24,366.17

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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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$24,366.17

Gross charge

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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.

$1,461.97 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 $1,461.97 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $1,461.97 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $1,461.97 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $1,461.97 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $1,461.97 ↓ -94%
Aetna MCR $1,615.48 ↓ -93%
Cigna CSN $1,974.72 ↓ -92%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $2,137.92 ↓ -91%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $2,364.78 ↓ -90%
United SmallGroup $2,364.78 ↓ -90%
United AllPayerAppendix $2,364.78 ↓ -90%
Cigna PPO $2,545.92 ↓ -90%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $3,167.60 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $3,167.60 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $3,167.60 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $3,167.60 ↓ -87%
United OptionsPPO $4,093.52 ↓ -83%
Superior HMO $4,264.08 ↓ -82%
Superior EPO $4,264.08 ↓ -82%
Oscar HIX $4,751.40 ↓ -81%
Superior ValueHMO $4,824.50 ↓ -80%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $5,298.02 ↓ -78%
Aetna QHPExchange $5,458.02 ↓ -78%
BCBS BAV $5,838.63 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $6,213.37 ↓ -75%
Molina Healthcare HIX $6,578.87 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $6,651.96 ↓ -73%
Aetna NBHMO $6,651.96 ↓ -73%
Aetna NBPOS $6,651.96 ↓ -73%
Aetna NBPPO $6,651.96 ↓ -73%
Aetna COMMPPO $7,041.82 ↓ -71%
Aetna COMMHMO $7,041.82 ↓ -71%
Aetna COMMPOS $7,041.82 ↓ -71%
BCBS PPO $7,298.29 ↓ -70%
BCBS HMO $7,298.29 ↓ -70%
BCBS EPOSOA $7,298.29 ↓ -70%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $7,309.85 ↓ -70%
Aetna OONPPO $8,308.86 ↓ -66%
Aetna OONPOS $8,308.86 ↓ -66%
Aetna OONHMO $8,308.86 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $8,528.16 ↓ -65%
Coventry National First Health COMM $8,869.29 ↓ -64%
Aetna ASAPPO $8,966.75 ↓ -63%
Aetna ASAPOS $8,966.75 ↓ -63%
Aetna ASAHMO $8,966.75 ↓ -63%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $9,746.47 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $9,746.47 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $10,964.78 ↓ -55%
Humana HMO $25,611.62 ↑ +5%
Humana PPO $25,611.62 ↑ +5%

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

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $24,370.38 $1,974.72 – $25,611.62
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $2,822.99 $740.83 – $3,367.40
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $1,275.00 $1,974.72 – $25,611.62
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $2,822.99 $740.83 – $3,367.40
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 KINGWOOD HUMBLE $16,864.12 $1,974.72 – $25,611.62
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING $17,535.47 $1,974.72 – $25,611.62

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