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

5324 ATASCOCITA RD, HUMBLE, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1811942238

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published May 14, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$16,864.12

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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.

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$16,864.12

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.

$298.80 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 $298.80 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $298.80 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $298.80 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan STAR $298.80 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $298.80 ↓ -98%
Aetna MCR $330.18 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $647.41 ↓ -96%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $647.41 ↓ -96%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $647.41 ↓ -96%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $647.41 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup MGMCD $697.21 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $697.21 ↓ -96%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $826.69 ↓ -95%
United OptionsPPO $836.65 ↓ -95%
Superior EPO $871.51 ↓ -95%
Superior HMO $871.51 ↓ -95%
Superior ValueHMO $986.05 ↓ -94%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $1,180.27 ↓ -93%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $1,180.27 ↓ -93%
Molina Healthcare HIX $1,344.61 ↓ -92%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $1,494.01 ↓ -91%
BCBS Traditional $1,743.01 ↓ -90%
Cigna CSN $1,974.72 ↓ -88%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,992.02 ↓ -88%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $2,137.92 ↓ -87%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $2,141.42 ↓ -87%
United GlobalAppendix $2,241.02 ↓ -87%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $2,364.78 ↓ -86%
United AllPayerAppendix $2,364.78 ↓ -86%
United SmallGroup $2,364.78 ↓ -86%
Cigna PPO $2,545.92 ↓ -85%
Coventry National First Health COMM $2,654.36 ↓ -84%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $2,739.02 ↓ -84%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $2,739.02 ↓ -84%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $2,988.02 ↓ -82%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $2,988.02 ↓ -82%
Independent Medical System COMM $2,988.02 ↓ -82%
Coastal Comp COMM $3,237.03 ↓ -81%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $3,735.03 ↓ -78%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $3,984.03 ↓ -76%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $4,083.63 ↓ -76%
Physicians, INC COMM $4,233.03 ↓ -75%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $4,233.03 ↓ -75%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $4,233.03 ↓ -75%
USA Managed Care COMM $4,233.03 ↓ -75%
Affiliated PPO COMM $4,482.04 ↓ -73%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $5,298.02 ↓ -69%
BCBS HMO $7,298.29 ↓ -57%
BCBS PPO $7,298.29 ↓ -57%
BCBS EPOSOA $7,298.29 ↓ -57%
BCBS BAV $9,109.35 ↓ -46%
Humana HMO $25,611.62 ↑ +52%
Humana PPO $25,611.62 ↑ +52%

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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
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

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