Calcitonin (salmon) 200 unit/ml injection solution at St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital

100 Medical Drive, Lake Jackson, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1972581940

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$2,917.73

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.

$8,336.37

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.

$837.16 with CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING vs $13,004.74 with CHC — 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
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $837.16 ↓ -71%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $837.16 ↓ -71%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $837.16 ↓ -71%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $862.27 ↓ -70%
WellcareTP Medicare|All Plans $862.27 ↓ -70%
Devoted Medicare|All Plans $895.76 ↓ -69%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $895.76 ↓ -69%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $900.66 ↓ -69%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $900.66 ↓ -69%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $927.68 ↓ -68%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $945.69 ↓ -68%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $1,213.88 ↓ -58%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $1,250.46 ↓ -57%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $1,255.74 ↓ -57%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $1,289.23 ↓ -56%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $1,349.02 ↓ -54%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,396.02 ↓ -52%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $2,751.01 ↓ -6%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $3,334.55 ↑ +14%
Health First Commercial|All Plans $4,168.19 ↑ +43%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $4,409.48 ↑ +51%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Options $4,459.83 ↑ +53%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Traditional $4,955.37 ↑ +70%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $5,418.65 ↑ +86%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $5,418.65 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $5,585.37 ↑ +91%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO-POS $6,054.88 ↑ +108%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $6,244.09 ↑ +114%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $7,271.26 ↑ +149%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $8,336.37 ↑ +186%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $13,004.74 ↑ +346%

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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 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

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