Calcitonin (salmon) 200 unit/ml injection solution at St. Luke's Health Memorial San Augustine

511 E. Hospital Street, San Augustine, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1578547345

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

$5,434.82

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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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$36,232.14

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.

$892.45 with UNITED vs $23,773.90 with Galaxy — 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

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
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $892.45 ↓ -84%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $892.45 ↓ -84%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $909.45 ↓ -83%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $992.09 ↓ -82%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $992.09 ↓ -82%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $1,021.85 ↓ -81%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $1,041.69 ↓ -81%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $1,051.62 ↓ -81%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $1,240.11 ↓ -77%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $1,244.28 ↓ -77%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $1,325.56 ↓ -76%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $2,783.59 ↓ -49%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $2,969.40 ↓ -45%
United Commercial|Exchange $4,754.78 ↓ -13%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $5,784.57 ↑ +6%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $5,973.78 ↑ +10%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $6,075.55 ↑ +12%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $6,081.91 ↑ +12%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $6,603.86 ↑ +22%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $7,000.95 ↑ +29%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $10,566.18 ↑ +94%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $17,962.50 ↑ +231%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $18,490.81 ↑ +240%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $18,490.81 ↑ +240%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $23,773.90 ↑ +337%

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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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