Inj, etelcalcetide, 0.1 mg at St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital

17400 St Lukes Way, The Woodlands, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1184868879

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

$285.66

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.

$816.17

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.

$3.56 with BCBS - TX vs $816.17 with MHealth Network — 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
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $3.56 ↓ -99%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $4.02 ↓ -99%
United Commercial|Exchange $6.74 ↓ -98%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $6.93 ↓ -98%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $8.70 ↓ -97%
United Commercial|PPO $10.15 ↓ -96%
United Commercial|Charter $10.15 ↓ -96%
United Commercial|HMO $10.15 ↓ -96%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $10.63 ↓ -96%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $11.83 ↓ -96%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $12.47 ↓ -96%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $12.47 ↓ -96%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $179.56 ↓ -37%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $212.21 ↓ -26%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $212.21 ↓ -26%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $220.37 ↓ -23%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $261.18 ↓ -9%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $269.34 ↓ -6%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $285.66 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $295.30 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|Optum $383.60 ↑ +34%
Humana Commercial|HMO $391.77 ↑ +37%
Humana Commercial|PPO $391.77 ↑ +37%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $399.93 ↑ +40%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $448.90 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $448.90 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $448.90 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $489.71 ↑ +71%
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $489.71 ↑ +71%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $530.52 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $530.52 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $530.52 ↑ +86%
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $571.32 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $571.32 ↑ +100%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $571.32 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $571.32 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $571.32 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $612.13 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $674.32 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $693.75 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $816.17 ↑ +186%

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Inj, etelcalcetide, 0.1 mg at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $285.66 $2.94 – $816.17
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $285.66 $3.56 – $816.17
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $285.66 $3.56 – $816.17
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $285.66 $3.56 – $816.17
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas not published $12.59 – $12.59
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $3.80 – $38.18
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $3.80 – $38.18
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock not published $9.92 – $13.06

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