Epoetin alfa-epbx 40,000 unit/ml injection solution at Ascension Seton Edgar B. Davis (Ascension Seton)

130 Hays St, Luling, TX · Ascension · · NPI 1356446686

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jan 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 8, 2026

$219.24

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.

$609.00

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.

$7.50 with UHC vs $44.92 with BCBS PPO — 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
UHC 4498_UNITED HEALTHCARE (AUS,NW,SW, BAS) 20250701 $7.50 ↓ -97%
UHC 4500_UNITED HEALTHCARE (WIL,HAYS) 20250701 $7.50 ↓ -97%
UHC NEXUS CITY HMO 4501_UNITED HEALTHCARE NEXUS CITY HMO (AUS,NW,SW,BAS) 20250701 $7.50 ↓ -97%
UHC NEXUS CITY HMO 4503_UNITED HEALTHCARE NEXUS CITY HMO (WIL,HAYS) 20250701 $7.50 ↓ -97%
UHC NEXUS CITY PPO 4504_UNITED HEALTHCARE NEXUS CITY PPO (AUS,NW,SW,BAS) 20250401 $7.50 ↓ -97%
UHC NEXUS CITY PPO 4506_UNITED HEALTHCARE NEXUS CITY PPO (WIL,HAYS) 20250701 $7.50 ↓ -97%
UHC STANDARD NEXUS ACO 4507_UNITED HEALTHCARE STANDARD NEXUS ACO (AUS,NW,SW,BAS) 20250701 $7.50 ↓ -97%
UHC STANDARD NEXUS ACO 4509_UNITED HEALTHCARE STANDARD NEXUS ACO (WIL,HAYS) 20250701 $7.50 ↓ -97%
CHAMPVA 1135_CHAMPVA REST_TX 20180301 $11.36 ↓ -95%
AETNA ACO HMO 4489_AETNA ACO HMO 20250801 $14.02 ↓ -94%
AETNA MULTI-TIER WHOLE HEALTH SHA 4490_AETNA MULTI-TIER WHOLE HEALTH SHA 20250801 $15.39 ↓ -93%
COVENANT HEALTH 4491_COVENANT MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS-AETNA 20250801 $17.10 ↓ -92%
AETNA HMO 4486_AETNA HMO 20250801 $17.10 ↓ -92%
BCBS BAV EXCHANGE 4127_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD BAV EXCHANGE 20250101 $36.02 ↓ -84%
BCBS HPN 4497_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HPN (DELL, WILLIAMSON,HAYS) 20250501 $36.88 ↓ -83%
BCBS HPN 4440_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HPN 20250501 $36.88 ↓ -83%
BCBS HMO ESSENTIALS 4095_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HMO ESSENTIALS 20250101 $40.84 ↓ -81%
BCBS PPO 4094_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD PPO 20250101 $44.92 ↓ -80%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $779.13 $41.27 – $41.27
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $2,721.47 $26.48 – $42.80
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $382.79 $10.74 – $459.32
St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital Lake Jackson $397.16 $10.97 – $103.99
St. Luke's Health Memorial Livingston Livingston $382.79 $10.74 – $459.32
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock $2,721.47 $7.88 – $46.64
St. Luke's Health Memorial San Augustine San Augustine $382.79 $10.74 – $459.32
Covenant Hospital Plainview Plainview $2,721.47 $7.65 – $8.32

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