Epoetin alfa-epbx 40,000 unit/ml injection solution at St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital

100 West Cross Street, Madisonville, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1780731737

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

$24.42

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.

$139.52

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.

$2.23 with PGT vs $17.44 with BCBS-TX — 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
PGT Medicare|All Plans $2.23 ↓ -91%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $2.27 ↓ -91%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $2.27 ↓ -91%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $2.32 ↓ -90%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $2.34 ↓ -90%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $2.43 ↓ -90%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $2.97 ↓ -88%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $3.29 ↓ -87%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $3.41 ↓ -86%
United Commercial|Exchange $3.49 ↓ -86%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $4.40 ↓ -82%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $5.76 ↓ -76%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $6.05 ↓ -75%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $6.28 ↓ -74%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $6.81 ↓ -72%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $7.33 ↓ -70%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $7.37 ↓ -70%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $9.60 ↓ -61%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $10.47 ↓ -57%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $10.64 ↓ -56%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $11.17 ↓ -54%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $11.52 ↓ -53%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $14.79 ↓ -39%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $14.83 ↓ -39%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $15.70 ↓ -36%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $17.44 ↓ -29%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $17.44 ↓ -29%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $17.44 ↓ -29%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $17.44 ↓ -29%

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Epoetin alfa-epbx 40,000 unit/ml injection solution at other Texas hospitals

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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