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

210 South Judson Street, Navasota, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1154317774

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.

$2.97 with Cigna vs $19.36 with Ellwood — 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 Commercial|Local Plus $2.97 ↓ -88%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $2.97 ↓ -88%
United Commercial|Exchange $3.49 ↓ -86%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $5.76 ↓ -76%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $6.28 ↓ -74%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $6.33 ↓ -74%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $6.46 ↓ -74%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $6.46 ↓ -74%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $6.59 ↓ -73%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $6.65 ↓ -73%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $6.91 ↓ -72%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $8.25 ↓ -66%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $9.36 ↓ -62%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $9.60 ↓ -61%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $9.68 ↓ -60%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $9.77 ↓ -60%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $9.81 ↓ -60%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $10.64 ↓ -56%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $12.21 ↓ -50%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $14.79 ↓ -39%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $14.83 ↓ -39%
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%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $19.36 ↓ -21%

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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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