Adenosine 3 mg/250 ml bag for osm at CHRISTUS St. Francis Cabrini Hospital

3330 Masonic Dr, Alexandria, LA · Christushealth · · NPI 1639160799

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jan 13, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$40.89

Cash price

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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.

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.

$157.28

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.

$0.45 with United Healthcare vs $78.64 with United Healthcare — 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
United Healthcare All Payer $0.45 ↓ -99%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $0.58 ↓ -99%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $0.58 ↓ -99%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $0.58 ↓ -99%
Humana Choicecare $1.51 ↓ -96%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $9.43 ↓ -77%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $9.43 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare KM $9.43 ↓ -77%
Aetna MM $9.43 ↓ -77%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $9.43 ↓ -77%
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $9.43 ↓ -77%
Aetna KM $10.22 ↓ -75%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $11.79 ↓ -71%
Christus Health HIX $16.51 ↓ -60%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $39.32 ↓ -4%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $39.32 ↓ -4%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $39.32 ↓ -4%
Cigna PPO $46.39 ↑ +13%
Multiplan PPO $47.18 ↑ +15%
Healthcare Highways PPO $47.18 ↑ +15%
Phcs PPO $47.18 ↑ +15%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $47.18 ↑ +15%
PPOplus Llc PPO $47.18 ↑ +15%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $47.18 ↑ +15%
Verity HealthNet PPO $47.18 ↑ +15%
Aetna New Business $47.18 ↑ +15%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $51.11 ↑ +25%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $55.04 ↑ +35%
Aetna PPO $55.83 ↑ +37%
Health Management Network PPO $62.91 ↑ +54%
HealthSmart PPO $62.91 ↑ +54%
Provider Select PPO $62.91 ↑ +54%
First Health PPO $66.84 ↑ +63%
Triwest VA MM $66.84 ↑ +63%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $66.84 ↑ +63%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $78.64 ↑ +92%

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Adenosine 3 mg/250 ml bag for osm at other Louisiana hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital Lake Charles not published $0.45 – $1.70
CHRISTUS Coushatta Health Care Center Coushatta not published $0.45 – $0.58

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