Administration immunization intranasal/oral route 1 vaccine 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

$20.54

Cash price

?

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$79.00

Gross charge

?

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$9.48 with Louisiana Healthcare Connections vs $94.78 with Christus Health — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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.

Full explanation →

Payer
?

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.

Full explanation →
Plan
?

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.

Full explanation →
Negotiated rate vs. cash
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $9.48 ↓ -54%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $9.48 ↓ -54%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $9.48 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare KM $9.48 ↓ -54%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $9.48 ↓ -54%
Aetna KM $10.27 ↓ -50%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $19.31 ↓ -6%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $19.31 ↓ -6%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $19.31 ↓ -6%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $39.50 ↑ +92%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $39.50 ↑ +92%
Cigna PPO $46.61 ↑ +127%
Verity HealthNet PPO $47.40 ↑ +131%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $47.40 ↑ +131%
Healthcare Highways PPO $47.40 ↑ +131%
Aetna New Business $48.19 ↑ +135%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $51.35 ↑ +150%
PPOplus Llc PPO $51.35 ↑ +150%
Phcs PPO $55.30 ↑ +169%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $55.30 ↑ +169%
Multiplan PPO $55.30 ↑ +169%
Aetna PPO $56.88 ↑ +177%
Humana Choicecare $60.27 ↑ +193%
HealthSmart PPO $63.20 ↑ +208%
Provider Select PPO $63.20 ↑ +208%
Health Management Network PPO $63.20 ↑ +208%
Humana Gold Plus MM $66.35 ↑ +223%
Humana Gold Choice MM $66.35 ↑ +223%
Triwest VA MM $66.35 ↑ +223%
First Health PPO $67.15 ↑ +227%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $67.15 ↑ +227%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $67.70 ↑ +230%
Coventry First Health MM $67.70 ↑ +230%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $67.70 ↑ +230%
Aetna MM $67.70 ↑ +230%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $67.70 ↑ +230%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $67.70 ↑ +230%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. Gold Plus MM $67.70 ↑ +230%
Active Med PPO $67.70 ↑ +230%
United Healthcare MM $69.05 ↑ +236%
Dignity Health MM $69.73 ↑ +239%
Peoples Health MM $69.73 ↑ +239%
Wellcare MM $71.09 ↑ +246%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $74.47 ↑ +263%
AllyAlign Health MM $74.47 ↑ +263%
United Healthcare All Payer $82.00 ↑ +299%
Christus Health HIX $94.78 ↑ +361%

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Administration immunization intranasal/oral route 1 vaccine at other Louisiana hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHRISTUS Louisiana Surgical Hospital Alexandria not published $19.31 – $159.10
CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital Lake Charles not published $19.31 – $72.34
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital Lake Charles not published $19.31 – $71.16

All Louisiana hospitals for this procedure →