Calcium gluconate 2 gram/100 ml in sodium chloride,iso-osm IV solution 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

$136.31

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.

$524.25

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.

$0.10 with United Healthcare vs $262.13 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 $0.10 ↓ -100%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $31.45 ↓ -77%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $31.45 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare KM $31.45 ↓ -77%
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $31.45 ↓ -77%
Aetna MM $31.45 ↓ -77%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $31.45 ↓ -77%
Aetna KM $34.07 ↓ -75%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $39.31 ↓ -71%
Christus Health HIX $55.04 ↓ -60%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $131.06 ↓ -4%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $131.06 ↓ -4%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $131.06 ↓ -4%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $131.06 ↓ -4%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $131.06 ↓ -4%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $131.06 ↓ -4%
Humana Choicecare $141.55 ↑ +4%
Cigna PPO $154.65 ↑ +13%
Phcs PPO $157.27 ↑ +15%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $157.27 ↑ +15%
Healthcare Highways PPO $157.27 ↑ +15%
Aetna New Business $157.27 ↑ +15%
Verity HealthNet PPO $157.27 ↑ +15%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $157.27 ↑ +15%
Multiplan PPO $157.27 ↑ +15%
PPOplus Llc PPO $157.27 ↑ +15%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $170.38 ↑ +25%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $183.49 ↑ +35%
Aetna PPO $186.11 ↑ +37%
HealthSmart PPO $209.70 ↑ +54%
Provider Select PPO $209.70 ↑ +54%
Health Management Network PPO $209.70 ↑ +54%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $222.81 ↑ +63%
Triwest VA MM $222.81 ↑ +63%
First Health PPO $222.81 ↑ +63%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $262.13 ↑ +92%

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Calcium gluconate 2 gram/100 ml in sodium chloride,iso-osm IV solution at other Louisiana hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHRISTUS Louisiana Surgical Hospital Alexandria not published $0.09 – $0.27
CHRISTUS Coushatta Health Care Center Coushatta not published $0.10 – $0.10

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