Cefoxitin 1 gram intravenous 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

$43.62

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.

$167.76

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.

$4.75 with United Healthcare vs $111.84 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 $4.75 ↓ -89%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $5.07 ↓ -88%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $5.07 ↓ -88%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $5.07 ↓ -88%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $13.42 ↓ -69%
Aetna MM $13.42 ↓ -69%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $13.42 ↓ -69%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $13.42 ↓ -69%
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $13.42 ↓ -69%
United Healthcare KM $13.42 ↓ -69%
Humana Choicecare $14.45 ↓ -67%
Aetna KM $14.53 ↓ -67%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $16.77 ↓ -62%
Christus Health HIX $23.48 ↓ -46%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $55.92 ↑ +28%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $55.92 ↑ +28%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $55.92 ↑ +28%
Cigna PPO $65.98 ↑ +51%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $67.10 ↑ +54%
Healthcare Highways PPO $67.10 ↑ +54%
Phcs PPO $67.10 ↑ +54%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $67.10 ↑ +54%
Aetna New Business $67.10 ↑ +54%
Verity HealthNet PPO $67.10 ↑ +54%
PPOplus Llc PPO $67.10 ↑ +54%
Multiplan PPO $67.10 ↑ +54%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $72.69 ↑ +67%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $78.28 ↑ +79%
Aetna PPO $79.40 ↑ +82%
Health Management Network PPO $89.47 ↑ +105%
Provider Select PPO $89.47 ↑ +105%
HealthSmart PPO $89.47 ↑ +105%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $95.06 ↑ +118%
Triwest VA MM $95.06 ↑ +118%
First Health PPO $95.06 ↑ +118%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $111.84 ↑ +156%

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Cefoxitin 1 gram intravenous solution at other Louisiana hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHRISTUS Louisiana Surgical Hospital Alexandria not published $5.51 – $11.35
CHRISTUS Coushatta Health Care Center Coushatta not published $4.75 – $5.07

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