Ceftaroline fosamil 600 mg 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

$711.70

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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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$2,737.32

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.

$3.68 with Triwest vs $2,110.33 with Verity Healthnet National — 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
Triwest VA MM $3.68 ↓ -99%
Humana Gold Choice MM $3.68 ↓ -99%
Humana Gold Plus MM $3.68 ↓ -99%
Active Med PPO $3.76 ↓ -99%
Aetna MM $3.76 ↓ -99%
Coventry First Health MM $3.76 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $3.76 ↓ -99%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. Gold Plus MM $3.76 ↓ -99%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $3.76 ↓ -99%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $3.76 ↓ -99%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $3.76 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare MM $3.84 ↓ -99%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $3.86 ↓ -99%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $3.86 ↓ -99%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $3.86 ↓ -99%
Dignity Health MM $3.87 ↓ -99%
Peoples Health MM $3.87 ↓ -99%
Wellcare MM $3.95 ↓ -99%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $4.14 ↓ -99%
AllyAlign Health MM $4.14 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare All Payer $4.27 ↓ -99%
Christus Health HIX $5.26 ↓ -99%
Humana Choicecare $6.50 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare KM $297.93 ↓ -58%
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $297.93 ↓ -58%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $297.93 ↓ -58%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $297.93 ↓ -58%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $297.93 ↓ -58%
Aetna KM $322.75 ↓ -55%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $1,241.37 ↑ +74%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $1,241.37 ↑ +74%
Cigna PPO $1,464.82 ↑ +106%
Healthcare Highways PPO $1,489.65 ↑ +109%
Phcs PPO $1,489.65 ↑ +109%
Multiplan PPO $1,489.65 ↑ +109%
Aetna New Business $1,489.65 ↑ +109%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $1,489.65 ↑ +109%
Verity HealthNet PPO $1,489.65 ↑ +109%
PPOplus Llc PPO $1,489.65 ↑ +109%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $1,613.78 ↑ +127%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $1,737.92 ↑ +144%
Aetna PPO $1,762.75 ↑ +148%
Provider Select PPO $1,986.20 ↑ +179%
Health Management Network PPO $1,986.20 ↑ +179%
HealthSmart PPO $1,986.20 ↑ +179%
First Health PPO $2,110.33 ↑ +197%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $2,110.33 ↑ +197%

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Ceftaroline fosamil 600 mg intravenous solution at other Louisiana hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHRISTUS Louisiana Surgical Hospital Alexandria not published $3.76 – $10.06
CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital Lake Charles not published $3.58 – $4.02
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital Lake Charles not published $3.52 – $3.95
CHRISTUS Coushatta Health Care Center Coushatta not published $3.86 – $4.27

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