Dacarbazine 100 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

$174.47

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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.

$671.04

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.

$3.82 with United Healthcare vs $173.24 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 $3.82 ↓ -98%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $7.50 ↓ -96%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $7.50 ↓ -96%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $7.50 ↓ -96%
Humana Choicecare $9.58 ↓ -95%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $20.78 ↓ -88%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $20.78 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare KM $20.78 ↓ -88%
Aetna MM $20.78 ↓ -88%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $20.78 ↓ -88%
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $20.78 ↓ -88%
Aetna KM $22.52 ↓ -87%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $25.98 ↓ -85%
Christus Health HIX $36.38 ↓ -79%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $86.62 ↓ -50%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $86.62 ↓ -50%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $86.62 ↓ -50%
Cigna PPO $102.21 ↓ -41%
Multiplan PPO $103.94 ↓ -40%
Healthcare Highways PPO $103.94 ↓ -40%
Phcs PPO $103.94 ↓ -40%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $103.94 ↓ -40%
PPOplus Llc PPO $103.94 ↓ -40%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $103.94 ↓ -40%
Verity HealthNet PPO $103.94 ↓ -40%
Aetna New Business $103.94 ↓ -40%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $112.60 ↓ -35%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $121.26 ↓ -30%
Aetna PPO $123.00 ↓ -30%
Health Management Network PPO $138.59 ↓ -21%
HealthSmart PPO $138.59 ↓ -21%
Provider Select PPO $138.59 ↓ -21%
First Health PPO $147.25 ↓ -16%
Triwest VA MM $147.25 ↓ -16%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $147.25 ↓ -16%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $173.24 ↓ -1%

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Dacarbazine 100 mg intravenous solution at other Louisiana hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHRISTUS Louisiana Surgical Hospital Alexandria not published $4.95 – $10.64
CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital Lake Charles not published $3.82 – $10.83
CHRISTUS Shreveport-Bossier Health System-Highland Shreveport not published $3.82 – $7.99
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital Lake Charles not published $3.82 – $10.83
CHRISTUS Coushatta Health Care Center Coushatta not published $3.82 – $7.50

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