Dexamethasone in ns IV syringe 0.1 mg/ml (neonate) - cnr 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

$109.04

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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.

$419.40

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.

$0.12 with United Healthcare vs $20.90 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 $0.12 ↓ -100%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $0.13 ↓ -100%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $0.13 ↓ -100%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $0.13 ↓ -100%
Humana Choicecare $0.30 ↓ -100%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $2.50 ↓ -98%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $2.50 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare KM $2.50 ↓ -98%
Aetna MM $2.50 ↓ -98%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $2.50 ↓ -98%
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $2.50 ↓ -98%
Aetna KM $2.71 ↓ -98%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $3.13 ↓ -97%
Christus Health HIX $4.38 ↓ -96%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $10.45 ↓ -90%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $10.45 ↓ -90%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $10.45 ↓ -90%
Cigna PPO $12.33 ↓ -89%
Multiplan PPO $12.54 ↓ -88%
Healthcare Highways PPO $12.54 ↓ -88%
Phcs PPO $12.54 ↓ -88%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $12.54 ↓ -88%
PPOplus Llc PPO $12.54 ↓ -88%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $12.54 ↓ -88%
Verity HealthNet PPO $12.54 ↓ -88%
Aetna New Business $12.54 ↓ -88%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $13.58 ↓ -88%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $14.63 ↓ -87%
Aetna PPO $14.83 ↓ -86%
Health Management Network PPO $16.72 ↓ -85%
HealthSmart PPO $16.72 ↓ -85%
Provider Select PPO $16.72 ↓ -85%
First Health PPO $17.76 ↓ -84%
Triwest VA MM $17.76 ↓ -84%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $17.76 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $20.90 ↓ -81%

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Dexamethasone in ns IV syringe 0.1 mg/ml (neonate) - cnr at other Louisiana hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHRISTUS Louisiana Surgical Hospital Alexandria not published $0.10 – $0.28

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