Erythromycin in ns IV syringe 5 mg/ml (neo/ped) - 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

$552.86

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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.

$2,126.40

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.

$73.98 with United Healthcare vs $1,166.78 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 $73.98 ↓ -87%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $85.53 ↓ -85%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $85.53 ↓ -85%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $85.53 ↓ -85%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $140.01 ↓ -75%
Aetna MM $140.01 ↓ -75%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $140.01 ↓ -75%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $140.01 ↓ -75%
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $140.01 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare KM $140.01 ↓ -75%
Aetna KM $151.68 ↓ -73%
Humana Choicecare $160.30 ↓ -71%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $175.01 ↓ -68%
Christus Health HIX $245.02 ↓ -56%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $583.39 ↑ +6%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $583.39 ↑ +6%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $583.39 ↑ +6%
Cigna PPO $688.40 ↑ +25%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $700.06 ↑ +27%
Healthcare Highways PPO $700.06 ↑ +27%
Phcs PPO $700.06 ↑ +27%
Multiplan PPO $700.06 ↑ +27%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $700.06 ↑ +27%
Aetna New Business $700.06 ↑ +27%
Verity HealthNet PPO $700.06 ↑ +27%
PPOplus Llc PPO $700.06 ↑ +27%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $758.40 ↑ +37%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $816.74 ↑ +48%
Aetna PPO $828.41 ↑ +50%
Provider Select PPO $933.42 ↑ +69%
Health Management Network PPO $933.42 ↑ +69%
HealthSmart PPO $933.42 ↑ +69%
First Health PPO $991.76 ↑ +79%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $991.76 ↑ +79%
Triwest VA MM $991.76 ↑ +79%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $1,166.78 ↑ +111%

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Erythromycin in ns IV syringe 5 mg/ml (neo/ped) - cnr at other Louisiana hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHRISTUS Louisiana Surgical Hospital Alexandria not published $72.56 – $158.46
CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital Lake Charles not published $73.98 – $181.07
CHRISTUS Shreveport-Bossier Health System-Highland Shreveport not published $73.98 – $133.69
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital Lake Charles not published $73.98 – $181.07
CHRISTUS Coushatta Health Care Center Coushatta not published $73.98 – $85.53

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