Gemcitabine 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

$250.46

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$963.30

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The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

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$3.50 with United Healthcare vs $52.12 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

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

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 $3.50 ↓ -99%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $4.20 ↓ -98%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $4.20 ↓ -98%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $4.20 ↓ -98%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $6.25 ↓ -98%
Aetna MM $6.25 ↓ -98%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $6.25 ↓ -98%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $6.25 ↓ -98%
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $6.25 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare KM $6.25 ↓ -98%
Aetna KM $6.77 ↓ -97%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $7.81 ↓ -97%
Christus Health HIX $10.94 ↓ -96%
Humana Choicecare $14.38 ↓ -94%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $26.06 ↓ -90%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $26.06 ↓ -90%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $26.06 ↓ -90%
Cigna PPO $30.75 ↓ -88%
Multiplan PPO $31.27 ↓ -88%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $31.27 ↓ -88%
Healthcare Highways PPO $31.27 ↓ -88%
Phcs PPO $31.27 ↓ -88%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $31.27 ↓ -88%
Aetna New Business $31.27 ↓ -88%
Verity HealthNet PPO $31.27 ↓ -88%
PPOplus Llc PPO $31.27 ↓ -88%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $33.87 ↓ -86%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $36.48 ↓ -85%
Aetna PPO $37.00 ↓ -85%
Provider Select PPO $41.69 ↓ -83%
Health Management Network PPO $41.69 ↓ -83%
HealthSmart PPO $41.69 ↓ -83%
Triwest VA MM $44.30 ↓ -82%
First Health PPO $44.30 ↓ -82%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $44.30 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $52.12 ↓ -79%

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Gemcitabine 1 gram intravenous solution at other Louisiana hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHRISTUS Louisiana Surgical Hospital Alexandria not published $3.28 – $7.31
CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital Lake Charles not published $3.50 – $16.24
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital Lake Charles not published $3.50 – $16.24
CHRISTUS Coushatta Health Care Center Coushatta not published $3.50 – $4.20

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