Inj, aponvie, 1 mg 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

$168.46

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$647.92

Gross charge

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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.

$1.73 with Humana vs $550.69 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
Humana Gold Plus MM $1.73 ↓ -99%
Triwest VA MM $1.73 ↓ -99%
Humana Gold Choice MM $1.73 ↓ -99%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. Gold Plus MM $1.77 ↓ -99%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $1.77 ↓ -99%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $1.77 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $1.77 ↓ -99%
Coventry First Health MM $1.77 ↓ -99%
Active Med PPO $1.77 ↓ -99%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $1.77 ↓ -99%
Aetna MM $1.77 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare MM $1.81 ↓ -99%
Dignity Health MM $1.82 ↓ -99%
Peoples Health MM $1.82 ↓ -99%
Wellcare MM $1.86 ↓ -99%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $1.95 ↓ -99%
AllyAlign Health MM $1.95 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare All Payer $1.99 ↓ -99%
Christus Health HIX $2.48 ↓ -99%
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $77.74 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare KM $77.74 ↓ -54%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $77.74 ↓ -54%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $77.74 ↓ -54%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $77.74 ↓ -54%
Aetna KM $84.22 ↓ -50%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $323.94 ↑ +92%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $323.94 ↑ +92%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $323.94 ↑ +92%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $323.94 ↑ +92%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $323.94 ↑ +92%
Humana Choicecare $349.85 ↑ +108%
Cigna PPO $382.24 ↑ +127%
Aetna New Business $388.72 ↑ +131%
Healthcare Highways PPO $388.72 ↑ +131%
Multiplan PPO $388.72 ↑ +131%
Phcs PPO $388.72 ↑ +131%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $388.72 ↑ +131%
Verity HealthNet PPO $388.72 ↑ +131%
PPOplus Llc PPO $388.72 ↑ +131%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $421.12 ↑ +150%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $453.51 ↑ +169%
Aetna PPO $459.99 ↑ +173%
Health Management Network PPO $518.30 ↑ +208%
Provider Select PPO $518.30 ↑ +208%
HealthSmart PPO $518.30 ↑ +208%
First Health PPO $550.69 ↑ +227%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $550.69 ↑ +227%

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Inj, aponvie, 1 mg at other Louisiana hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHRISTUS Louisiana Surgical Hospital Alexandria not published $1.77 – $4.16
CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital Lake Charles not published $1.69 – $1.89
CHRISTUS Shreveport-Bossier Health System-Highland Shreveport not published $1.72 – $1.94
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital Lake Charles not published $1.66 – $1.86
CHRISTUS Coushatta Health Care Center Coushatta not published $1.99 – $1.99

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