Injection therapeutic/prophylactic/diagnostic IV push single/initial substance/drug 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

$147.42

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

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.

$567.00

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.

$64.80 with United Healthcare vs $1,583.00 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 KM $64.80 ↓ -56%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $64.80 ↓ -56%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $64.80 ↓ -56%
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $64.80 ↓ -56%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $64.80 ↓ -56%
Aetna KM $70.20 ↓ -52%
Humana Choicecare $134.12 ↓ -9%
Humana Gold Choice MM $196.40 ↑ +33%
Triwest VA MM $196.40 ↑ +33%
Humana Gold Plus MM $196.40 ↑ +33%
Coventry First Health MM $200.41 ↑ +36%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. Gold Plus MM $200.41 ↑ +36%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $200.41 ↑ +36%
Active Med PPO $200.41 ↑ +36%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $200.41 ↑ +36%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $200.41 ↑ +36%
Aetna MM $200.41 ↑ +36%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $200.41 ↑ +36%
United Healthcare MM $204.42 ↑ +39%
Peoples Health MM $206.42 ↑ +40%
Dignity Health MM $206.42 ↑ +40%
Wellcare MM $210.43 ↑ +43%
AllyAlign Health MM $220.45 ↑ +50%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $220.45 ↑ +50%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $270.00 ↑ +83%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $270.00 ↑ +83%
Christus Health HIX $280.57 ↑ +90%
Cigna PPO $318.60 ↑ +116%
Verity HealthNet PPO $324.00 ↑ +120%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $324.00 ↑ +120%
Healthcare Highways PPO $324.00 ↑ +120%
Aetna New Business $329.40 ↑ +123%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $351.00 ↑ +138%
PPOplus Llc PPO $351.00 ↑ +138%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $378.00 ↑ +156%
Phcs PPO $378.00 ↑ +156%
Multiplan PPO $378.00 ↑ +156%
Aetna PPO $388.80 ↑ +164%
HealthSmart PPO $432.00 ↑ +193%
Health Management Network PPO $432.00 ↑ +193%
Provider Select PPO $432.00 ↑ +193%
First Health PPO $459.00 ↑ +211%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $459.00 ↑ +211%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $557.12 ↑ +278%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $557.12 ↑ +278%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $557.12 ↑ +278%
United Healthcare All Payer $1,583.00 ↑ +974%

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