Levetiracetam 500 mg/5 ml 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

$56.58

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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.

$217.63

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.

$0.06 with United Healthcare vs $54.41 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 $0.06 ↓ -100%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $0.10 ↓ -100%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $0.10 ↓ -100%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $0.10 ↓ -100%
Humana Choicecare $0.30 ↓ -99%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $6.52 ↓ -88%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $6.52 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare KM $6.52 ↓ -88%
Aetna MM $6.52 ↓ -88%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $6.52 ↓ -88%
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $6.52 ↓ -88%
Aetna KM $7.07 ↓ -88%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $8.16 ↓ -86%
Christus Health HIX $11.42 ↓ -80%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $27.20 ↓ -52%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $27.20 ↓ -52%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $27.20 ↓ -52%
Cigna PPO $32.10 ↓ -43%
Multiplan PPO $32.64 ↓ -42%
Healthcare Highways PPO $32.64 ↓ -42%
Phcs PPO $32.64 ↓ -42%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $32.64 ↓ -42%
PPOplus Llc PPO $32.64 ↓ -42%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $32.64 ↓ -42%
Verity HealthNet PPO $32.64 ↓ -42%
Aetna New Business $32.64 ↓ -42%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $35.36 ↓ -38%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $38.08 ↓ -33%
Aetna PPO $38.63 ↓ -32%
Health Management Network PPO $43.52 ↓ -23%
HealthSmart PPO $43.52 ↓ -23%
Provider Select PPO $43.52 ↓ -23%
First Health PPO $46.24 ↓ -18%
Triwest VA MM $46.24 ↓ -18%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $46.24 ↓ -18%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $54.41 ↓ -4%

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Levetiracetam 500 mg/5 ml intravenous solution at other Louisiana hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHRISTUS Louisiana Surgical Hospital Alexandria not published $0.06 – $0.13
CHRISTUS Coushatta Health Care Center Coushatta not published $0.06 – $0.10

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