Mayo mycophenolic acid therapeutic drug level 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

$36.92

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.

$142.00

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.

$17.69 with Humana vs $120.70 with First Health — 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 $17.69 ↓ -52%
Triwest VA MM $17.69 ↓ -52%
Humana Gold Choice MM $17.69 ↓ -52%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $18.05 ↓ -51%
United Healthcare All Payer $18.05 ↓ -51%
United Healthcare KM $18.05 ↓ -51%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $18.05 ↓ -51%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. Gold Plus MM $18.05 ↓ -51%
Aetna MM $18.05 ↓ -51%
Coventry First Health MM $18.05 ↓ -51%
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $18.05 ↓ -51%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $18.05 ↓ -51%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $18.05 ↓ -51%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $18.05 ↓ -51%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $18.23 ↓ -51%
United Healthcare MM $18.41 ↓ -50%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $18.41 ↓ -50%
Peoples Health MM $18.59 ↓ -50%
Dignity Health MM $18.59 ↓ -50%
Aetna KM $18.95 ↓ -49%
Wellcare MM $18.95 ↓ -49%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $19.86 ↓ -46%
AllyAlign Health MM $19.86 ↓ -46%
Christus Health HIX $25.27 ↓ -32%
Active Med PPO $31.59 ↓ -14%
Humana Choicecare $61.16 ↑ +66%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $64.96 ↑ +76%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $64.96 ↑ +76%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $64.96 ↑ +76%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $71.00 ↑ +92%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $71.00 ↑ +92%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $85.20 ↑ +131%
Healthcare Highways PPO $85.20 ↑ +131%
Verity HealthNet PPO $85.20 ↑ +131%
PPOplus Llc PPO $92.30 ↑ +150%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $92.30 ↑ +150%
Aetna New Business $94.94 ↑ +157%
Phcs PPO $99.40 ↑ +169%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $99.40 ↑ +169%
Multiplan PPO $99.40 ↑ +169%
Cigna PPO $110.38 ↑ +199%
Aetna PPO $111.70 ↑ +203%
Provider Select PPO $113.60 ↑ +208%
Health Management Network PPO $113.60 ↑ +208%
HealthSmart PPO $113.60 ↑ +208%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $120.70 ↑ +227%
First Health PPO $120.70 ↑ +227%

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Mayo mycophenolic acid therapeutic drug level at other Louisiana hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHRISTUS Louisiana Surgical Hospital Alexandria not published $9.03 – $42.42
CHRISTUS Shreveport-Bossier Health System-Highland Shreveport not published $17.69 – $111.51
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital Lake Charles not published $17.69 – $106.98

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