Methylergonovine 0.2 mg/ml (1 ml) injection 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

$86.47

Cash price

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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.

$332.57

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.

$21.58 with Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana vs $331.19 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
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $21.58 ↓ -75%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $21.58 ↓ -75%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $21.58 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare All Payer $22.04 ↓ -75%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $39.74 ↓ -54%
Aetna MM $39.74 ↓ -54%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $39.74 ↓ -54%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $39.74 ↓ -54%
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $39.74 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare KM $39.74 ↓ -54%
Humana Choicecare $39.79 ↓ -54%
Aetna KM $43.05 ↓ -50%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $49.67 ↓ -43%
Christus Health HIX $69.54 ↓ -20%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $165.59 ↑ +91%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $165.59 ↑ +91%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $165.59 ↑ +91%
Cigna PPO $195.40 ↑ +126%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $198.71 ↑ +130%
Healthcare Highways PPO $198.71 ↑ +130%
Phcs PPO $198.71 ↑ +130%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $198.71 ↑ +130%
Aetna New Business $198.71 ↑ +130%
Verity HealthNet PPO $198.71 ↑ +130%
PPOplus Llc PPO $198.71 ↑ +130%
Multiplan PPO $198.71 ↑ +130%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $215.27 ↑ +149%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $231.83 ↑ +168%
Aetna PPO $235.14 ↑ +172%
Health Management Network PPO $264.95 ↑ +206%
Provider Select PPO $264.95 ↑ +206%
HealthSmart PPO $264.95 ↑ +206%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $281.51 ↑ +226%
Triwest VA MM $281.51 ↑ +226%
First Health PPO $281.51 ↑ +226%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $331.19 ↑ +283%

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Methylergonovine 0.2 mg/ml (1 ml) injection solution at other Louisiana hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHRISTUS Louisiana Surgical Hospital Alexandria not published $23.42 – $55.65
CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital Lake Charles not published $21.58 – $44.95
CHRISTUS Shreveport-Bossier Health System-Highland Shreveport not published $21.58 – $33.19
CHRISTUS Coushatta Health Care Center Coushatta not published $21.58 – $22.04

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