Morphine (pf) 0.25 mg/0.5 ml injection (neo/ped) - cnr 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

$110.00

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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.

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$423.07

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.

$11.11 with United Healthcare vs $167.76 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

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 $11.11 ↓ -90%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $12.19 ↓ -89%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $12.19 ↓ -89%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $12.19 ↓ -89%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $20.13 ↓ -82%
Aetna MM $20.13 ↓ -82%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $20.13 ↓ -82%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $20.13 ↓ -82%
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $20.13 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare KM $20.13 ↓ -82%
Aetna KM $21.80 ↓ -80%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $25.16 ↓ -77%
Humana Choicecare $30.63 ↓ -72%
Christus Health HIX $35.22 ↓ -68%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $83.88 ↓ -24%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $83.88 ↓ -24%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $83.88 ↓ -24%
Cigna PPO $98.97 ↓ -10%
Aetna New Business $100.65 ↓ -9%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $100.65 ↓ -9%
Healthcare Highways PPO $100.65 ↓ -9%
Phcs PPO $100.65 ↓ -9%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $100.65 ↓ -9%
Multiplan PPO $100.65 ↓ -9%
Verity HealthNet PPO $100.65 ↓ -9%
PPOplus Llc PPO $100.65 ↓ -9%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $109.04 ↓ -1%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $117.43 ↑ +7%
Aetna PPO $119.10 ↑ +8%
HealthSmart PPO $134.20 ↑ +22%
Health Management Network PPO $134.20 ↑ +22%
Provider Select PPO $134.20 ↑ +22%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $142.59 ↑ +30%
Triwest VA MM $142.59 ↑ +30%
First Health PPO $142.59 ↑ +30%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $167.76 ↑ +53%

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Morphine (pf) 0.25 mg/0.5 ml injection (neo/ped) - cnr at other Louisiana hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHRISTUS Louisiana Surgical Hospital Alexandria not published $10.80 – $29.45
CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital Lake Charles not published $11.11 – $34.60
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital Lake Charles not published $11.11 – $34.60
CHRISTUS Coushatta Health Care Center Coushatta not published $11.11 – $12.19

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