Paclitaxel 6 mg/ml concentrate,intravenous 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

$410.95

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$1,580.56

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$0.10 with United Healthcare vs $15.95 with United Healthcare — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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 $0.10 ↓ -100%
Humana Choicecare $0.30 ↓ -100%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $1.15 ↓ -100%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $1.15 ↓ -100%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $1.15 ↓ -100%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $1.91 ↓ -100%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $1.91 ↓ -100%
United Healthcare KM $1.91 ↓ -100%
Aetna MM $1.91 ↓ -100%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $1.91 ↓ -100%
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $1.91 ↓ -100%
Aetna KM $2.07 ↓ -99%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $2.39 ↓ -99%
Christus Health HIX $3.34 ↓ -99%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $7.97 ↓ -98%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $7.97 ↓ -98%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $7.97 ↓ -98%
Cigna PPO $9.41 ↓ -98%
Multiplan PPO $9.57 ↓ -98%
Healthcare Highways PPO $9.57 ↓ -98%
Phcs PPO $9.57 ↓ -98%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $9.57 ↓ -98%
PPOplus Llc PPO $9.57 ↓ -98%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $9.57 ↓ -98%
Verity HealthNet PPO $9.57 ↓ -98%
Aetna New Business $9.57 ↓ -98%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $10.36 ↓ -97%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $11.16 ↓ -97%
Aetna PPO $11.32 ↓ -97%
Health Management Network PPO $12.76 ↓ -97%
HealthSmart PPO $12.76 ↓ -97%
Provider Select PPO $12.76 ↓ -97%
First Health PPO $13.55 ↓ -97%
Triwest VA MM $13.55 ↓ -97%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $13.55 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $15.95 ↓ -96%

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Paclitaxel 6 mg/ml concentrate,intravenous at other Louisiana hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHRISTUS Louisiana Surgical Hospital Alexandria not published $0.14 – $0.28
CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital Lake Charles not published $0.10 – $1.15
CHRISTUS Coushatta Health Care Center Coushatta not published $0.10 – $1.15

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