Palonosetron hcl 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

$782.65

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.

$3,010.19

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.

$1.04 with United Healthcare vs $125.82 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 $1.04 ↓ -100%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $1.07 ↓ -100%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $1.07 ↓ -100%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $1.07 ↓ -100%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $15.09 ↓ -98%
Aetna MM $15.09 ↓ -98%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $15.09 ↓ -98%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $15.09 ↓ -98%
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $15.09 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare KM $15.09 ↓ -98%
Aetna KM $16.35 ↓ -98%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $18.87 ↓ -98%
Christus Health HIX $26.42 ↓ -97%
Humana Choicecare $51.62 ↓ -93%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $62.91 ↓ -92%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $62.91 ↓ -92%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $62.91 ↓ -92%
Cigna PPO $74.23 ↓ -91%
Multiplan PPO $75.49 ↓ -90%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $75.49 ↓ -90%
Healthcare Highways PPO $75.49 ↓ -90%
Phcs PPO $75.49 ↓ -90%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $75.49 ↓ -90%
Aetna New Business $75.49 ↓ -90%
Verity HealthNet PPO $75.49 ↓ -90%
PPOplus Llc PPO $75.49 ↓ -90%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $81.78 ↓ -90%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $88.07 ↓ -89%
Aetna PPO $89.33 ↓ -89%
Provider Select PPO $100.65 ↓ -87%
Health Management Network PPO $100.65 ↓ -87%
HealthSmart PPO $100.65 ↓ -87%
Triwest VA MM $106.94 ↓ -86%
First Health PPO $106.94 ↓ -86%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $106.94 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $125.82 ↓ -84%

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Palonosetron hcl at other Louisiana hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHRISTUS Louisiana Surgical Hospital Alexandria not published $0.55 – $1.51
CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital Lake Charles not published $1.04 – $58.31
CHRISTUS Coushatta Health Care Center Coushatta not published $1.04 – $1.07

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