Papaverin hcl injection 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

$228.94

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.

$880.55

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.

$10.37 with Humana vs $440.28 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
Humana Choicecare $10.37 ↓ -95%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $44.31 ↓ -81%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $44.31 ↓ -81%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $44.31 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare All Payer $48.70 ↓ -79%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $52.83 ↓ -77%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $52.83 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare KM $52.83 ↓ -77%
Aetna MM $52.83 ↓ -77%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $52.83 ↓ -77%
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $52.83 ↓ -77%
Aetna KM $57.23 ↓ -75%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $66.04 ↓ -71%
Christus Health HIX $92.45 ↓ -60%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $220.14 ↓ -4%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $220.14 ↓ -4%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $220.14 ↓ -4%
Cigna PPO $259.76 ↑ +13%
Multiplan PPO $264.16 ↑ +15%
Healthcare Highways PPO $264.16 ↑ +15%
Phcs PPO $264.16 ↑ +15%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $264.16 ↑ +15%
PPOplus Llc PPO $264.16 ↑ +15%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $264.16 ↑ +15%
Verity HealthNet PPO $264.16 ↑ +15%
Aetna New Business $264.16 ↑ +15%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $286.18 ↑ +25%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $308.19 ↑ +35%
Aetna PPO $312.59 ↑ +37%
Health Management Network PPO $352.22 ↑ +54%
HealthSmart PPO $352.22 ↑ +54%
Provider Select PPO $352.22 ↑ +54%
First Health PPO $374.23 ↑ +63%
Triwest VA MM $374.23 ↑ +63%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $374.23 ↑ +63%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $440.28 ↑ +92%

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Papaverin hcl injection at other Louisiana hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHRISTUS Louisiana Surgical Hospital Alexandria not published $42.75 – $42.75
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital Lake Charles not published $11.72 – $48.70
CHRISTUS Coushatta Health Care Center Coushatta not published $44.31 – $48.70

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