Pertuzumab 30 mg/ml desensitization 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

$18,854.04

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$72,515.53

Gross charge

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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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$12.88 with Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana vs $61,638.20 with Verity Healthnet National — 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

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
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $12.88 ↓ -100%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $12.88 ↓ -100%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $12.88 ↓ -100%
Humana Gold Plus MM $15.09 ↓ -100%
Triwest VA MM $15.09 ↓ -100%
Humana Gold Choice MM $15.09 ↓ -100%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $15.40 ↓ -100%
Active Med PPO $15.40 ↓ -100%
Aetna MM $15.40 ↓ -100%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $15.40 ↓ -100%
Coventry First Health MM $15.40 ↓ -100%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $15.40 ↓ -100%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. Gold Plus MM $15.40 ↓ -100%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $15.40 ↓ -100%
United Healthcare MM $15.71 ↓ -100%
Peoples Health MM $15.86 ↓ -100%
Dignity Health MM $15.86 ↓ -100%
Wellcare MM $16.17 ↓ -100%
United Healthcare All Payer $16.91 ↓ -100%
AllyAlign Health MM $16.94 ↓ -100%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $16.94 ↓ -100%
Christus Health HIX $21.56 ↓ -100%
Humana Choicecare $27.57 ↓ -100%
United Healthcare KM $8,701.86 ↓ -54%
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $8,701.86 ↓ -54%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $8,701.86 ↓ -54%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $8,701.86 ↓ -54%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $8,701.86 ↓ -54%
Aetna KM $9,427.01 ↓ -50%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $36,257.76 ↑ +92%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $36,257.76 ↑ +92%
Cigna PPO $42,784.16 ↑ +127%
Healthcare Highways PPO $43,509.31 ↑ +131%
Phcs PPO $43,509.31 ↑ +131%
Multiplan PPO $43,509.31 ↑ +131%
Aetna New Business $43,509.31 ↑ +131%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $43,509.31 ↑ +131%
Verity HealthNet PPO $43,509.31 ↑ +131%
PPOplus Llc PPO $43,509.31 ↑ +131%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $47,135.09 ↑ +150%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $50,760.87 ↑ +169%
Aetna PPO $51,486.02 ↑ +173%
Provider Select PPO $58,012.42 ↑ +208%
Health Management Network PPO $58,012.42 ↑ +208%
HealthSmart PPO $58,012.42 ↑ +208%
First Health PPO $61,638.20 ↑ +227%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $61,638.20 ↑ +227%

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Pertuzumab 30 mg/ml desensitization at other Louisiana hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHRISTUS Louisiana Surgical Hospital Alexandria not published $15.40 – $41.28
CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital Lake Charles not published $12.88 – $16.46
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital Lake Charles not published $12.88 – $16.19
CHRISTUS Coushatta Health Care Center Coushatta not published $12.88 – $16.91

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