Sevelamer carbonate pdr 20mg 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

$199.11

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.

$765.82

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.

$91.89 with Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana vs $765.82 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
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $91.89 ↓ -54%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $91.89 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare KM $91.89 ↓ -54%
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $91.89 ↓ -54%
Aetna MM $91.89 ↓ -54%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $91.89 ↓ -54%
Aetna KM $99.55 ↓ -50%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $114.87 ↓ -42%
Christus Health HIX $160.82 ↓ -19%
United Healthcare All Payer $183.79 ↓ -8%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $382.91 ↑ +92%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $382.91 ↑ +92%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $382.91 ↑ +92%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $382.91 ↑ +92%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $382.91 ↑ +92%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $382.91 ↑ +92%
Humana Choicecare $413.54 ↑ +108%
Cigna PPO $451.83 ↑ +127%
Phcs PPO $459.49 ↑ +131%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $459.49 ↑ +131%
Healthcare Highways PPO $459.49 ↑ +131%
Aetna New Business $459.49 ↑ +131%
Verity HealthNet PPO $459.49 ↑ +131%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $459.49 ↑ +131%
Multiplan PPO $459.49 ↑ +131%
PPOplus Llc PPO $459.49 ↑ +131%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $497.78 ↑ +150%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $536.07 ↑ +169%
Aetna PPO $543.73 ↑ +173%
HealthSmart PPO $612.65 ↑ +208%
Provider Select PPO $612.65 ↑ +208%
Health Management Network PPO $612.65 ↑ +208%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $650.94 ↑ +227%
Triwest VA MM $650.94 ↑ +227%
First Health PPO $650.94 ↑ +227%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $765.82 ↑ +285%

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