Sincalide 5 mcg solution for 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

$360.64

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.

$1,387.09

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.

$133.19 with Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana vs $1,387.09 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
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $133.19 ↓ -63%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $133.19 ↓ -63%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $133.19 ↓ -63%
United Healthcare All Payer $151.07 ↓ -58%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $166.45 ↓ -54%
Aetna MM $166.45 ↓ -54%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $166.45 ↓ -54%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $166.45 ↓ -54%
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $166.45 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare KM $166.45 ↓ -54%
Aetna KM $180.32 ↓ -50%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $208.06 ↓ -42%
Humana Choicecare $260.68 ↓ -28%
Christus Health HIX $291.28 ↓ -19%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $693.54 ↑ +92%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $693.54 ↑ +92%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $693.54 ↑ +92%
Cigna PPO $818.38 ↑ +127%
Aetna New Business $832.25 ↑ +131%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $832.25 ↑ +131%
Healthcare Highways PPO $832.25 ↑ +131%
Phcs PPO $832.25 ↑ +131%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $832.25 ↑ +131%
Multiplan PPO $832.25 ↑ +131%
Verity HealthNet PPO $832.25 ↑ +131%
PPOplus Llc PPO $832.25 ↑ +131%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $901.60 ↑ +150%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $970.96 ↑ +169%
Aetna PPO $984.83 ↑ +173%
HealthSmart PPO $1,109.67 ↑ +208%
Health Management Network PPO $1,109.67 ↑ +208%
Provider Select PPO $1,109.67 ↑ +208%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $1,179.02 ↑ +227%
Triwest VA MM $1,179.02 ↑ +227%
First Health PPO $1,179.02 ↑ +227%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $1,387.09 ↑ +285%

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Sincalide 5 mcg solution for injection at other Louisiana hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital Lake Charles not published $133.19 – $294.46
CHRISTUS Coushatta Health Care Center Coushatta not published $133.19 – $151.07

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