Tobramycin peak therapeutic drug level 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

$31.72

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.

$122.00

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.

$14.18 with Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana vs $99.79 with Aetna — 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 $14.18 ↓ -55%
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $14.18 ↓ -55%
United Healthcare KM $14.18 ↓ -55%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $14.32 ↓ -55%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $14.46 ↓ -54%
Aetna KM $14.89 ↓ -53%
Humana Gold Choice MM $15.81 ↓ -50%
Humana Gold Plus MM $15.81 ↓ -50%
Triwest VA MM $15.81 ↓ -50%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. Gold Plus MM $16.13 ↓ -49%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $16.13 ↓ -49%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $16.13 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare All Payer $16.13 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $16.13 ↓ -49%
Aetna MM $16.13 ↓ -49%
Coventry First Health MM $16.13 ↓ -49%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $16.13 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare MM $16.45 ↓ -48%
Dignity Health MM $16.61 ↓ -48%
Peoples Health MM $16.61 ↓ -48%
Wellcare MM $16.94 ↓ -47%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $17.74 ↓ -44%
AllyAlign Health MM $17.74 ↓ -44%
Christus Health HIX $22.58 ↓ -29%
Active Med PPO $28.23 ↓ -11%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $49.00 ↑ +54%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $49.00 ↑ +54%
Humana Choicecare $54.64 ↑ +72%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $58.05 ↑ +83%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $58.05 ↑ +83%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $58.05 ↑ +83%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $58.80 ↑ +85%
Verity HealthNet PPO $58.80 ↑ +85%
Healthcare Highways PPO $58.80 ↑ +85%
PPOplus Llc PPO $63.70 ↑ +101%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $63.70 ↑ +101%
Multiplan PPO $68.60 ↑ +116%
Phcs PPO $68.60 ↑ +116%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $68.60 ↑ +116%
Health Management Network PPO $78.40 ↑ +147%
HealthSmart PPO $78.40 ↑ +147%
Provider Select PPO $78.40 ↑ +147%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $83.30 ↑ +163%
First Health PPO $83.30 ↑ +163%
Aetna New Business $84.82 ↑ +167%
Cigna PPO $99.16 ↑ +213%
Aetna PPO $99.79 ↑ +215%

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