CMS Price Transparency Data

Drug screening test

Facility: Christus St Frances Cabrini Hospital

Billing Code: G0480 (HCPCS)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$110

about 1.0× the $114 Medicare rate · typically $91–$133

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$118

About the fair price

about $8 over the fair price · 1.0× Medicare

Medicare pays $114 Fair price $110 This hospital $118 Cash price $39 Hospital's list price $149

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How this hospital compares to other LA hospitals

Highest price of the 9 LA hospitals we have prices for — worth calling around.

Cheapest $80 Priciest $118

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 LA hospitals with a price for this procedure. Full list below.

A fair price for a Drug screening test is about $110 (about 1.0× the $114 Medicare rate). Christus St Frances Cabrini Hospital charges insurers about $118, or about $39 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Alexandria, LA.

What each insurance company pays

Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.

5 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna✓ Cigna✓ Humana Kaiser Permanente

Crossed out = this hospital hasn’t published a negotiated price for that insurer for this procedure. It doesn’t necessarily mean they aren’t accepted — ask your insurer.

Insurance company	Price range	vs. Medicare
UnitedHealthcaremajor	$15 - $117	13%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$114 - $334	100%
Aetnamajor	$12 - $708	10%
Cignamajor	$525	459%
Humanamajor	$15 - $291	13%
AmeriHealth	$15 - $65	13%
Health Net	$43 - $458	38%
Healthcare Highways	$43 - $323	38%
WellCare	$120	105%
+ 14 smaller / regional plans	$15 - $431

Government programs also on file: Medicare, Military & VA.

Excludes 5 rental-network / third-party entries (e.g. Multiplan, PHCS) — these are pricing networks, not insurers.

Self-Pay How to get the cash price

Tell the billing desk you want to be billed as self-pay — not through insurance — before your visit.
Ask for the cash / prompt-pay discount in writing, with the exact price (about 39), before you agree to anything.
Get it in writing that they won’t also bill your insurance, so the cash price is what you owe.
Check the HCPCS code on your bill matches exactly: G0480.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Christus St Frances Cabrini Hospital is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for HCPCS code G0480.
Confirm the doctor or provider is in-network too — not just the hospital building.
Check your Explanation of Benefits against the hospital’s final itemized bill.

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Other Procedures at Christus St Frances Cabrini Hospital

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