Ablate bone tumor(s) perq 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

$3,448.12

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.

$13,262.00

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.

$1,230.00 with Aetna vs $17,134.85 with Christus Health — 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
Aetna New Business $1,230.00 ↓ -64%
Aetna PPO $1,447.00 ↓ -58%
United Healthcare KM $1,591.44 ↓ -54%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $1,591.44 ↓ -54%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $1,591.44 ↓ -54%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $1,591.44 ↓ -54%
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $1,591.44 ↓ -54%
Aetna KM $1,724.06 ↓ -50%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $4,020.00 ↑ +17%
Humana Choicecare $5,259.00 ↑ +53%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $6,631.00 ↑ +92%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $6,631.00 ↑ +92%
United Healthcare All Payer $7,213.00 ↑ +109%
Cigna PPO $7,561.00 ↑ +119%
Healthcare Highways PPO $7,957.20 ↑ +131%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $7,957.20 ↑ +131%
Verity HealthNet PPO $7,957.20 ↑ +131%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $8,620.30 ↑ +150%
PPOplus Llc PPO $8,620.30 ↑ +150%
Multiplan PPO $9,283.40 ↑ +169%
Phcs PPO $9,283.40 ↑ +169%
Provider Select PPO $10,609.60 ↑ +208%
HealthSmart PPO $10,609.60 ↑ +208%
Health Management Network PPO $10,609.60 ↑ +208%
First Health PPO $11,272.70 ↑ +227%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $11,272.70 ↑ +227%
Triwest VA MM $11,994.40 ↑ +248%
Humana Gold Choice MM $11,994.40 ↑ +248%
Humana Gold Plus MM $11,994.40 ↑ +248%
Coventry First Health MM $12,239.18 ↑ +255%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $12,239.18 ↑ +255%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $12,239.18 ↑ +255%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $12,239.18 ↑ +255%
Aetna MM $12,239.18 ↑ +255%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $12,239.18 ↑ +255%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. Gold Plus MM $12,239.18 ↑ +255%
Active Med PPO $12,239.18 ↑ +255%
United Healthcare MM $12,483.96 ↑ +262%
Dignity Health MM $12,606.36 ↑ +266%
Peoples Health MM $12,606.36 ↑ +266%
Wellcare MM $12,851.14 ↑ +273%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $13,463.10 ↑ +290%
AllyAlign Health MM $13,463.10 ↑ +290%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $16,345.52 ↑ +374%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $16,345.52 ↑ +374%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $16,345.52 ↑ +374%
Christus Health HIX $17,134.85 ↑ +397%

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Ablate bone tumor(s) perq at other Louisiana hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHRISTUS Louisiana Surgical Hospital Alexandria not published $3,949.35 – $28,762.07
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital Lake Charles not published $5,221.00 – $12,864.40

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