Ablate pulm tumor perq rf 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

$4,727.84

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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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$18,184.00

Gross charge

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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.

$1,880.00 with Aetna vs $16,056.00 with Cigna — 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

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 $1,880.00 ↓ -60%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $2,182.08 ↓ -54%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $2,182.08 ↓ -54%
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $2,182.08 ↓ -54%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $2,182.08 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare KM $2,182.08 ↓ -54%
Aetna PPO $2,212.00 ↓ -53%
Aetna KM $2,363.92 ↓ -50%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $4,020.00 ↓ -15%
Humana Choicecare $5,259.00 ↑ +11%
Triwest VA MM $5,438.76 ↑ +15%
Humana Gold Plus MM $5,438.76 ↑ +15%
Humana Gold Choice MM $5,438.76 ↑ +15%
Coventry First Health MM $5,549.76 ↑ +17%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $5,549.76 ↑ +17%
Active Med PPO $5,549.76 ↑ +17%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $5,549.76 ↑ +17%
Aetna MM $5,549.76 ↑ +17%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. Gold Plus MM $5,549.76 ↑ +17%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $5,549.76 ↑ +17%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $5,549.76 ↑ +17%
United Healthcare MM $5,660.76 ↑ +20%
Dignity Health MM $5,716.25 ↑ +21%
Peoples Health MM $5,716.25 ↑ +21%
Wellcare MM $5,827.25 ↑ +23%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $6,104.74 ↑ +29%
AllyAlign Health MM $6,104.74 ↑ +29%
Christus Health HIX $7,769.66 ↑ +64%
United Healthcare All Payer $8,248.00 ↑ +74%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $8,768.13 ↑ +85%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $8,768.13 ↑ +85%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $8,768.13 ↑ +85%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $9,092.00 ↑ +92%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $9,092.00 ↑ +92%
Verity HealthNet PPO $10,910.40 ↑ +131%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $10,910.40 ↑ +131%
Healthcare Highways PPO $10,910.40 ↑ +131%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $11,819.60 ↑ +150%
PPOplus Llc PPO $11,819.60 ↑ +150%
Multiplan PPO $12,728.80 ↑ +169%
Phcs PPO $12,728.80 ↑ +169%
Health Management Network PPO $14,547.20 ↑ +208%
HealthSmart PPO $14,547.20 ↑ +208%
Provider Select PPO $14,547.20 ↑ +208%
First Health PPO $15,456.40 ↑ +227%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $15,456.40 ↑ +227%
Cigna PPO $16,056.00 ↑ +240%

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Ablate pulm tumor perq rf at other Louisiana hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHRISTUS Louisiana Surgical Hospital Alexandria not published $3,064.65 – $13,041.94
CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital Lake Charles not published $5,221.00 – $6,824.74
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital Lake Charles not published $5,196.91 – $6,719.78

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