Acylcarnitines qual 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

$39.26

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.

$151.00

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.

$16.16 with Humana vs $128.35 with Verity Healthnet National — 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
Humana Gold Plus MM $16.16 ↓ -59%
Triwest VA MM $16.16 ↓ -59%
Humana Gold Choice MM $16.16 ↓ -59%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $16.49 ↓ -58%
United Healthcare All Payer $16.49 ↓ -58%
United Healthcare KM $16.49 ↓ -58%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $16.49 ↓ -58%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. Gold Plus MM $16.49 ↓ -58%
Aetna MM $16.49 ↓ -58%
Coventry First Health MM $16.49 ↓ -58%
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $16.49 ↓ -58%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $16.49 ↓ -58%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $16.49 ↓ -58%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $16.49 ↓ -58%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $16.65 ↓ -58%
United Healthcare MM $16.82 ↓ -57%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $16.82 ↓ -57%
Peoples Health MM $16.98 ↓ -57%
Dignity Health MM $16.98 ↓ -57%
Aetna KM $17.31 ↓ -56%
Wellcare MM $17.31 ↓ -56%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $18.14 ↓ -54%
AllyAlign Health MM $18.14 ↓ -54%
Christus Health HIX $23.09 ↓ -41%
Active Med PPO $28.86 ↓ -26%
Humana Choicecare $45.05 ↑ +15%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $49.94 ↑ +27%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $49.94 ↑ +27%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $49.94 ↑ +27%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $75.50 ↑ +92%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $75.50 ↑ +92%
Cigna PPO $84.76 ↑ +116%
Aetna New Business $86.72 ↑ +121%
Healthcare Highways PPO $90.60 ↑ +131%
Verity HealthNet PPO $90.60 ↑ +131%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $90.60 ↑ +131%
PPOplus Llc PPO $98.15 ↑ +150%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $98.15 ↑ +150%
Aetna PPO $102.02 ↑ +160%
Phcs PPO $105.70 ↑ +169%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $105.70 ↑ +169%
Multiplan PPO $105.70 ↑ +169%
HealthSmart PPO $120.80 ↑ +208%
Provider Select PPO $120.80 ↑ +208%
Health Management Network PPO $120.80 ↑ +208%
First Health PPO $128.35 ↑ +227%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $128.35 ↑ +227%

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Acylcarnitines qual at other Louisiana hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHRISTUS Louisiana Surgical Hospital Alexandria not published $8.25 – $38.75
CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital Lake Charles not published $16.16 – $80.54

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