Administration chemotherapy IV infusion each additional hour 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

$167.70

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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.

$645.00

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.

$66.35 with Humana vs $2,958.00 with United Healthcare — 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 $66.35 ↓ -60%
Triwest VA MM $66.35 ↓ -60%
Humana Gold Choice MM $66.35 ↓ -60%
Humana Choicecare $66.86 ↓ -60%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $67.70 ↓ -60%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $67.70 ↓ -60%
Aetna MM $67.70 ↓ -60%
Coventry First Health MM $67.70 ↓ -60%
Active Med PPO $67.70 ↓ -60%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. Gold Plus MM $67.70 ↓ -60%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $67.70 ↓ -60%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $67.70 ↓ -60%
United Healthcare MM $69.05 ↓ -59%
Dignity Health MM $69.73 ↓ -58%
Peoples Health MM $69.73 ↓ -58%
Wellcare MM $71.09 ↓ -58%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $74.47 ↓ -56%
AllyAlign Health MM $74.47 ↓ -56%
United Healthcare KM $77.40 ↓ -54%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $77.40 ↓ -54%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $77.40 ↓ -54%
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $77.40 ↓ -54%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $77.40 ↓ -54%
Aetna KM $83.85 ↓ -50%
Christus Health HIX $94.78 ↓ -43%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $169.68 ↑ +1%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $169.68 ↑ +1%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $169.68 ↑ +1%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $322.50 ↑ +92%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $322.50 ↑ +92%
Cigna PPO $380.55 ↑ +127%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $387.00 ↑ +131%
Verity HealthNet PPO $387.00 ↑ +131%
Healthcare Highways PPO $387.00 ↑ +131%
Aetna New Business $393.45 ↑ +135%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $419.25 ↑ +150%
PPOplus Llc PPO $419.25 ↑ +150%
Phcs PPO $451.50 ↑ +169%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $451.50 ↑ +169%
Multiplan PPO $451.50 ↑ +169%
Aetna PPO $464.40 ↑ +177%
HealthSmart PPO $516.00 ↑ +208%
Provider Select PPO $516.00 ↑ +208%
Health Management Network PPO $516.00 ↑ +208%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $548.25 ↑ +227%
First Health PPO $548.25 ↑ +227%
United Healthcare All Payer $2,958.00 ↑ +1664%

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