Apc gene full sequence 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

$1,255.02

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.

$4,827.00

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.

$579.24 with Healthy Blue Louisiana vs $4,826.64 with Aetna — 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
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $579.24 ↓ -54%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $579.24 ↓ -54%
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $579.24 ↓ -54%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $579.24 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare KM $579.24 ↓ -54%
Aetna KM $627.51 ↓ -50%
Triwest VA MM $764.40 ↓ -39%
Humana Gold Plus MM $764.40 ↓ -39%
Humana Gold Choice MM $764.40 ↓ -39%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $780.00 ↓ -38%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. Gold Plus MM $780.00 ↓ -38%
United Healthcare All Payer $780.00 ↓ -38%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $780.00 ↓ -38%
Aetna MM $780.00 ↓ -38%
Coventry First Health MM $780.00 ↓ -38%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $780.00 ↓ -38%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $780.00 ↓ -38%
United Healthcare MM $795.60 ↓ -37%
Peoples Health MM $803.40 ↓ -36%
Dignity Health MM $803.40 ↓ -36%
Wellcare MM $819.00 ↓ -35%
AllyAlign Health MM $858.00 ↓ -32%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $858.00 ↓ -32%
Christus Health HIX $1,092.00 ↓ -13%
Cigna PPO $1,109.06 ↓ -12%
Active Med PPO $1,365.00 ↑ +9%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $2,274.09 ↑ +81%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $2,274.09 ↑ +81%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $2,274.09 ↑ +81%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $2,413.50 ↑ +92%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $2,413.50 ↑ +92%
Humana Choicecare $2,606.58 ↑ +108%
Verity HealthNet PPO $2,896.20 ↑ +131%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $2,896.20 ↑ +131%
Healthcare Highways PPO $2,896.20 ↑ +131%
PPOplus Llc PPO $3,137.55 ↑ +150%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $3,137.55 ↑ +150%
Multiplan PPO $3,378.90 ↑ +169%
Phcs PPO $3,378.90 ↑ +169%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $3,378.90 ↑ +169%
Health Management Network PPO $3,861.60 ↑ +208%
HealthSmart PPO $3,861.60 ↑ +208%
Provider Select PPO $3,861.60 ↑ +208%
Aetna New Business $4,102.64 ↑ +227%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $4,102.95 ↑ +227%
First Health PPO $4,102.95 ↑ +227%
Aetna PPO $4,826.64 ↑ +285%

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Apc gene full sequence at other Louisiana hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHRISTUS Louisiana Surgical Hospital Alexandria not published $390.00 – $1,833.00
CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital Lake Charles not published $764.40 – $1,770.05
CHRISTUS Shreveport-Bossier Health System-Highland Shreveport not published $764.40 – $1,517.88
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital Lake Charles not published $764.40 – $1,742.83

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