App high cost ss t/a/l >100sq cm addl 100sq cm 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

$1,083.94

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.

$4,169.00

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.

$500.28 with Healthy Blue Louisiana vs $4,169.00 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
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $500.28 ↓ -54%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $500.28 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare KM $500.28 ↓ -54%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $500.28 ↓ -54%
Aetna MM $500.28 ↓ -54%
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $500.28 ↓ -54%
Humana Choicecare $501.00 ↓ -54%
Aetna KM $541.97 ↓ -50%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $625.35 ↓ -42%
United Healthcare All Payer $857.00 ↓ -21%
Christus Health HIX $875.49 ↓ -19%
Aetna New Business $1,230.00 ↑ +13%
Aetna PPO $1,447.00 ↑ +33%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $2,084.50 ↑ +92%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $2,084.50 ↑ +92%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $2,084.50 ↑ +92%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $2,501.40 ↑ +131%
Healthcare Highways PPO $2,501.40 ↑ +131%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $2,501.40 ↑ +131%
Verity HealthNet PPO $2,501.40 ↑ +131%
PPOplus Llc PPO $2,709.85 ↑ +150%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $2,709.85 ↑ +150%
Multiplan PPO $2,918.30 ↑ +169%
Phcs PPO $2,918.30 ↑ +169%
Health Management Network PPO $3,335.20 ↑ +208%
HealthSmart PPO $3,335.20 ↑ +208%
Provider Select PPO $3,335.20 ↑ +208%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $3,543.65 ↑ +227%
First Health PPO $3,543.65 ↑ +227%
Triwest VA MM $3,543.65 ↑ +227%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $4,020.00 ↑ +271%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $4,169.00 ↑ +285%

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App high cost ss t/a/l >100sq cm addl 100sq cm at other Louisiana hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital Lake Charles not published $498.00 – $498.00
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital Lake Charles not published $498.00 – $498.00

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