Application finger splntstatic 29130 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

$73.58

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.

$283.00

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.

$33.96 with Louisiana Healthcare Connections vs $4,020.00 with Five Point Credit Union — 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
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $33.96 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare KM $33.96 ↓ -54%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $33.96 ↓ -54%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $33.96 ↓ -54%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $33.96 ↓ -54%
Aetna KM $36.79 ↓ -50%
Triwest VA MM $120.16 ↑ +63%
Humana Gold Choice MM $120.16 ↑ +63%
Humana Gold Plus MM $120.16 ↑ +63%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $122.61 ↑ +67%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $122.61 ↑ +67%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. Gold Plus MM $122.61 ↑ +67%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $122.61 ↑ +67%
Active Med PPO $122.61 ↑ +67%
Aetna MM $122.61 ↑ +67%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $122.61 ↑ +67%
Coventry First Health MM $122.61 ↑ +67%
United Healthcare MM $125.06 ↑ +70%
Dignity Health MM $126.29 ↑ +72%
Peoples Health MM $126.29 ↑ +72%
Wellcare MM $128.74 ↑ +75%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $134.87 ↑ +83%
AllyAlign Health MM $134.87 ↑ +83%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $141.50 ↑ +92%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $141.50 ↑ +92%
Humana Choicecare $147.00 ↑ +100%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $163.15 ↑ +122%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $163.15 ↑ +122%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $163.15 ↑ +122%
Cigna PPO $169.00 ↑ +130%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $169.80 ↑ +131%
Verity HealthNet PPO $169.80 ↑ +131%
Healthcare Highways PPO $169.80 ↑ +131%
Christus Health HIX $171.65 ↑ +133%
Aetna New Business $172.63 ↑ +135%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $183.95 ↑ +150%
PPOplus Llc PPO $183.95 ↑ +150%
Phcs PPO $198.10 ↑ +169%
Multiplan PPO $198.10 ↑ +169%
Aetna PPO $203.76 ↑ +177%
Health Management Network PPO $226.40 ↑ +208%
HealthSmart PPO $226.40 ↑ +208%
Provider Select PPO $226.40 ↑ +208%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $240.55 ↑ +227%
First Health PPO $240.55 ↑ +227%
United Healthcare All Payer $857.00 ↑ +1065%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $4,020.00 ↑ +5363%

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