Apply intrcav radiat interm 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

$1,127.36

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.

$4,336.00

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.

$520.32 with Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana vs $3,957.00 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
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $520.32 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare KM $520.32 ↓ -54%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $520.32 ↓ -54%
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $520.32 ↓ -54%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $520.32 ↓ -54%
Triwest VA MM $539.25 ↓ -52%
Humana Gold Choice MM $539.25 ↓ -52%
Humana Gold Plus MM $539.25 ↓ -52%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $550.25 ↓ -51%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $550.25 ↓ -51%
Active Med PPO $550.25 ↓ -51%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. Gold Plus MM $550.25 ↓ -51%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $550.25 ↓ -51%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $550.25 ↓ -51%
Aetna MM $550.25 ↓ -51%
Coventry First Health MM $550.25 ↓ -51%
United Healthcare MM $561.26 ↓ -50%
Aetna KM $563.68 ↓ -50%
Peoples Health MM $566.76 ↓ -50%
Dignity Health MM $566.76 ↓ -50%
Wellcare MM $577.76 ↓ -49%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $605.28 ↓ -46%
AllyAlign Health MM $605.28 ↓ -46%
Christus Health HIX $770.35 ↓ -32%
Cigna PPO $1,015.11 ↓ -10%
Aetna New Business $1,234.95 ↑ +10%
Humana Choicecare $1,251.82 ↑ +11%
Aetna PPO $1,452.88 ↑ +29%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $1,522.79 ↑ +35%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $1,522.79 ↑ +35%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $1,522.79 ↑ +35%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $2,168.00 ↑ +92%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $2,168.00 ↑ +92%
Healthcare Highways PPO $2,601.60 ↑ +131%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $2,601.60 ↑ +131%
Verity HealthNet PPO $2,601.60 ↑ +131%
PPOplus Llc PPO $2,818.40 ↑ +150%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $2,818.40 ↑ +150%
Phcs PPO $3,035.20 ↑ +169%
Multiplan PPO $3,035.20 ↑ +169%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $3,035.20 ↑ +169%
Health Management Network PPO $3,468.80 ↑ +208%
HealthSmart PPO $3,468.80 ↑ +208%
Provider Select PPO $3,468.80 ↑ +208%
First Health PPO $3,685.60 ↑ +227%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $3,685.60 ↑ +227%
United Healthcare All Payer $3,957.00 ↑ +251%

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