Assay dir meas fr estradiol 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

$44.98

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.

$173.00

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.

$20.96 with Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana vs $172.90 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
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $20.96 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare KM $20.96 ↓ -53%
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $20.96 ↓ -53%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $21.17 ↓ -53%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $21.38 ↓ -52%
Aetna KM $22.01 ↓ -51%
Humana Gold Choice MM $27.38 ↓ -39%
Humana Gold Plus MM $27.38 ↓ -39%
Triwest VA MM $27.38 ↓ -39%
Aetna MM $27.94 ↓ -38%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $27.94 ↓ -38%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. Gold Plus MM $27.94 ↓ -38%
United Healthcare All Payer $27.94 ↓ -38%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $27.94 ↓ -38%
Coventry First Health MM $27.94 ↓ -38%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $27.94 ↓ -38%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $27.94 ↓ -38%
United Healthcare MM $28.50 ↓ -37%
Peoples Health MM $28.78 ↓ -36%
Dignity Health MM $28.78 ↓ -36%
Wellcare MM $29.34 ↓ -35%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $30.73 ↓ -32%
AllyAlign Health MM $30.73 ↓ -32%
Christus Health HIX $39.12 ↓ -13%
Active Med PPO $48.90 ↑ +9%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $81.46 ↑ +81%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $81.46 ↑ +81%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $81.46 ↑ +81%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $86.50 ↑ +92%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $86.50 ↑ +92%
Humana Choicecare $93.42 ↑ +108%
Cigna PPO $102.07 ↑ +127%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $103.80 ↑ +131%
Verity HealthNet PPO $103.80 ↑ +131%
Healthcare Highways PPO $103.80 ↑ +131%
PPOplus Llc PPO $112.45 ↑ +150%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $112.45 ↑ +150%
Multiplan PPO $121.10 ↑ +169%
Phcs PPO $121.10 ↑ +169%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $121.10 ↑ +169%
Health Management Network PPO $138.40 ↑ +208%
HealthSmart PPO $138.40 ↑ +208%
Provider Select PPO $138.40 ↑ +208%
Aetna New Business $146.97 ↑ +227%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $147.05 ↑ +227%
First Health PPO $147.05 ↑ +227%
Aetna PPO $172.90 ↑ +284%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHRISTUS Louisiana Surgical Hospital Alexandria not published $13.97 – $65.66
CHRISTUS Shreveport-Bossier Health System-Highland Shreveport not published $20.96 – $54.37
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital Lake Charles not published $20.96 – $62.43

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