Behavior counsel obesity 15min medicare g0447 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

$168.74

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.

$649.00

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.

$62.64 with Humana vs $551.65 with First Health — 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
Humana Choicecare $62.64 ↓ -63%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $77.88 ↓ -54%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $77.88 ↓ -54%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $77.88 ↓ -54%
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $77.88 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare KM $77.88 ↓ -54%
Aetna KM $84.37 ↓ -50%
Humana Gold Plus MM $86.23 ↓ -49%
Triwest VA MM $86.23 ↓ -49%
Humana Gold Choice MM $86.23 ↓ -49%
Aetna MM $87.99 ↓ -48%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $87.99 ↓ -48%
Active Med PPO $87.99 ↓ -48%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. Gold Plus MM $87.99 ↓ -48%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $87.99 ↓ -48%
Coventry First Health MM $87.99 ↓ -48%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $87.99 ↓ -48%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $87.99 ↓ -48%
United Healthcare MM $89.75 ↓ -47%
Peoples Health MM $90.63 ↓ -46%
Dignity Health MM $90.63 ↓ -46%
Wellcare MM $92.39 ↓ -45%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $96.79 ↓ -43%
AllyAlign Health MM $96.79 ↓ -43%
Christus Health HIX $123.19 ↓ -27%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $209.74 ↑ +24%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $209.74 ↑ +24%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $209.74 ↑ +24%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $324.50 ↑ +92%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $324.50 ↑ +92%
Cigna PPO $382.91 ↑ +127%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $389.40 ↑ +131%
Verity HealthNet PPO $389.40 ↑ +131%
Healthcare Highways PPO $389.40 ↑ +131%
Aetna New Business $395.89 ↑ +135%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $421.85 ↑ +150%
PPOplus Llc PPO $421.85 ↑ +150%
Phcs PPO $454.30 ↑ +169%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $454.30 ↑ +169%
Multiplan PPO $454.30 ↑ +169%
Aetna PPO $467.28 ↑ +177%
United Healthcare All Payer $515.00 ↑ +205%
Provider Select PPO $519.20 ↑ +208%
Health Management Network PPO $519.20 ↑ +208%
HealthSmart PPO $519.20 ↑ +208%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $551.65 ↑ +227%
First Health PPO $551.65 ↑ +227%

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Behavior counsel obesity 15min medicare g0447 at other Louisiana hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHRISTUS Louisiana Surgical Hospital Alexandria not published $47.00 – $206.78
CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital Lake Charles not published $70.75 – $163.25
CHRISTUS Shreveport-Bossier Health System-Highland Shreveport not published $52.24 – $140.00
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital Lake Charles not published $70.75 – $160.74

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