Beta-amyloid 1-42 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

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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.

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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.

$31.56 with Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana vs $263.00 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 $31.56
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $31.56
United Healthcare KM $31.56
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $31.56
Aetna MM $31.56
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $31.56
Aetna KM $34.19
Christus Health Med Adv MM $39.45
Christus Health HIX $55.23
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $131.50
United Healthcare All Payer $131.50
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $131.50
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $131.50
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $131.50
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $131.50
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $131.50
Humana Choicecare $142.02
Cigna PPO $155.17
Verity HealthNet PPO $157.80
Healthcare Highways PPO $157.80
Arcadian Health Plan MM $157.80
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $157.80
Aetna New Business $160.43
HealthSmart Accel PPO $170.95
PPOplus Llc PPO $170.95
Five Point Credit Union PPO $184.10
Phcs PPO $184.10
Multiplan PPO $184.10
Aetna PPO $189.36
HealthSmart PPO $210.40
Provider Select PPO $210.40
Health Management Network PPO $210.40
Verity Healthnet National PPO $223.55
Triwest VA MM $223.55
First Health PPO $223.55
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $263.00

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