Carboxyhemoglobin quantitative 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

$196.82

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.

$757.00

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.

$12.07 with Humana vs $340.00 with Verity Healthnet National — 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 Gold Plus MM $12.07 ↓ -94%
Triwest VA MM $12.07 ↓ -94%
Humana Gold Choice MM $12.07 ↓ -94%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $12.32 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare All Payer $12.32 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare KM $12.32 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $12.32 ↓ -94%
Aetna MM $12.32 ↓ -94%
Coventry First Health MM $12.32 ↓ -94%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. Gold Plus MM $12.32 ↓ -94%
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $12.32 ↓ -94%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $12.32 ↓ -94%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $12.32 ↓ -94%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $12.32 ↓ -94%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $12.44 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare MM $12.57 ↓ -94%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $12.57 ↓ -94%
Dignity Health MM $12.69 ↓ -94%
Peoples Health MM $12.69 ↓ -94%
Aetna KM $12.94 ↓ -93%
Wellcare MM $12.94 ↓ -93%
AllyAlign Health MM $13.55 ↓ -93%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $13.55 ↓ -93%
Christus Health HIX $17.25 ↓ -91%
Active Med PPO $21.56 ↓ -89%
Humana Choicecare $41.74 ↓ -79%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $44.34 ↓ -77%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $44.34 ↓ -77%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $44.34 ↓ -77%
Aetna New Business $64.80 ↓ -67%
Cigna PPO $75.18 ↓ -62%
Aetna PPO $76.23 ↓ -61%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $200.00 ↑ +2%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $200.00 ↑ +2%
Healthcare Highways PPO $240.00 ↑ +22%
Verity HealthNet PPO $240.00 ↑ +22%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $240.00 ↑ +22%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $260.00 ↑ +32%
PPOplus Llc PPO $260.00 ↑ +32%
Multiplan PPO $280.00 ↑ +42%
Phcs PPO $280.00 ↑ +42%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $280.00 ↑ +42%
Health Management Network PPO $320.00 ↑ +63%
Provider Select PPO $320.00 ↑ +63%
HealthSmart PPO $320.00 ↑ +63%
First Health PPO $340.00 ↑ +73%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $340.00 ↑ +73%

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