Cardiolipin antibody iga 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

$61.10

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.

$235.00

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.

$14.15 with Louisiana Healthcare Connections vs $181.05 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
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $14.15 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare KM $14.15 ↓ -77%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $14.15 ↓ -77%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $14.29 ↓ -77%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $14.43 ↓ -76%
Aetna KM $14.86 ↓ -76%
Triwest VA MM $24.94 ↓ -59%
Humana Gold Choice MM $24.94 ↓ -59%
Humana Gold Plus MM $24.94 ↓ -59%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $25.45 ↓ -58%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. Gold Plus MM $25.45 ↓ -58%
United Healthcare All Payer $25.45 ↓ -58%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $25.45 ↓ -58%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $25.45 ↓ -58%
Aetna MM $25.45 ↓ -58%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $25.45 ↓ -58%
Coventry First Health MM $25.45 ↓ -58%
United Healthcare MM $25.96 ↓ -58%
Dignity Health MM $26.21 ↓ -57%
Peoples Health MM $26.21 ↓ -57%
Humana Choicecare $26.58 ↓ -56%
Wellcare MM $26.72 ↓ -56%
AllyAlign Health MM $28.00 ↓ -54%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $28.00 ↓ -54%
Christus Health HIX $35.63 ↓ -42%
Active Med PPO $44.54 ↓ -27%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $91.61 ↑ +50%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $91.61 ↑ +50%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $91.61 ↑ +50%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $106.50 ↑ +74%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $106.50 ↑ +74%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $127.80 ↑ +109%
Healthcare Highways PPO $127.80 ↑ +109%
Verity HealthNet PPO $127.80 ↑ +109%
Aetna New Business $133.88 ↑ +119%
PPOplus Llc PPO $138.45 ↑ +127%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $138.45 ↑ +127%
Phcs PPO $149.10 ↑ +144%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $149.10 ↑ +144%
Multiplan PPO $149.10 ↑ +144%
Cigna PPO $155.17 ↑ +154%
Aetna PPO $157.51 ↑ +158%
Provider Select PPO $170.40 ↑ +179%
Health Management Network PPO $170.40 ↑ +179%
HealthSmart PPO $170.40 ↑ +179%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $181.05 ↑ +196%
First Health PPO $181.05 ↑ +196%

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