Chemotx admn pertl cav impl 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

$509.08

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.

$1,958.00

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.

$234.96 with United Healthcare vs $1,664.30 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
United Healthcare KM $234.96 ↓ -54%
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $234.96 ↓ -54%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $234.96 ↓ -54%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $234.96 ↓ -54%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $234.96 ↓ -54%
Aetna KM $254.54 ↓ -50%
Triwest VA MM $309.20 ↓ -39%
Humana Gold Plus MM $309.20 ↓ -39%
Humana Gold Choice MM $309.20 ↓ -39%
Aetna MM $315.51 ↓ -38%
Active Med PPO $315.51 ↓ -38%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $315.51 ↓ -38%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $315.51 ↓ -38%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. Gold Plus MM $315.51 ↓ -38%
Coventry First Health MM $315.51 ↓ -38%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $315.51 ↓ -38%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $315.51 ↓ -38%
United Healthcare MM $321.82 ↓ -37%
Peoples Health MM $324.98 ↓ -36%
Dignity Health MM $324.98 ↓ -36%
Wellcare MM $331.29 ↓ -35%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $347.06 ↓ -32%
AllyAlign Health MM $347.06 ↓ -32%
Christus Health HIX $441.71 ↓ -13%
Humana Choicecare $471.33 ↓ -7%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $867.57 ↑ +70%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $867.57 ↑ +70%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $867.57 ↑ +70%
United Healthcare All Payer $939.00 ↑ +84%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $979.00 ↑ +92%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $979.00 ↑ +92%
Cigna PPO $1,155.22 ↑ +127%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $1,174.80 ↑ +131%
Verity HealthNet PPO $1,174.80 ↑ +131%
Healthcare Highways PPO $1,174.80 ↑ +131%
Aetna New Business $1,194.38 ↑ +135%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $1,272.70 ↑ +150%
PPOplus Llc PPO $1,272.70 ↑ +150%
Phcs PPO $1,370.60 ↑ +169%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $1,370.60 ↑ +169%
Multiplan PPO $1,370.60 ↑ +169%
Aetna PPO $1,409.76 ↑ +177%
HealthSmart PPO $1,566.40 ↑ +208%
Provider Select PPO $1,566.40 ↑ +208%
Health Management Network PPO $1,566.40 ↑ +208%
First Health PPO $1,664.30 ↑ +227%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $1,664.30 ↑ +227%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHRISTUS Louisiana Surgical Hospital Alexandria not published $215.81 – $741.45
CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital Lake Charles not published $300.36 – $675.28
CHRISTUS Shreveport-Bossier Health System-Highland Shreveport not published $307.25 – $579.07
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital Lake Charles not published $295.45 – $664.89

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