Close lac/mouth vest/2.5 cm or < 40830 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

$878.02

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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.

$3,377.00

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.

$169.00 with Cigna vs $4,020.00 with Five Point Credit Union — 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
Cigna PPO $169.00 ↓ -81%
Humana Gold Choice MM $216.47 ↓ -75%
Humana Gold Plus MM $216.47 ↓ -75%
Triwest VA MM $216.47 ↓ -75%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $220.89 ↓ -75%
Active Med PPO $220.89 ↓ -75%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $220.89 ↓ -75%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $220.89 ↓ -75%
Aetna MM $220.89 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $220.89 ↓ -75%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. Gold Plus MM $220.89 ↓ -75%
Coventry First Health MM $220.89 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare MM $225.31 ↓ -74%
Peoples Health MM $227.52 ↓ -74%
Dignity Health MM $227.52 ↓ -74%
Wellcare MM $231.93 ↓ -74%
AllyAlign Health MM $242.98 ↓ -72%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $242.98 ↓ -72%
Christus Health HIX $309.25 ↓ -65%
United Healthcare KM $360.84 ↓ -59%
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $360.84 ↓ -59%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $360.84 ↓ -59%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $364.45 ↓ -58%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $368.06 ↓ -58%
Aetna KM $378.88 ↓ -57%
Humana Choicecare $394.00 ↓ -55%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $520.42 ↓ -41%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $520.42 ↓ -41%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $520.42 ↓ -41%
United Healthcare All Payer $857.00 ↓ -2%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $1,688.50 ↑ +92%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $1,688.50 ↑ +92%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $2,026.20 ↑ +131%
Verity HealthNet PPO $2,026.20 ↑ +131%
Healthcare Highways PPO $2,026.20 ↑ +131%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $2,195.05 ↑ +150%
PPOplus Llc PPO $2,195.05 ↑ +150%
Multiplan PPO $2,363.90 ↑ +169%
Phcs PPO $2,363.90 ↑ +169%
Aetna New Business $2,636.00 ↑ +200%
Health Management Network PPO $2,701.60 ↑ +208%
Provider Select PPO $2,701.60 ↑ +208%
HealthSmart PPO $2,701.60 ↑ +208%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $2,870.45 ↑ +227%
First Health PPO $2,870.45 ↑ +227%
Aetna PPO $3,101.00 ↑ +253%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $4,020.00 ↑ +358%

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Close lac/mouth vest/2.5 cm or < 40830 at other Louisiana hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHRISTUS Louisiana Surgical Hospital Alexandria not published $152.82 – $519.09

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