Cltx scap fx w/mnpj +-tractj 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

$492.44

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.

$1,894.00

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.

$360.84 with United Healthcare vs $5,010.00 with Cigna — 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 $360.84 ↓ -27%
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $360.84 ↓ -27%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $360.84 ↓ -27%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $364.45 ↓ -26%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $368.06 ↓ -25%
Aetna KM $378.88 ↓ -23%
Humana Choicecare $407.00 ↓ -17%
United Healthcare All Payer $857.00 ↑ +74%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $947.00 ↑ +92%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $947.00 ↑ +92%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $1,136.40 ↑ +131%
Verity HealthNet PPO $1,136.40 ↑ +131%
Healthcare Highways PPO $1,136.40 ↑ +131%
Aetna New Business $1,230.00 ↑ +150%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $1,231.10 ↑ +150%
PPOplus Llc PPO $1,231.10 ↑ +150%
Phcs PPO $1,325.80 ↑ +169%
Multiplan PPO $1,325.80 ↑ +169%
Aetna PPO $1,447.00 ↑ +194%
Triwest VA MM $1,491.89 ↑ +203%
Humana Gold Plus MM $1,491.89 ↑ +203%
Humana Gold Choice MM $1,491.89 ↑ +203%
Provider Select PPO $1,515.20 ↑ +208%
HealthSmart PPO $1,515.20 ↑ +208%
Health Management Network PPO $1,515.20 ↑ +208%
Coventry First Health MM $1,522.34 ↑ +209%
Aetna MM $1,522.34 ↑ +209%
Active Med PPO $1,522.34 ↑ +209%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $1,522.34 ↑ +209%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $1,522.34 ↑ +209%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $1,522.34 ↑ +209%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $1,522.34 ↑ +209%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. Gold Plus MM $1,522.34 ↑ +209%
United Healthcare MM $1,552.79 ↑ +215%
Dignity Health MM $1,568.01 ↑ +218%
Peoples Health MM $1,568.01 ↑ +218%
Wellcare MM $1,598.46 ↑ +225%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $1,609.90 ↑ +227%
First Health PPO $1,609.90 ↑ +227%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $1,674.57 ↑ +240%
AllyAlign Health MM $1,674.57 ↑ +240%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $1,771.08 ↑ +260%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $1,771.08 ↑ +260%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $1,771.08 ↑ +260%
Christus Health HIX $2,131.28 ↑ +333%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $4,020.00 ↑ +716%
Cigna PPO $5,010.00 ↑ +917%

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Cltx scap fx w/mnpj +-tractj at other Louisiana hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHRISTUS Louisiana Surgical Hospital Alexandria not published $360.84 – $3,577.50
CHRISTUS Shreveport-Bossier Health System-Highland Shreveport not published $360.84 – $1,664.01
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital Lake Charles not published $360.84 – $1,600.10

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