Colonoscopy thru stoma spx 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

$2,064.92

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.

$7,942.00

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.

$50.00 with Louisiana Healthcare Connections vs $6,750.70 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 $50.00 ↓ -98%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $360.84 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare KM $360.84 ↓ -83%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $364.45 ↓ -82%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $368.06 ↓ -82%
Aetna KM $378.88 ↓ -82%
Humana Gold Choice MM $849.90 ↓ -59%
Triwest VA MM $849.90 ↓ -59%
Humana Gold Plus MM $849.90 ↓ -59%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $867.24 ↓ -58%
Active Med PPO $867.24 ↓ -58%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. Gold Plus MM $867.24 ↓ -58%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $867.24 ↓ -58%
Aetna MM $867.24 ↓ -58%
Coventry First Health MM $867.24 ↓ -58%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $867.24 ↓ -58%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $867.24 ↓ -58%
United Healthcare MM $884.58 ↓ -57%
Dignity Health MM $893.26 ↓ -57%
Peoples Health MM $893.26 ↓ -57%
Wellcare MM $910.60 ↓ -56%
AllyAlign Health MM $953.96 ↓ -54%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $953.96 ↓ -54%
Christus Health HIX $1,214.14 ↓ -41%
Aetna New Business $1,230.00 ↓ -40%
Aetna PPO $1,447.00 ↓ -30%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $2,069.95 ↑ +0%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $2,069.95 ↑ +0%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $2,069.95 ↑ +0%
United Healthcare All Payer $3,081.00 ↑ +49%
Humana Choicecare $3,573.00 ↑ +73%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $3,971.00 ↑ +92%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $3,971.00 ↑ +92%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $4,650.00 ↑ +125%
Verity HealthNet PPO $4,765.20 ↑ +131%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $4,765.20 ↑ +131%
Healthcare Highways PPO $4,765.20 ↑ +131%
Cigna PPO $5,010.00 ↑ +143%
PPOplus Llc PPO $5,162.30 ↑ +150%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $5,162.30 ↑ +150%
Multiplan PPO $5,559.40 ↑ +169%
Phcs PPO $5,559.40 ↑ +169%
Health Management Network PPO $6,353.60 ↑ +208%
HealthSmart PPO $6,353.60 ↑ +208%
Provider Select PPO $6,353.60 ↑ +208%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $6,750.70 ↑ +227%
First Health PPO $6,750.70 ↑ +227%

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