Compatibility test each unit antiglobulin technique 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

$94.90

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.

$365.00

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.

$48.94 with United Healthcare vs $376.62 with Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana — 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 $48.94 ↓ -48%
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $48.94 ↓ -48%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $48.94 ↓ -48%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $49.43 ↓ -48%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $49.92 ↓ -47%
Aetna KM $51.39 ↓ -46%
Humana Choicecare $84.82 ↓ -11%
United Healthcare All Payer $143.50 ↑ +51%
Triwest VA MM $159.74 ↑ +68%
Humana Gold Choice MM $159.74 ↑ +68%
Humana Gold Plus MM $159.74 ↑ +68%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $163.00 ↑ +72%
Active Med PPO $163.00 ↑ +72%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $163.00 ↑ +72%
Aetna MM $163.00 ↑ +72%
Coventry First Health MM $163.00 ↑ +72%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. Gold Plus MM $163.00 ↑ +72%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $163.00 ↑ +72%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $163.00 ↑ +72%
Cigna PPO $164.75 ↑ +74%
United Healthcare MM $166.26 ↑ +75%
Peoples Health MM $167.89 ↑ +77%
Dignity Health MM $167.89 ↑ +77%
Wellcare MM $171.15 ↑ +80%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $177.50 ↑ +87%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $177.50 ↑ +87%
AllyAlign Health MM $179.30 ↑ +89%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $179.30 ↑ +89%
Aetna New Business $180.20 ↑ +90%
Aetna PPO $212.00 ↑ +123%
Healthcare Highways PPO $213.00 ↑ +124%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $213.00 ↑ +124%
Verity HealthNet PPO $213.00 ↑ +124%
Christus Health HIX $228.20 ↑ +140%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $230.75 ↑ +143%
PPOplus Llc PPO $230.75 ↑ +143%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $248.50 ↑ +162%
Multiplan PPO $248.50 ↑ +162%
Phcs PPO $248.50 ↑ +162%
Health Management Network PPO $284.00 ↑ +199%
HealthSmart PPO $284.00 ↑ +199%
Provider Select PPO $284.00 ↑ +199%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $301.75 ↑ +218%
First Health PPO $301.75 ↑ +218%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $376.62 ↑ +297%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $376.62 ↑ +297%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $376.62 ↑ +297%

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