Cortisol total am 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

$92.56

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.

$356.00

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.

$15.97 with Humana vs $152.15 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
Humana Gold Plus MM $15.97 ↓ -83%
Triwest VA MM $15.97 ↓ -83%
Humana Gold Choice MM $15.97 ↓ -83%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $16.30 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare All Payer $16.30 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare KM $16.30 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $16.30 ↓ -82%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. Gold Plus MM $16.30 ↓ -82%
Aetna MM $16.30 ↓ -82%
Coventry First Health MM $16.30 ↓ -82%
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $16.30 ↓ -82%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $16.30 ↓ -82%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $16.30 ↓ -82%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $16.30 ↓ -82%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $16.46 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare MM $16.63 ↓ -82%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $16.63 ↓ -82%
Peoples Health MM $16.79 ↓ -82%
Dignity Health MM $16.79 ↓ -82%
Wellcare MM $17.12 ↓ -82%
Aetna KM $17.12 ↓ -82%
AllyAlign Health MM $17.93 ↓ -81%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $17.93 ↓ -81%
Christus Health HIX $22.82 ↓ -75%
Active Med PPO $28.53 ↓ -69%
Humana Choicecare $55.23 ↓ -40%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $58.66 ↓ -37%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $58.66 ↓ -37%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $58.66 ↓ -37%
Aetna New Business $85.75 ↓ -7%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $89.50 ↓ -3%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $89.50 ↓ -3%
Cigna PPO $99.16 ↑ +7%
Aetna PPO $100.88 ↑ +9%
Healthcare Highways PPO $107.40 ↑ +16%
Verity HealthNet PPO $107.40 ↑ +16%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $107.40 ↑ +16%
PPOplus Llc PPO $116.35 ↑ +26%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $116.35 ↑ +26%
Multiplan PPO $125.30 ↑ +35%
Phcs PPO $125.30 ↑ +35%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $125.30 ↑ +35%
Health Management Network PPO $143.20 ↑ +55%
HealthSmart PPO $143.20 ↑ +55%
Provider Select PPO $143.20 ↑ +55%
First Health PPO $152.15 ↑ +64%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $152.15 ↑ +64%

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