Counseling smoke cess interm >10mins 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

$22.10

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.

$85.00

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.

$4.80 with Louisiana Healthcare Connections vs $88.69 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
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $4.80 ↓ -78%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $4.80 ↓ -78%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $4.80 ↓ -78%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $4.80 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare KM $4.80 ↓ -78%
Aetna KM $5.20 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare All Payer $9.60 ↓ -57%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $20.00 ↓ -10%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $20.00 ↓ -10%
Cigna PPO $23.60 ↑ +7%
Healthcare Highways PPO $24.00 ↑ +9%
Verity HealthNet PPO $24.00 ↑ +9%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $24.00 ↑ +9%
Aetna New Business $24.40 ↑ +10%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $26.00 ↑ +18%
PPOplus Llc PPO $26.00 ↑ +18%
Triwest VA MM $27.77 ↑ +26%
Humana Gold Choice MM $27.77 ↑ +26%
Humana Gold Plus MM $27.77 ↑ +26%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $28.00 ↑ +27%
Multiplan PPO $28.00 ↑ +27%
Phcs PPO $28.00 ↑ +27%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. Gold Plus MM $28.34 ↑ +28%
Coventry First Health MM $28.34 ↑ +28%
Aetna MM $28.34 ↑ +28%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $28.34 ↑ +28%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $28.34 ↑ +28%
Active Med PPO $28.34 ↑ +28%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $28.34 ↑ +28%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $28.34 ↑ +28%
Aetna PPO $28.80 ↑ +30%
United Healthcare MM $28.91 ↑ +31%
Peoples Health MM $29.19 ↑ +32%
Dignity Health MM $29.19 ↑ +32%
Wellcare MM $29.76 ↑ +35%
AllyAlign Health MM $31.17 ↑ +41%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $31.17 ↑ +41%
Health Management Network PPO $32.00 ↑ +45%
Provider Select PPO $32.00 ↑ +45%
HealthSmart PPO $32.00 ↑ +45%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $34.00 ↑ +54%
First Health PPO $34.00 ↑ +54%
Christus Health HIX $39.68 ↑ +80%
Humana Choicecare $67.78 ↑ +207%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $88.69 ↑ +301%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $88.69 ↑ +301%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $88.69 ↑ +301%

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