Critical Care (first 30 to 74 minutes) 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

$852.02

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.

$3,277.00

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.

$785.48 with Humana vs $6,550.00 with United Healthcare — 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 $785.48 ↓ -8%
Humana Gold Choice MM $785.48 ↓ -8%
Triwest VA MM $785.48 ↓ -8%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. Gold Plus MM $801.51 ↓ -6%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $801.51 ↓ -6%
Active Med PPO $801.51 ↓ -6%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $801.51 ↓ -6%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $801.51 ↓ -6%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $801.51 ↓ -6%
Coventry First Health MM $801.51 ↓ -6%
Aetna MM $801.51 ↓ -6%
United Healthcare MM $817.54 ↓ -4%
Peoples Health MM $825.56 ↓ -3%
Dignity Health MM $825.56 ↓ -3%
Wellcare MM $841.59 ↓ -1%
AllyAlign Health MM $881.66 ↑ +3%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $881.66 ↑ +3%
Christus Health HIX $1,122.11 ↑ +32%
Humana Choicecare $1,410.00 ↑ +65%
Cigna PPO $1,913.00 ↑ +125%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $2,138.90 ↑ +151%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $2,138.90 ↑ +151%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $2,138.90 ↑ +151%
Aetna New Business $2,501.00 ↑ +194%
Aetna PPO $2,942.00 ↑ +245%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $3,549.00 ↑ +317%
United Healthcare All Payer $6,550.00 ↑ +669%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO not published by hospital —
Multiplan PPO not published by hospital —
Phcs PPO not published by hospital —
PPOplus Llc PPO not published by hospital —
Provider Select PPO not published by hospital —
United Healthcare KM not published by hospital —
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM not published by hospital —
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO not published by hospital —
Verity HealthNet PPO not published by hospital —
Verity Healthnet National PPO not published by hospital —
Aetna KM not published by hospital —
First Health PPO not published by hospital —
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO not published by hospital —
Healthcare Highways PPO not published by hospital —
Health Management Network PPO not published by hospital —
HealthSmart Accel PPO not published by hospital —
HealthSmart PPO not published by hospital —
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM not published by hospital —
Humana Healthy Horizons KM not published by hospital —
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM not published by hospital —

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CHRISTUS Louisiana Surgical Hospital Alexandria not published $553.78 – $1,883.55
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