Cytomegalovirus (cmv) antibody igm 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

$41.60

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.

$160.00

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.

$16.51 with Humana vs $136.00 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 $16.51 ↓ -60%
Triwest VA MM $16.51 ↓ -60%
Humana Gold Choice MM $16.51 ↓ -60%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $16.85 ↓ -59%
United Healthcare All Payer $16.85 ↓ -59%
United Healthcare KM $16.85 ↓ -59%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $16.85 ↓ -59%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. Gold Plus MM $16.85 ↓ -59%
Aetna MM $16.85 ↓ -59%
Coventry First Health MM $16.85 ↓ -59%
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $16.85 ↓ -59%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $16.85 ↓ -59%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $16.85 ↓ -59%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $16.85 ↓ -59%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $17.02 ↓ -59%
United Healthcare MM $17.19 ↓ -59%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $17.19 ↓ -59%
Peoples Health MM $17.36 ↓ -58%
Dignity Health MM $17.36 ↓ -58%
Aetna KM $17.69 ↓ -57%
Wellcare MM $17.69 ↓ -57%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $18.54 ↓ -55%
AllyAlign Health MM $18.54 ↓ -55%
Christus Health HIX $23.59 ↓ -43%
Humana Choicecare $27.71 ↓ -33%
Active Med PPO $29.49 ↓ -29%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $60.64 ↑ +46%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $60.64 ↑ +46%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $60.64 ↑ +46%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $80.00 ↑ +92%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $80.00 ↑ +92%
Aetna New Business $88.62 ↑ +113%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $96.00 ↑ +131%
Healthcare Highways PPO $96.00 ↑ +131%
Verity HealthNet PPO $96.00 ↑ +131%
Cigna PPO $102.39 ↑ +146%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $104.00 ↑ +150%
PPOplus Llc PPO $104.00 ↑ +150%
Aetna PPO $104.26 ↑ +151%
Phcs PPO $112.00 ↑ +169%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $112.00 ↑ +169%
Multiplan PPO $112.00 ↑ +169%
HealthSmart PPO $128.00 ↑ +208%
Provider Select PPO $128.00 ↑ +208%
Health Management Network PPO $128.00 ↑ +208%
First Health PPO $136.00 ↑ +227%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $136.00 ↑ +227%

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