Debride skin bone at fx site 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

$1,224.08

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.

$4,708.00

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.

$483.29 with Louisiana Healthcare Connections vs $6,695.00 with Cigna — 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 $483.29 ↓ -61%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $483.29 ↓ -61%
United Healthcare KM $483.29 ↓ -61%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $488.12 ↓ -60%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $492.96 ↓ -60%
Aetna KM $507.45 ↓ -59%
Humana Choicecare $988.00 ↓ -19%
Aetna New Business $1,372.00 ↑ +12%
United Healthcare All Payer $1,597.00 ↑ +30%
Aetna PPO $1,614.00 ↑ +32%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $2,354.00 ↑ +92%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $2,354.00 ↑ +92%
Humana Gold Plus MM $2,667.99 ↑ +118%
Humana Gold Choice MM $2,667.99 ↑ +118%
Triwest VA MM $2,667.99 ↑ +118%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $2,722.44 ↑ +122%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $2,722.44 ↑ +122%
Aetna MM $2,722.44 ↑ +122%
Coventry First Health MM $2,722.44 ↑ +122%
Active Med PPO $2,722.44 ↑ +122%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. Gold Plus MM $2,722.44 ↑ +122%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $2,722.44 ↑ +122%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $2,722.44 ↑ +122%
United Healthcare MM $2,776.89 ↑ +127%
Dignity Health MM $2,804.11 ↑ +129%
Peoples Health MM $2,804.11 ↑ +129%
Verity HealthNet PPO $2,824.80 ↑ +131%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $2,824.80 ↑ +131%
Healthcare Highways PPO $2,824.80 ↑ +131%
Wellcare MM $2,858.56 ↑ +134%
AllyAlign Health MM $2,994.68 ↑ +145%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $2,994.68 ↑ +145%
PPOplus Llc PPO $3,060.20 ↑ +150%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $3,060.20 ↑ +150%
Multiplan PPO $3,295.60 ↑ +169%
Phcs PPO $3,295.60 ↑ +169%
Provider Select PPO $3,766.40 ↑ +208%
Health Management Network PPO $3,766.40 ↑ +208%
HealthSmart PPO $3,766.40 ↑ +208%
Christus Health HIX $3,811.42 ↑ +211%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $4,001.80 ↑ +227%
First Health PPO $4,001.80 ↑ +227%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $4,020.00 ↑ +228%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $5,761.44 ↑ +371%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $5,761.44 ↑ +371%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $5,761.44 ↑ +371%
Cigna PPO $6,695.00 ↑ +447%

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Debride skin bone at fx site at other Louisiana hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHRISTUS Louisiana Surgical Hospital Alexandria not published $483.29 – $6,397.73
CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital Lake Charles not published $483.29 – $4,484.45
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital Lake Charles not published $483.29 – $4,415.49

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