Destruction 2-14 lesions 17003 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

$277.16

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.

$1,066.00

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.

$71.40 with Humana vs $4,020.00 with Five Point Credit Union — 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 Healthy Horizons KM $71.40 ↓ -74%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $71.40 ↓ -74%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $71.40 ↓ -74%
Aetna MM $71.40 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare KM $71.40 ↓ -74%
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $71.40 ↓ -74%
Aetna KM $77.35 ↓ -72%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $89.25 ↓ -68%
Christus Health HIX $124.95 ↓ -55%
Humana Choicecare $147.00 ↓ -47%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $297.50 ↑ +7%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $297.50 ↑ +7%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $297.50 ↑ +7%
Aetna New Business $345.10 ↑ +25%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $357.00 ↑ +29%
Cigna PPO $357.00 ↑ +29%
Healthcare Highways PPO $357.00 ↑ +29%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $357.00 ↑ +29%
Verity HealthNet PPO $357.00 ↑ +29%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $386.75 ↑ +40%
PPOplus Llc PPO $386.75 ↑ +40%
Aetna PPO $404.60 ↑ +46%
Phcs PPO $416.50 ↑ +50%
Multiplan PPO $416.50 ↑ +50%
HealthSmart PPO $476.00 ↑ +72%
Provider Select PPO $476.00 ↑ +72%
Health Management Network PPO $476.00 ↑ +72%
First Health PPO $505.75 ↑ +82%
Triwest VA MM $505.75 ↑ +82%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $505.75 ↑ +82%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $595.00 ↑ +115%
United Healthcare All Payer $857.00 ↑ +209%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $4,020.00 ↑ +1350%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital Lake Charles not published $146.00 – $146.00
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