Endoscpy nsl/sns w/cntrl nsl hmrrgh 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

$1,421.42

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.

$5,467.00

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.

$360.84 with Louisiana Healthcare Connections vs $4,646.95 with First Health — 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 $360.84 ↓ -75%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $360.84 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare KM $360.84 ↓ -75%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $364.45 ↓ -74%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $368.06 ↓ -74%
Aetna KM $378.88 ↓ -73%
Humana Choicecare $1,307.00 ↓ -8%
Aetna New Business $1,372.00 ↓ -3%
Humana Gold Choice MM $1,607.54 ↑ +13%
Triwest VA MM $1,607.54 ↑ +13%
Humana Gold Plus MM $1,607.54 ↑ +13%
Aetna PPO $1,614.00 ↑ +14%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $1,640.35 ↑ +15%
Active Med PPO $1,640.35 ↑ +15%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. Gold Plus MM $1,640.35 ↑ +15%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $1,640.35 ↑ +15%
Aetna MM $1,640.35 ↑ +15%
Coventry First Health MM $1,640.35 ↑ +15%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $1,640.35 ↑ +15%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $1,640.35 ↑ +15%
United Healthcare MM $1,673.16 ↑ +18%
Peoples Health MM $1,689.56 ↑ +19%
Dignity Health MM $1,689.56 ↑ +19%
Wellcare MM $1,722.37 ↑ +21%
AllyAlign Health MM $1,804.39 ↑ +27%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $1,804.39 ↑ +27%
Christus Health HIX $2,296.49 ↑ +62%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $2,733.50 ↑ +92%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $2,733.50 ↑ +92%
United Healthcare All Payer $3,081.00 ↑ +117%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $3,280.20 ↑ +131%
Verity HealthNet PPO $3,280.20 ↑ +131%
Healthcare Highways PPO $3,280.20 ↑ +131%
Cigna PPO $3,280.20 ↑ +131%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $3,553.55 ↑ +150%
PPOplus Llc PPO $3,553.55 ↑ +150%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $3,627.70 ↑ +155%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $3,627.70 ↑ +155%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $3,627.70 ↑ +155%
Multiplan PPO $3,826.90 ↑ +169%
Phcs PPO $3,826.90 ↑ +169%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $4,020.00 ↑ +183%
Provider Select PPO $4,373.60 ↑ +208%
HealthSmart PPO $4,373.60 ↑ +208%
Health Management Network PPO $4,373.60 ↑ +208%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $4,646.95 ↑ +227%
First Health PPO $4,646.95 ↑ +227%

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Endoscpy nsl/sns w/cntrl nsl hmrrgh at other Louisiana hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHRISTUS Louisiana Surgical Hospital Alexandria not published $360.84 – $3,854.82
CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital Lake Charles not published $360.84 – $2,823.64
CHRISTUS Shreveport-Bossier Health System-Highland Shreveport not published $360.84 – $2,421.37
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital Lake Charles not published $360.84 – $2,780.22

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