Ep & ablate ventric tachy 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

$17,589.52

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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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$67,652.00

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.

$2,761.26 with Humana vs $57,504.20 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

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 Choicecare $2,761.26 ↓ -84%
Aetna New Business $2,887.00 ↓ -84%
Aetna PPO $3,397.00 ↓ -81%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $8,118.24 ↓ -54%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $8,118.24 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare KM $8,118.24 ↓ -54%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $8,118.24 ↓ -54%
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $8,118.24 ↓ -54%
Aetna KM $8,794.76 ↓ -50%
Humana Gold Choice MM $22,868.90 ↑ +30%
Triwest VA MM $22,868.90 ↑ +30%
Humana Gold Plus MM $22,868.90 ↑ +30%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $23,335.61 ↑ +33%
Active Med PPO $23,335.61 ↑ +33%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $23,335.61 ↑ +33%
Aetna MM $23,335.61 ↑ +33%
Coventry First Health MM $23,335.61 ↑ +33%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. Gold Plus MM $23,335.61 ↑ +33%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $23,335.61 ↑ +33%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $23,335.61 ↑ +33%
United Healthcare MM $23,802.32 ↑ +35%
Peoples Health MM $24,035.68 ↑ +37%
Dignity Health MM $24,035.68 ↑ +37%
Wellcare MM $24,502.39 ↑ +39%
United Healthcare All Payer $24,651.00 ↑ +40%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $25,669.17 ↑ +46%
AllyAlign Health MM $25,669.17 ↑ +46%
Christus Health HIX $32,669.85 ↑ +86%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $33,826.00 ↑ +92%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $33,826.00 ↑ +92%
Cigna PPO $39,914.68 ↑ +127%
Verity HealthNet PPO $40,591.20 ↑ +131%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $40,591.20 ↑ +131%
Healthcare Highways PPO $40,591.20 ↑ +131%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $43,973.80 ↑ +150%
PPOplus Llc PPO $43,973.80 ↑ +150%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $47,356.40 ↑ +169%
Phcs PPO $47,356.40 ↑ +169%
Multiplan PPO $47,356.40 ↑ +169%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $52,904.11 ↑ +201%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $52,904.11 ↑ +201%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $52,904.11 ↑ +201%
HealthSmart PPO $54,121.60 ↑ +208%
Health Management Network PPO $54,121.60 ↑ +208%
Provider Select PPO $54,121.60 ↑ +208%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $57,504.20 ↑ +227%
First Health PPO $57,504.20 ↑ +227%

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Ep & ablate ventric tachy at other Louisiana hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHRISTUS Louisiana Surgical Hospital Alexandria not published $14,378.25 – $54,838.68
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital Lake Charles not published $3,119.00 – $40,545.00

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