Epstein barr nuclear antigen antibody 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

$27.56

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.

$106.00

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.

$14.98 with Triwest vs $94.64 with Aetna — 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
Triwest VA MM $14.98 ↓ -46%
Humana Gold Plus MM $14.98 ↓ -46%
Humana Gold Choice MM $14.98 ↓ -46%
United Healthcare All Payer $15.29 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare KM $15.29 ↓ -45%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $15.29 ↓ -45%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $15.29 ↓ -45%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $15.29 ↓ -45%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. Gold Plus MM $15.29 ↓ -45%
Aetna MM $15.29 ↓ -45%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $15.29 ↓ -45%
Coventry First Health MM $15.29 ↓ -45%
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $15.29 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $15.29 ↓ -45%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $15.44 ↓ -44%
United Healthcare MM $15.60 ↓ -43%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $15.60 ↓ -43%
Peoples Health MM $15.75 ↓ -43%
Dignity Health MM $15.75 ↓ -43%
Wellcare MM $16.05 ↓ -42%
Aetna KM $16.05 ↓ -42%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $16.82 ↓ -39%
AllyAlign Health MM $16.82 ↓ -39%
Christus Health HIX $21.41 ↓ -22%
Active Med PPO $26.76 ↓ -3%
Humana Choicecare $51.82 ↑ +88%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $53.00 ↑ +92%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $53.00 ↑ +92%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $55.04 ↑ +100%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $55.04 ↑ +100%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $55.04 ↑ +100%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $63.60 ↑ +131%
Verity HealthNet PPO $63.60 ↑ +131%
Healthcare Highways PPO $63.60 ↑ +131%
PPOplus Llc PPO $68.90 ↑ +150%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $68.90 ↑ +150%
Phcs PPO $74.20 ↑ +169%
Multiplan PPO $74.20 ↑ +169%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $74.20 ↑ +169%
Aetna New Business $80.44 ↑ +192%
Health Management Network PPO $84.80 ↑ +208%
HealthSmart PPO $84.80 ↑ +208%
Provider Select PPO $84.80 ↑ +208%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $90.10 ↑ +227%
First Health PPO $90.10 ↑ +227%
Cigna PPO $92.76 ↑ +237%
Aetna PPO $94.64 ↑ +243%

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