Ghs ed rmvl or bivalving cast 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

$135.46

Cash price

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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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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$521.00

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.

$62.52 with United Healthcare 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
United Healthcare KM $62.52 ↓ -54%
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $62.52 ↓ -54%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $62.52 ↓ -54%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $62.52 ↓ -54%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $62.52 ↓ -54%
Aetna KM $67.73 ↓ -50%
Humana Choicecare $147.00 ↑ +9%
Cigna PPO $169.00 ↑ +25%
Triwest VA MM $247.58 ↑ +83%
Humana Gold Choice MM $247.58 ↑ +83%
Humana Gold Plus MM $247.58 ↑ +83%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $252.63 ↑ +86%
Active Med PPO $252.63 ↑ +86%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $252.63 ↑ +86%
Aetna MM $252.63 ↑ +86%
Coventry First Health MM $252.63 ↑ +86%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. Gold Plus MM $252.63 ↑ +86%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $252.63 ↑ +86%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $252.63 ↑ +86%
United Healthcare MM $257.68 ↑ +90%
Peoples Health MM $260.21 ↑ +92%
Dignity Health MM $260.21 ↑ +92%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $260.50 ↑ +92%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $260.50 ↑ +92%
Wellcare MM $265.26 ↑ +96%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $277.89 ↑ +105%
AllyAlign Health MM $277.89 ↑ +105%
Verity HealthNet PPO $312.60 ↑ +131%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $312.60 ↑ +131%
Healthcare Highways PPO $312.60 ↑ +131%
Aetna New Business $317.81 ↑ +135%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $338.65 ↑ +150%
PPOplus Llc PPO $338.65 ↑ +150%
Christus Health HIX $353.68 ↑ +161%
Multiplan PPO $364.70 ↑ +169%
Phcs PPO $364.70 ↑ +169%
Aetna PPO $375.12 ↑ +177%
Provider Select PPO $416.80 ↑ +208%
HealthSmart PPO $416.80 ↑ +208%
Health Management Network PPO $416.80 ↑ +208%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $442.85 ↑ +227%
First Health PPO $442.85 ↑ +227%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $691.79 ↑ +411%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $691.79 ↑ +411%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $691.79 ↑ +411%
United Healthcare All Payer $857.00 ↑ +533%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $4,020.00 ↑ +2868%

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Ghs ed rmvl or bivalving cast at other Louisiana hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHRISTUS Louisiana Surgical Hospital Alexandria not published $60.67 – $593.68
CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital Lake Charles not published $146.00 – $538.46
CHRISTUS Shreveport-Bossier Health System-Highland Shreveport not published $151.00 – $461.75
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital Lake Charles not published $146.00 – $530.18

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