Ghs fish hybrid in situ 100-300 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

$69.68

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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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$268.00

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.

$50.17 with Triwest vs $316.78 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 $50.17 ↓ -28%
Humana Gold Plus MM $50.17 ↓ -28%
Humana Gold Choice MM $50.17 ↓ -28%
United Healthcare All Payer $51.19 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare KM $51.19 ↓ -27%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $51.19 ↓ -27%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $51.19 ↓ -27%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $51.19 ↓ -27%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. Gold Plus MM $51.19 ↓ -27%
Aetna MM $51.19 ↓ -27%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $51.19 ↓ -27%
Coventry First Health MM $51.19 ↓ -27%
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $51.19 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $51.19 ↓ -27%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $51.70 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare MM $52.21 ↓ -25%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $52.21 ↓ -25%
Peoples Health MM $52.73 ↓ -24%
Dignity Health MM $52.73 ↓ -24%
Wellcare MM $53.75 ↓ -23%
Aetna KM $53.75 ↓ -23%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $56.31 ↓ -19%
AllyAlign Health MM $56.31 ↓ -19%
Christus Health HIX $71.67 ↑ +3%
Active Med PPO $89.58 ↑ +29%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $134.00 ↑ +92%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $134.00 ↑ +92%
Humana Choicecare $136.07 ↑ +95%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $149.24 ↑ +114%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $149.24 ↑ +114%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $149.24 ↑ +114%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $160.80 ↑ +131%
Verity HealthNet PPO $160.80 ↑ +131%
Healthcare Highways PPO $160.80 ↑ +131%
PPOplus Llc PPO $174.20 ↑ +150%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $174.20 ↑ +150%
Multiplan PPO $187.60 ↑ +169%
Phcs PPO $187.60 ↑ +169%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $187.60 ↑ +169%
Health Management Network PPO $214.40 ↑ +208%
HealthSmart PPO $214.40 ↑ +208%
Provider Select PPO $214.40 ↑ +208%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $227.80 ↑ +227%
First Health PPO $227.80 ↑ +227%
Cigna PPO $246.34 ↑ +254%
Aetna New Business $269.27 ↑ +286%
Aetna PPO $316.78 ↑ +355%

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Ghs fish hybrid in situ 100-300 at other Louisiana hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHRISTUS Louisiana Surgical Hospital Alexandria not published $25.60 – $120.30
CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital Lake Charles not published $50.17 – $234.07
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital Lake Charles not published $50.17 – $238.75

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