Ghs histoplasma antigen 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

$110.24

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.

$424.00

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.

$12.99 with Humana vs $345.10 with Verity Healthnet National — 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
Humana Gold Plus MM $12.99 ↓ -88%
Triwest VA MM $12.99 ↓ -88%
Humana Gold Choice MM $12.99 ↓ -88%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $13.25 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare All Payer $13.25 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare KM $13.25 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $13.25 ↓ -88%
Aetna MM $13.25 ↓ -88%
Coventry First Health MM $13.25 ↓ -88%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. Gold Plus MM $13.25 ↓ -88%
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $13.25 ↓ -88%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $13.25 ↓ -88%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $13.25 ↓ -88%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $13.25 ↓ -88%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $13.38 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare MM $13.52 ↓ -88%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $13.52 ↓ -88%
Dignity Health MM $13.65 ↓ -88%
Peoples Health MM $13.65 ↓ -88%
Aetna KM $13.91 ↓ -87%
Wellcare MM $13.91 ↓ -87%
AllyAlign Health MM $14.58 ↓ -87%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $14.58 ↓ -87%
Christus Health HIX $18.55 ↓ -83%
Active Med PPO $23.19 ↓ -79%
Humana Choicecare $40.61 ↓ -63%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $43.15 ↓ -61%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $43.15 ↓ -61%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $43.15 ↓ -61%
Aetna New Business $69.70 ↓ -37%
Cigna PPO $73.59 ↓ -33%
Aetna PPO $82.00 ↓ -26%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $203.00 ↑ +84%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $203.00 ↑ +84%
Healthcare Highways PPO $243.60 ↑ +121%
Verity HealthNet PPO $243.60 ↑ +121%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $243.60 ↑ +121%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $263.90 ↑ +139%
PPOplus Llc PPO $263.90 ↑ +139%
Multiplan PPO $284.20 ↑ +158%
Phcs PPO $284.20 ↑ +158%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $284.20 ↑ +158%
Health Management Network PPO $324.80 ↑ +195%
Provider Select PPO $324.80 ↑ +195%
HealthSmart PPO $324.80 ↑ +195%
First Health PPO $345.10 ↑ +213%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $345.10 ↑ +213%

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