Ghs HIV 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

$51.48

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.

$198.00

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.

$5.00 with Louisiana Healthcare Connections vs $134.30 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
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $5.00 ↓ -90%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $12.87 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare KM $12.87 ↓ -75%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $13.00 ↓ -75%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $13.13 ↓ -74%
Triwest VA MM $13.44 ↓ -74%
Humana Gold Plus MM $13.44 ↓ -74%
Humana Gold Choice MM $13.44 ↓ -74%
Aetna KM $13.51 ↓ -74%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $13.71 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare All Payer $13.71 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $13.71 ↓ -73%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. Gold Plus MM $13.71 ↓ -73%
Aetna MM $13.71 ↓ -73%
Coventry First Health MM $13.71 ↓ -73%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $13.71 ↓ -73%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $13.71 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare MM $13.98 ↓ -73%
Peoples Health MM $14.12 ↓ -73%
Dignity Health MM $14.12 ↓ -73%
Wellcare MM $14.40 ↓ -72%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $15.08 ↓ -71%
AllyAlign Health MM $15.08 ↓ -71%
Christus Health HIX $19.19 ↓ -63%
Active Med PPO $23.99 ↓ -53%
Humana Choicecare $46.44 ↓ -10%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $49.33 ↓ -4%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $49.33 ↓ -4%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $49.33 ↓ -4%
Aetna New Business $72.09 ↑ +40%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $79.00 ↑ +53%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $79.00 ↑ +53%
Cigna PPO $83.17 ↑ +62%
Aetna PPO $84.81 ↑ +65%
Healthcare Highways PPO $94.80 ↑ +84%
Verity HealthNet PPO $94.80 ↑ +84%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $94.80 ↑ +84%
PPOplus Llc PPO $102.70 ↑ +99%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $102.70 ↑ +99%
Multiplan PPO $110.60 ↑ +115%
Phcs PPO $110.60 ↑ +115%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $110.60 ↑ +115%
Health Management Network PPO $126.40 ↑ +146%
HealthSmart PPO $126.40 ↑ +146%
Provider Select PPO $126.40 ↑ +146%
First Health PPO $134.30 ↑ +161%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $134.30 ↑ +161%

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