Ghs nerve block celiac plexus 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

$1,070.16

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.

$4,116.00

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.

$360.84 with United Healthcare vs $5,010.00 with Cigna — 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 $360.84 ↓ -66%
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $360.84 ↓ -66%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $360.84 ↓ -66%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $364.45 ↓ -66%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $368.06 ↓ -66%
Aetna KM $378.88 ↓ -65%
Humana Gold Plus MM $829.92 ↓ -22%
Humana Gold Choice MM $829.92 ↓ -22%
Triwest VA MM $829.92 ↓ -22%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $846.86 ↓ -21%
Coventry First Health MM $846.86 ↓ -21%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. Gold Plus MM $846.86 ↓ -21%
Aetna MM $846.86 ↓ -21%
Active Med PPO $846.86 ↓ -21%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $846.86 ↓ -21%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $846.86 ↓ -21%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $846.86 ↓ -21%
United Healthcare MM $863.80 ↓ -19%
Peoples Health MM $872.27 ↓ -18%
Dignity Health MM $872.27 ↓ -18%
Wellcare MM $889.20 ↓ -17%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $931.55 ↓ -13%
AllyAlign Health MM $931.55 ↓ -13%
Christus Health HIX $1,185.60 ↑ +11%
Aetna New Business $1,230.00 ↑ +15%
Humana Choicecare $1,307.00 ↑ +22%
Aetna PPO $1,447.00 ↑ +35%
United Healthcare All Payer $1,597.00 ↑ +49%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $1,959.74 ↑ +83%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $1,959.74 ↑ +83%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $1,959.74 ↑ +83%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $2,058.00 ↑ +92%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $2,058.00 ↑ +92%
Verity HealthNet PPO $2,469.60 ↑ +131%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $2,469.60 ↑ +131%
Healthcare Highways PPO $2,469.60 ↑ +131%
PPOplus Llc PPO $2,675.40 ↑ +150%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $2,675.40 ↑ +150%
Multiplan PPO $2,881.20 ↑ +169%
Phcs PPO $2,881.20 ↑ +169%
Health Management Network PPO $3,292.80 ↑ +208%
Provider Select PPO $3,292.80 ↑ +208%
HealthSmart PPO $3,292.80 ↑ +208%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $3,498.60 ↑ +227%
First Health PPO $3,498.60 ↑ +227%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $4,020.00 ↑ +276%
Cigna PPO $5,010.00 ↑ +368%

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Ghs nerve block celiac plexus at other Louisiana hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHRISTUS Louisiana Surgical Hospital Alexandria not published $360.84 – $1,990.12
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital Lake Charles not published $360.84 – $1,501.92

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