Ghs sensitivity (per antimicro) 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

$61.10

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.

$235.00

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.

$7.33 with Humana vs $191.25 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 $7.33 ↓ -88%
Triwest VA MM $7.33 ↓ -88%
Humana Gold Choice MM $7.33 ↓ -88%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $7.48 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare All Payer $7.48 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare KM $7.48 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $7.48 ↓ -88%
Aetna MM $7.48 ↓ -88%
Coventry First Health MM $7.48 ↓ -88%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. Gold Plus MM $7.48 ↓ -88%
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $7.48 ↓ -88%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $7.48 ↓ -88%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $7.48 ↓ -88%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $7.48 ↓ -88%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $7.55 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare MM $7.63 ↓ -88%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $7.63 ↓ -88%
Dignity Health MM $7.70 ↓ -87%
Peoples Health MM $7.70 ↓ -87%
Aetna KM $7.85 ↓ -87%
Wellcare MM $7.85 ↓ -87%
AllyAlign Health MM $8.23 ↓ -87%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $8.23 ↓ -87%
Christus Health HIX $10.47 ↓ -83%
Active Med PPO $13.09 ↓ -79%
Humana Choicecare $23.37 ↓ -62%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $24.81 ↓ -59%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $24.81 ↓ -59%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $24.81 ↓ -59%
Aetna New Business $39.34 ↓ -36%
Cigna PPO $41.61 ↓ -32%
Aetna PPO $46.28 ↓ -24%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $112.50 ↑ +84%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $112.50 ↑ +84%
Healthcare Highways PPO $135.00 ↑ +121%
Verity HealthNet PPO $135.00 ↑ +121%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $135.00 ↑ +121%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $146.25 ↑ +139%
PPOplus Llc PPO $146.25 ↑ +139%
Multiplan PPO $157.50 ↑ +158%
Phcs PPO $157.50 ↑ +158%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $157.50 ↑ +158%
Health Management Network PPO $180.00 ↑ +195%
Provider Select PPO $180.00 ↑ +195%
HealthSmart PPO $180.00 ↑ +195%
First Health PPO $191.25 ↑ +213%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $191.25 ↑ +213%

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Ghs sensitivity (per antimicro) at other Louisiana hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital Lake Charles not published $7.33 – $39.54
CHRISTUS Shreveport-Bossier Health System-Highland Shreveport not published $7.33 – $42.03
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital Lake Charles not published $7.33 – $40.33

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