Hdr rdncl ntrstl/icav brchtx 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

$1,119.56

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.

$4,306.00

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.

$516.72 with Healthy Blue Louisiana vs $3,957.00 with United Healthcare — 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
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $516.72 ↓ -54%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $516.72 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare KM $516.72 ↓ -54%
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $516.72 ↓ -54%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $516.72 ↓ -54%
Aetna KM $559.78 ↓ -50%
Triwest VA MM $646.77 ↓ -42%
Humana Gold Choice MM $646.77 ↓ -42%
Humana Gold Plus MM $646.77 ↓ -42%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $659.97 ↓ -41%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $659.97 ↓ -41%
Active Med PPO $659.97 ↓ -41%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. Gold Plus MM $659.97 ↓ -41%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $659.97 ↓ -41%
Aetna MM $659.97 ↓ -41%
Coventry First Health MM $659.97 ↓ -41%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $659.97 ↓ -41%
United Healthcare MM $673.17 ↓ -40%
Peoples Health MM $679.77 ↓ -39%
Dignity Health MM $679.77 ↓ -39%
Wellcare MM $692.97 ↓ -38%
AllyAlign Health MM $725.97 ↓ -35%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $725.97 ↓ -35%
Christus Health HIX $923.96 ↓ -17%
Humana Choicecare $1,417.34 ↑ +27%
Cigna PPO $1,817.95 ↑ +62%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $2,081.99 ↑ +86%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $2,081.99 ↑ +86%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $2,081.99 ↑ +86%
Aetna New Business $2,140.56 ↑ +91%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $2,153.00 ↑ +92%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $2,153.00 ↑ +92%
Aetna PPO $2,518.31 ↑ +125%
Verity HealthNet PPO $2,583.60 ↑ +131%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $2,583.60 ↑ +131%
Healthcare Highways PPO $2,583.60 ↑ +131%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $2,798.90 ↑ +150%
PPOplus Llc PPO $2,798.90 ↑ +150%
Phcs PPO $3,014.20 ↑ +169%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $3,014.20 ↑ +169%
Multiplan PPO $3,014.20 ↑ +169%
HealthSmart PPO $3,444.80 ↑ +208%
Provider Select PPO $3,444.80 ↑ +208%
Health Management Network PPO $3,444.80 ↑ +208%
First Health PPO $3,660.10 ↑ +227%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $3,660.10 ↑ +227%
United Healthcare All Payer $3,957.00 ↑ +253%

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