Hemoglobin fetal qualitative 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

$14.04

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.

$54.00

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.

$7.67 with Louisiana Healthcare Connections vs $49.50 with Aetna — 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 $7.67 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare KM $7.67 ↓ -45%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $7.67 ↓ -45%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $7.75 ↓ -45%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $7.82 ↓ -44%
Triwest VA MM $7.84 ↓ -44%
Humana Gold Choice MM $7.84 ↓ -44%
Humana Gold Plus MM $7.84 ↓ -44%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $8.00 ↓ -43%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $8.00 ↓ -43%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. Gold Plus MM $8.00 ↓ -43%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $8.00 ↓ -43%
Coventry First Health MM $8.00 ↓ -43%
United Healthcare All Payer $8.00 ↓ -43%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $8.00 ↓ -43%
Aetna MM $8.00 ↓ -43%
Aetna KM $8.05 ↓ -43%
United Healthcare MM $8.16 ↓ -42%
Peoples Health MM $8.24 ↓ -41%
Dignity Health MM $8.24 ↓ -41%
Wellcare MM $8.40 ↓ -40%
AllyAlign Health MM $8.80 ↓ -37%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $8.80 ↓ -37%
Christus Health HIX $11.20 ↓ -20%
Active Med PPO $14.00 ↓ -0%
Humana Choicecare $20.20 ↑ +44%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $23.32 ↑ +66%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $23.32 ↑ +66%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $23.32 ↑ +66%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $27.00 ↑ +92%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $27.00 ↑ +92%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $32.40 ↑ +131%
Healthcare Highways PPO $32.40 ↑ +131%
Verity HealthNet PPO $32.40 ↑ +131%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $35.10 ↑ +150%
PPOplus Llc PPO $35.10 ↑ +150%
Cigna PPO $36.79 ↑ +162%
Phcs PPO $37.80 ↑ +169%
Multiplan PPO $37.80 ↑ +169%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $37.80 ↑ +169%
Aetna New Business $42.08 ↑ +200%
HealthSmart PPO $43.20 ↑ +208%
Provider Select PPO $43.20 ↑ +208%
Health Management Network PPO $43.20 ↑ +208%
First Health PPO $45.90 ↑ +227%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $45.90 ↑ +227%
Aetna PPO $49.50 ↑ +253%

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Hemoglobin fetal qualitative at other Louisiana hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHRISTUS Louisiana Surgical Hospital Alexandria not published $4.00 – $18.80
CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital Lake Charles not published $7.67 – $34.96
CHRISTUS Shreveport-Bossier Health System-Highland Shreveport not published $7.67 – $37.17
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital Lake Charles not published $7.67 – $35.66

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