Herpes simplex type 2 antibody igg 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

$44.20

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.

$170.00

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 $144.50 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 ↓ -89%
Triwest VA MM $18.96 ↓ -57%
Humana Gold Choice MM $18.96 ↓ -57%
Humana Gold Plus MM $18.96 ↓ -57%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $19.35 ↓ -56%
United Healthcare All Payer $19.35 ↓ -56%
United Healthcare KM $19.35 ↓ -56%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $19.35 ↓ -56%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. Gold Plus MM $19.35 ↓ -56%
Aetna MM $19.35 ↓ -56%
Coventry First Health MM $19.35 ↓ -56%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $19.35 ↓ -56%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $19.35 ↓ -56%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $19.35 ↓ -56%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $19.54 ↓ -56%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $19.74 ↓ -55%
United Healthcare MM $19.74 ↓ -55%
Dignity Health MM $19.93 ↓ -55%
Peoples Health MM $19.93 ↓ -55%
Wellcare MM $20.32 ↓ -54%
Aetna KM $20.32 ↓ -54%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $21.29 ↓ -52%
AllyAlign Health MM $21.29 ↓ -52%
Christus Health HIX $27.09 ↓ -39%
Active Med PPO $33.86 ↓ -23%
Humana Choicecare $65.58 ↑ +48%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $69.68 ↑ +58%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $69.68 ↑ +58%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $69.68 ↑ +58%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $85.00 ↑ +92%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $85.00 ↑ +92%
Aetna New Business $101.79 ↑ +130%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $102.00 ↑ +131%
Verity HealthNet PPO $102.00 ↑ +131%
Healthcare Highways PPO $102.00 ↑ +131%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $110.50 ↑ +150%
PPOplus Llc PPO $110.50 ↑ +150%
Cigna PPO $118.38 ↑ +168%
Phcs PPO $119.00 ↑ +169%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $119.00 ↑ +169%
Multiplan PPO $119.00 ↑ +169%
Aetna PPO $119.76 ↑ +171%
HealthSmart PPO $136.00 ↑ +208%
Provider Select PPO $136.00 ↑ +208%
Health Management Network PPO $136.00 ↑ +208%
First Health PPO $144.50 ↑ +227%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $144.50 ↑ +227%

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