Immunoassay tumor antigen quantitative ca 125 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

$38.48

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.

$148.00

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.

$20.39 with Triwest vs $128.75 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
Triwest VA MM $20.39 ↓ -47%
Humana Gold Plus MM $20.39 ↓ -47%
Humana Gold Choice MM $20.39 ↓ -47%
United Healthcare All Payer $20.81 ↓ -46%
United Healthcare KM $20.81 ↓ -46%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $20.81 ↓ -46%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $20.81 ↓ -46%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $20.81 ↓ -46%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. Gold Plus MM $20.81 ↓ -46%
Aetna MM $20.81 ↓ -46%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $20.81 ↓ -46%
Coventry First Health MM $20.81 ↓ -46%
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $20.81 ↓ -46%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $20.81 ↓ -46%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $21.02 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare MM $21.23 ↓ -45%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $21.23 ↓ -45%
Peoples Health MM $21.43 ↓ -44%
Dignity Health MM $21.43 ↓ -44%
Wellcare MM $21.85 ↓ -43%
Aetna KM $21.85 ↓ -43%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $22.89 ↓ -41%
AllyAlign Health MM $22.89 ↓ -41%
Christus Health HIX $29.13 ↓ -24%
Active Med PPO $36.42 ↓ -5%
Humana Choicecare $70.52 ↑ +83%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $74.00 ↑ +92%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $74.00 ↑ +92%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $74.93 ↑ +95%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $74.93 ↑ +95%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $74.93 ↑ +95%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $88.80 ↑ +131%
Verity HealthNet PPO $88.80 ↑ +131%
Healthcare Highways PPO $88.80 ↑ +131%
PPOplus Llc PPO $96.20 ↑ +150%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $96.20 ↑ +150%
Phcs PPO $103.60 ↑ +169%
Multiplan PPO $103.60 ↑ +169%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $103.60 ↑ +169%
Aetna New Business $109.44 ↑ +184%
Health Management Network PPO $118.40 ↑ +208%
HealthSmart PPO $118.40 ↑ +208%
Provider Select PPO $118.40 ↑ +208%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $125.80 ↑ +227%
First Health PPO $125.80 ↑ +227%
Cigna PPO $127.96 ↑ +233%
Aetna PPO $128.75 ↑ +235%

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