Infectious agent antigen immunoassay ql/sq multi step legionella urine 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

$62.66

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.

$241.00

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.

$11.74 with Triwest vs $74.15 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 $11.74 ↓ -81%
Humana Gold Plus MM $11.74 ↓ -81%
Humana Gold Choice MM $11.74 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare All Payer $11.98 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare KM $11.98 ↓ -81%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $11.98 ↓ -81%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $11.98 ↓ -81%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $11.98 ↓ -81%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. Gold Plus MM $11.98 ↓ -81%
Aetna MM $11.98 ↓ -81%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $11.98 ↓ -81%
Coventry First Health MM $11.98 ↓ -81%
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $11.98 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $11.98 ↓ -81%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $12.10 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare MM $12.22 ↓ -80%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $12.22 ↓ -80%
Peoples Health MM $12.34 ↓ -80%
Dignity Health MM $12.34 ↓ -80%
Wellcare MM $12.58 ↓ -80%
Aetna KM $12.58 ↓ -80%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $13.18 ↓ -79%
AllyAlign Health MM $13.18 ↓ -79%
Christus Health HIX $16.77 ↓ -73%
Active Med PPO $20.97 ↓ -67%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $37.00 ↓ -41%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $37.00 ↓ -41%
Humana Choicecare $40.61 ↓ -35%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $43.15 ↓ -31%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $43.15 ↓ -31%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $43.15 ↓ -31%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $44.40 ↓ -29%
Verity HealthNet PPO $44.40 ↓ -29%
Healthcare Highways PPO $44.40 ↓ -29%
PPOplus Llc PPO $48.10 ↓ -23%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $48.10 ↓ -23%
Multiplan PPO $51.80 ↓ -17%
Phcs PPO $51.80 ↓ -17%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $51.80 ↓ -17%
Health Management Network PPO $59.20 ↓ -6%
HealthSmart PPO $59.20 ↓ -6%
Provider Select PPO $59.20 ↓ -6%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $62.90 ↑ +0%
First Health PPO $62.90 ↑ +0%
Aetna New Business $63.03 ↑ +1%
Cigna PPO $73.59 ↑ +17%
Aetna PPO $74.15 ↑ +18%

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