Infectious agent nucleic acid multiplex amplified probe gi pathogen 12-25 targets 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

$1,369.16

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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.

$5,266.00

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.

$408.44 with Humana vs $4,476.10 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
Humana Gold Plus MM $408.44 ↓ -70%
Triwest VA MM $408.44 ↓ -70%
Humana Gold Choice MM $408.44 ↓ -70%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $416.78 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare All Payer $416.78 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare KM $416.78 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $416.78 ↓ -70%
Aetna MM $416.78 ↓ -70%
Coventry First Health MM $416.78 ↓ -70%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. Gold Plus MM $416.78 ↓ -70%
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $416.78 ↓ -70%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $416.78 ↓ -70%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $416.78 ↓ -70%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $416.78 ↓ -70%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $420.95 ↓ -69%
United Healthcare MM $425.12 ↓ -69%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $425.12 ↓ -69%
Dignity Health MM $429.28 ↓ -69%
Peoples Health MM $429.28 ↓ -69%
Aetna KM $437.62 ↓ -68%
Wellcare MM $437.62 ↓ -68%
AllyAlign Health MM $458.46 ↓ -67%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $458.46 ↓ -67%
Christus Health HIX $583.49 ↓ -57%
Active Med PPO $729.37 ↓ -47%
Humana Choicecare $1,412.15 ↑ +3%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $1,500.17 ↑ +10%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $1,500.17 ↑ +10%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $1,500.17 ↑ +10%
Aetna New Business $2,192.19 ↑ +60%
Cigna PPO $2,548.03 ↑ +86%
Aetna PPO $2,579.04 ↑ +88%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $2,633.00 ↑ +92%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $2,633.00 ↑ +92%
Healthcare Highways PPO $3,159.60 ↑ +131%
Verity HealthNet PPO $3,159.60 ↑ +131%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $3,159.60 ↑ +131%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $3,422.90 ↑ +150%
PPOplus Llc PPO $3,422.90 ↑ +150%
Multiplan PPO $3,686.20 ↑ +169%
Phcs PPO $3,686.20 ↑ +169%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $3,686.20 ↑ +169%
Health Management Network PPO $4,212.80 ↑ +208%
Provider Select PPO $4,212.80 ↑ +208%
HealthSmart PPO $4,212.80 ↑ +208%
First Health PPO $4,476.10 ↑ +227%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $4,476.10 ↑ +227%

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Infectious agent nucleic acid multiplex amplified probe gi pathogen 12-25 targets at other Louisiana hospitals

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CHRISTUS Louisiana Surgical Hospital Alexandria not published $208.39 – $979.43

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