Inj hrt cath w/s&i sel right vent 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

$575.38

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.

$2,213.00

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.

$265.56 with Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana vs $11,613.00 with Humana — 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
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $265.56 ↓ -54%
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $265.56 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare KM $265.56 ↓ -54%
Aetna MM $265.56 ↓ -54%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $265.56 ↓ -54%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $265.56 ↓ -54%
Aetna KM $287.69 ↓ -50%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $331.95 ↓ -42%
Christus Health HIX $464.73 ↓ -19%
United Healthcare All Payer $857.00 ↑ +49%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $1,106.50 ↑ +92%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $1,106.50 ↑ +92%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $1,106.50 ↑ +92%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $1,327.80 ↑ +131%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $1,327.80 ↑ +131%
Verity HealthNet PPO $1,327.80 ↑ +131%
Healthcare Highways PPO $1,327.80 ↑ +131%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $1,438.45 ↑ +150%
PPOplus Llc PPO $1,438.45 ↑ +150%
Multiplan PPO $1,549.10 ↑ +169%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $1,549.10 ↑ +169%
Phcs PPO $1,549.10 ↑ +169%
Health Management Network PPO $1,770.40 ↑ +208%
Provider Select PPO $1,770.40 ↑ +208%
HealthSmart PPO $1,770.40 ↑ +208%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $1,881.05 ↑ +227%
Triwest VA MM $1,881.05 ↑ +227%
First Health PPO $1,881.05 ↑ +227%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $2,213.00 ↑ +285%
Aetna New Business $7,367.00 ↑ +1180%
Aetna PPO $8,667.00 ↑ +1406%
Humana Choicecare $11,613.00 ↑ +1918%

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Inj hrt cath w/s&i sel right vent at other Louisiana hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital Lake Charles not published $11,613.00 – $11,613.00

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