Inj(s) sclerosant spider veins limb/trunk 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

$145.60

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.

$560.00

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.

$67.20 with United Healthcare vs $4,020.00 with Five Point Credit Union — 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
United Healthcare KM $67.20 ↓ -54%
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $67.20 ↓ -54%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $67.20 ↓ -54%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $67.20 ↓ -54%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $67.20 ↓ -54%
Aetna KM $72.80 ↓ -50%
Humana Choicecare $147.00 ↑ +1%
Cigna PPO $169.00 ↑ +16%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $280.00 ↑ +92%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $280.00 ↑ +92%
Aetna New Business $324.80 ↑ +123%
Verity HealthNet PPO $336.00 ↑ +131%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $336.00 ↑ +131%
Healthcare Highways PPO $336.00 ↑ +131%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $364.00 ↑ +150%
PPOplus Llc PPO $364.00 ↑ +150%
Humana Gold Plus MM $372.44 ↑ +156%
Triwest VA MM $372.44 ↑ +156%
Humana Gold Choice MM $372.44 ↑ +156%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $380.04 ↑ +161%
Aetna MM $380.04 ↑ +161%
Coventry First Health MM $380.04 ↑ +161%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $380.04 ↑ +161%
Active Med PPO $380.04 ↑ +161%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. Gold Plus MM $380.04 ↑ +161%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $380.04 ↑ +161%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $380.04 ↑ +161%
Aetna PPO $380.80 ↑ +162%
United Healthcare MM $387.64 ↑ +166%
Dignity Health MM $391.44 ↑ +169%
Peoples Health MM $391.44 ↑ +169%
Phcs PPO $392.00 ↑ +169%
Multiplan PPO $392.00 ↑ +169%
Wellcare MM $399.04 ↑ +174%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $418.04 ↑ +187%
AllyAlign Health MM $418.04 ↑ +187%
Provider Select PPO $448.00 ↑ +208%
Health Management Network PPO $448.00 ↑ +208%
HealthSmart PPO $448.00 ↑ +208%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $476.00 ↑ +227%
First Health PPO $476.00 ↑ +227%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $492.57 ↑ +238%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $492.57 ↑ +238%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $492.57 ↑ +238%
Christus Health HIX $532.06 ↑ +265%
United Healthcare All Payer $857.00 ↑ +489%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $4,020.00 ↑ +2661%

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Inj(s) sclerosant spider veins limb/trunk at other Louisiana hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHRISTUS Louisiana Surgical Hospital Alexandria not published $380.04 – $893.09
CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital Lake Charles not published $146.00 – $406.10
CHRISTUS Shreveport-Bossier Health System-Highland Shreveport not published $151.00 – $415.40
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital Lake Charles not published $146.00 – $399.45

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