Ins cerv dilator (sep proc) 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

$1,160.90

Cash price

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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.

$4,465.00

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.

$147.00 with Humana vs $5,010.00 with Cigna — 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 Choicecare $147.00 ↓ -87%
Triwest VA MM $283.56 ↓ -76%
Humana Gold Choice MM $283.56 ↓ -76%
Humana Gold Plus MM $283.56 ↓ -76%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $289.35 ↓ -75%
Active Med PPO $289.35 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $289.35 ↓ -75%
Aetna MM $289.35 ↓ -75%
Coventry First Health MM $289.35 ↓ -75%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. Gold Plus MM $289.35 ↓ -75%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $289.35 ↓ -75%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $289.35 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare MM $295.14 ↓ -75%
Dignity Health MM $298.03 ↓ -74%
Peoples Health MM $298.03 ↓ -74%
Wellcare MM $303.82 ↓ -74%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $318.29 ↓ -73%
AllyAlign Health MM $318.29 ↓ -73%
Christus Health HIX $405.09 ↓ -65%
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $535.80 ↓ -54%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $535.80 ↓ -54%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $535.80 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare KM $535.80 ↓ -54%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $535.80 ↓ -54%
Aetna KM $580.45 ↓ -50%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $782.37 ↓ -33%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $782.37 ↓ -33%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $782.37 ↓ -33%
United Healthcare All Payer $857.00 ↓ -26%
Aetna New Business $1,230.00 ↑ +6%
Aetna PPO $1,447.00 ↑ +25%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $2,232.50 ↑ +92%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $2,232.50 ↑ +92%
Verity HealthNet PPO $2,679.00 ↑ +131%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $2,679.00 ↑ +131%
Healthcare Highways PPO $2,679.00 ↑ +131%
PPOplus Llc PPO $2,902.25 ↑ +150%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $2,902.25 ↑ +150%
Multiplan PPO $3,125.50 ↑ +169%
Phcs PPO $3,125.50 ↑ +169%
Health Management Network PPO $3,572.00 ↑ +208%
Provider Select PPO $3,572.00 ↑ +208%
HealthSmart PPO $3,572.00 ↑ +208%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $3,795.25 ↑ +227%
First Health PPO $3,795.25 ↑ +227%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $4,020.00 ↑ +246%
Cigna PPO $5,010.00 ↑ +332%

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Ins cerv dilator (sep proc) at other Louisiana hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHRISTUS Louisiana Surgical Hospital Alexandria not published $64.30 – $679.97
CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital Lake Charles not published $146.00 – $608.97
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital Lake Charles not published $146.00 – $599.60

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