Ins/rpl wireless pulm art sensor incl s&i 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

$11,826.36

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.

$45,486.00

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.

$483.29 with Louisiana Healthcare Connections vs $85,542.90 with Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana — 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
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $483.29 ↓ -96%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $483.29 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare KM $483.29 ↓ -96%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $488.12 ↓ -96%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $492.96 ↓ -96%
Aetna KM $507.45 ↓ -96%
Humana Choicecare $2,473.00 ↓ -79%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $4,020.00 ↓ -66%
Aetna New Business $7,367.00 ↓ -38%
Cigna PPO $7,561.00 ↓ -36%
Aetna PPO $8,667.00 ↓ -27%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $22,743.00 ↑ +92%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $22,743.00 ↑ +92%
Humana Gold Plus MM $26,500.77 ↑ +124%
Humana Gold Choice MM $26,500.77 ↑ +124%
Triwest VA MM $26,500.77 ↑ +124%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $27,041.60 ↑ +129%
Active Med PPO $27,041.60 ↑ +129%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $27,041.60 ↑ +129%
Aetna MM $27,041.60 ↑ +129%
Coventry First Health MM $27,041.60 ↑ +129%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. Gold Plus MM $27,041.60 ↑ +129%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $27,041.60 ↑ +129%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $27,041.60 ↑ +129%
Verity HealthNet PPO $27,291.60 ↑ +131%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $27,291.60 ↑ +131%
Healthcare Highways PPO $27,291.60 ↑ +131%
United Healthcare MM $27,582.43 ↑ +133%
Dignity Health MM $27,852.85 ↑ +136%
Peoples Health MM $27,852.85 ↑ +136%
Wellcare MM $28,393.68 ↑ +140%
PPOplus Llc PPO $29,565.90 ↑ +150%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $29,565.90 ↑ +150%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $29,745.76 ↑ +152%
AllyAlign Health MM $29,745.76 ↑ +152%
Phcs PPO $31,840.20 ↑ +169%
Multiplan PPO $31,840.20 ↑ +169%
Provider Select PPO $36,388.80 ↑ +208%
Health Management Network PPO $36,388.80 ↑ +208%
HealthSmart PPO $36,388.80 ↑ +208%
Christus Health HIX $37,858.24 ↑ +220%
First Health PPO $38,663.10 ↑ +227%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $38,663.10 ↑ +227%
United Healthcare All Payer $42,264.00 ↑ +257%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $85,542.90 ↑ +623%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $85,542.90 ↑ +623%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $85,542.90 ↑ +623%

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Ins/rpl wireless pulm art sensor incl s&i at other Louisiana hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHRISTUS Louisiana Surgical Hospital Alexandria not published $483.29 – $63,547.76
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital Lake Charles not published $483.29 – $65,558.93

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