Insertion of new/replacement ppm w/transvenous electrode(s) ventricular at CHRISTUS St. Francis Cabrini Hospital
3330 Masonic Dr, Alexandria, LA · Christushealth · · NPI 1639160799
$2,827.76
Cash price 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.
$10,876.00
Gross charge 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.
$1,305.12 with Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana vs $26,715.05 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana | KM | $1,305.12 | ↓ -54% |
| Humana | Healthy Horizons KM | $1,305.12 | ↓ -54% |
| Louisiana Healthcare Connections | KM | $1,305.12 | ↓ -54% |
| United Healthcare | KM | $1,305.12 | ↓ -54% |
| Healthy Blue Louisiana | KM | $1,305.12 | ↓ -54% |
| Aetna | KM | $1,413.88 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | New Business | $2,887.00 | ↑ +2% |
| Aetna | PPO | $3,397.00 | ↑ +20% |
| Five Point Credit Union | PPO | $4,020.00 | ↑ +42% |
| LSU First Choice Verity | PPO | $5,438.00 | ↑ +92% |
| Vantage Health Plan Inc. | PPO | $5,438.00 | ↑ +92% |
| Gilsbar, Inc. | Alliance PPO | $6,525.60 | ↑ +131% |
| Healthcare Highways | PPO | $6,525.60 | ↑ +131% |
| Verity HealthNet | PPO | $6,525.60 | ↑ +131% |
| HealthSmart | Accel PPO | $7,069.40 | ↑ +150% |
| PPOplus Llc | PPO | $7,069.40 | ↑ +150% |
| Cigna | PPO | $7,561.00 | ↑ +167% |
| Multiplan | PPO | $7,613.20 | ↑ +169% |
| Phcs | PPO | $7,613.20 | ↑ +169% |
| Provider Select | PPO | $8,700.80 | ↑ +208% |
| HealthSmart | PPO | $8,700.80 | ↑ +208% |
| Health Management Network | PPO | $8,700.80 | ↑ +208% |
| Verity Healthnet National | PPO | $9,244.60 | ↑ +227% |
| First Health | PPO | $9,244.60 | ↑ +227% |
| Humana | Gold Plus MM | $9,755.73 | ↑ +245% |
| Triwest | VA MM | $9,755.73 | ↑ +245% |
| Humana | Gold Choice MM | $9,755.73 | ↑ +245% |
| Aetna | MM | $9,954.83 | ↑ +252% |
| Coventry | First Health MM | $9,954.83 | ↑ +252% |
| Arcadian Health Plan | MM | $9,954.83 | ↑ +252% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana | MM | $9,954.83 | ↑ +252% |
| Christus Health | Med Adv MM | $9,954.83 | ↑ +252% |
| United Healthcare | VA CCN MM | $9,954.83 | ↑ +252% |
| Vantage Health Plan Inc. | Gold Plus MM | $9,954.83 | ↑ +252% |
| Active Med | PPO | $9,954.83 | ↑ +252% |
| United Healthcare | MM | $10,153.93 | ↑ +259% |
| Dignity Health | MM | $10,253.47 | ↑ +263% |
| Peoples Health | MM | $10,253.47 | ↑ +263% |
| Wellcare | MM | $10,452.57 | ↑ +270% |
| American Health Medicare | Advantage MM | $10,950.31 | ↑ +287% |
| AllyAlign Health | MM | $10,950.31 | ↑ +287% |
| Humana | Choicecare | $11,613.00 | ↑ +311% |
| Christus Health | HIX | $13,936.76 | ↑ +393% |
| United Healthcare | All Payer | $16,880.00 | ↑ +497% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana | HMO | $26,715.05 | ↑ +845% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana | PPO | $26,715.05 | ↑ +845% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana | Trad | $26,715.05 | ↑ +845% |
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Insertion of new/replacement ppm w/transvenous electrode(s) ventricular at other Louisiana hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| CHRISTUS Louisiana Surgical Hospital | Alexandria | not published | $9,954.83 – $23,393.85 |
| CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital | Lake Charles | not published | $9,321.91 – $20,474.05 |