Irrigation implantable venous access device for drug delivery systems 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

$155.22

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$597.00

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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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$55.37 with Humana vs $2,958.00 with United Healthcare — same scan, same building. Share

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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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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

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 Gold Choice MM $55.37 ↓ -64%
Humana Gold Plus MM $55.37 ↓ -64%
Triwest VA MM $55.37 ↓ -64%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. Gold Plus MM $56.50 ↓ -64%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $56.50 ↓ -64%
Aetna MM $56.50 ↓ -64%
Coventry First Health MM $56.50 ↓ -64%
Active Med PPO $56.50 ↓ -64%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $56.50 ↓ -64%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $56.50 ↓ -64%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $56.50 ↓ -64%
United Healthcare MM $57.63 ↓ -63%
Humana Choicecare $57.80 ↓ -63%
Dignity Health MM $58.20 ↓ -63%
Peoples Health MM $58.20 ↓ -63%
Wellcare MM $59.33 ↓ -62%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $62.15 ↓ -60%
AllyAlign Health MM $62.15 ↓ -60%
United Healthcare KM $71.64 ↓ -54%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $71.64 ↓ -54%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $71.64 ↓ -54%
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $71.64 ↓ -54%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $71.64 ↓ -54%
Aetna KM $77.61 ↓ -50%
Christus Health HIX $79.10 ↓ -49%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $163.15 ↑ +5%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $163.15 ↑ +5%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $163.15 ↑ +5%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $298.50 ↑ +92%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $298.50 ↑ +92%
Aetna New Business $346.26 ↑ +123%
Cigna PPO $352.23 ↑ +127%
Healthcare Highways PPO $358.20 ↑ +131%
Verity HealthNet PPO $358.20 ↑ +131%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $358.20 ↑ +131%
PPOplus Llc PPO $388.05 ↑ +150%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $388.05 ↑ +150%
Aetna PPO $405.96 ↑ +162%
Phcs PPO $417.90 ↑ +169%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $417.90 ↑ +169%
Multiplan PPO $417.90 ↑ +169%
HealthSmart PPO $477.60 ↑ +208%
Provider Select PPO $477.60 ↑ +208%
Health Management Network PPO $477.60 ↑ +208%
First Health PPO $507.45 ↑ +227%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $507.45 ↑ +227%
United Healthcare All Payer $2,958.00 ↑ +1806%

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Irrigation implantable venous access device for drug delivery systems at other Louisiana hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHRISTUS Louisiana Surgical Hospital Alexandria not published $41.83 – $291.00
CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital Lake Charles not published $53.79 – $126.99

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