Lipase 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

$82.42

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.

$317.00

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.

$6.75 with Humana vs $141.95 with Verity Healthnet National — 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 Gold Plus MM $6.75 ↓ -92%
Triwest VA MM $6.75 ↓ -92%
Humana Gold Choice MM $6.75 ↓ -92%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $6.89 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare All Payer $6.89 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare KM $6.89 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $6.89 ↓ -92%
Aetna MM $6.89 ↓ -92%
Coventry First Health MM $6.89 ↓ -92%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. Gold Plus MM $6.89 ↓ -92%
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $6.89 ↓ -92%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $6.89 ↓ -92%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $6.89 ↓ -92%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $6.89 ↓ -92%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $6.96 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare MM $7.03 ↓ -91%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $7.03 ↓ -91%
Dignity Health MM $7.10 ↓ -91%
Peoples Health MM $7.10 ↓ -91%
Aetna KM $7.23 ↓ -91%
Wellcare MM $7.23 ↓ -91%
AllyAlign Health MM $7.58 ↓ -91%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $7.58 ↓ -91%
Christus Health HIX $9.65 ↓ -88%
Active Med PPO $12.06 ↓ -85%
Humana Choicecare $23.34 ↓ -72%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $24.81 ↓ -70%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $24.81 ↓ -70%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $24.81 ↓ -70%
Aetna New Business $36.24 ↓ -56%
Cigna PPO $41.61 ↓ -50%
Aetna PPO $42.64 ↓ -48%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $83.50 ↑ +1%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $83.50 ↑ +1%
Healthcare Highways PPO $100.20 ↑ +22%
Verity HealthNet PPO $100.20 ↑ +22%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $100.20 ↑ +22%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $108.55 ↑ +32%
PPOplus Llc PPO $108.55 ↑ +32%
Multiplan PPO $116.90 ↑ +42%
Phcs PPO $116.90 ↑ +42%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $116.90 ↑ +42%
Health Management Network PPO $133.60 ↑ +62%
Provider Select PPO $133.60 ↑ +62%
HealthSmart PPO $133.60 ↑ +62%
First Health PPO $141.95 ↑ +72%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $141.95 ↑ +72%

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