Lymphocyte transformation mitogen 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

$246.48

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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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$948.00

Gross charge

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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.

$48.05 with Humana vs $805.80 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 $48.05 ↓ -81%
Triwest VA MM $48.05 ↓ -81%
Humana Gold Choice MM $48.05 ↓ -81%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $49.03 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare All Payer $49.03 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare KM $49.03 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $49.03 ↓ -80%
Aetna MM $49.03 ↓ -80%
Coventry First Health MM $49.03 ↓ -80%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. Gold Plus MM $49.03 ↓ -80%
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $49.03 ↓ -80%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $49.03 ↓ -80%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $49.03 ↓ -80%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $49.03 ↓ -80%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $49.52 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare MM $50.01 ↓ -80%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $50.01 ↓ -80%
Dignity Health MM $50.50 ↓ -80%
Peoples Health MM $50.50 ↓ -80%
Aetna KM $51.48 ↓ -79%
Wellcare MM $51.48 ↓ -79%
AllyAlign Health MM $53.93 ↓ -78%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $53.93 ↓ -78%
Christus Health HIX $68.64 ↓ -72%
Active Med PPO $85.80 ↓ -65%
Humana Choicecare $166.11 ↓ -33%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $176.48 ↓ -28%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $176.48 ↓ -28%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $176.48 ↓ -28%
Aetna New Business $257.91 ↑ +5%
Cigna PPO $299.12 ↑ +21%
Aetna PPO $303.42 ↑ +23%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $474.00 ↑ +92%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $474.00 ↑ +92%
Healthcare Highways PPO $568.80 ↑ +131%
Verity HealthNet PPO $568.80 ↑ +131%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $568.80 ↑ +131%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $616.20 ↑ +150%
PPOplus Llc PPO $616.20 ↑ +150%
Multiplan PPO $663.60 ↑ +169%
Phcs PPO $663.60 ↑ +169%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $663.60 ↑ +169%
Health Management Network PPO $758.40 ↑ +208%
Provider Select PPO $758.40 ↑ +208%
HealthSmart PPO $758.40 ↑ +208%
First Health PPO $805.80 ↑ +227%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $805.80 ↑ +227%

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Lymphocyte transformation mitogen at other Louisiana hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHRISTUS Louisiana Surgical Hospital Alexandria not published $24.52 – $115.22
CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital Lake Charles not published $48.05 – $284.22
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CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital Lake Charles not published $48.05 – $289.91

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