Mayo chrcb tissue culture non-neoplastic disorders lymphocyte 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

$168.22

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.

$647.00

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.

$77.90 with United Healthcare vs $720.82 with Aetna — 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
United Healthcare KM $77.90 ↓ -54%
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $77.90 ↓ -54%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $77.90 ↓ -54%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $78.68 ↓ -53%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $79.46 ↓ -53%
Aetna KM $81.80 ↓ -51%
Triwest VA MM $114.16 ↓ -32%
Humana Gold Plus MM $114.16 ↓ -32%
Humana Gold Choice MM $114.16 ↓ -32%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $116.49 ↓ -31%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $116.49 ↓ -31%
United Healthcare All Payer $116.49 ↓ -31%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $116.49 ↓ -31%
Aetna MM $116.49 ↓ -31%
Coventry First Health MM $116.49 ↓ -31%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. Gold Plus MM $116.49 ↓ -31%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $116.49 ↓ -31%
United Healthcare MM $118.82 ↓ -29%
Dignity Health MM $119.98 ↓ -29%
Peoples Health MM $119.98 ↓ -29%
Wellcare MM $122.31 ↓ -27%
AllyAlign Health MM $128.14 ↓ -24%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $128.14 ↓ -24%
Christus Health HIX $163.09 ↓ -3%
Active Med PPO $203.86 ↑ +21%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $323.50 ↑ +92%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $323.50 ↑ +92%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $388.20 ↑ +131%
Healthcare Highways PPO $388.20 ↑ +131%
Verity HealthNet PPO $388.20 ↑ +131%
Humana Choicecare $394.71 ↑ +135%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $419.31 ↑ +149%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $419.31 ↑ +149%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $419.31 ↑ +149%
PPOplus Llc PPO $420.55 ↑ +150%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $420.55 ↑ +150%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $452.90 ↑ +169%
Phcs PPO $452.90 ↑ +169%
Multiplan PPO $452.90 ↑ +169%
Health Management Network PPO $517.60 ↑ +208%
HealthSmart PPO $517.60 ↑ +208%
Provider Select PPO $517.60 ↑ +208%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $549.95 ↑ +227%
First Health PPO $549.95 ↑ +227%
Aetna New Business $612.70 ↑ +264%
Cigna PPO $711.80 ↑ +323%
Aetna PPO $720.82 ↑ +328%

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