Mayo chromium 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

$21.06

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.

$81.00

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.

$19.87 with Humana vs $125.48 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
Humana Gold Choice MM $19.87 ↓ -6%
Humana Gold Plus MM $19.87 ↓ -6%
Triwest VA MM $19.87 ↓ -6%
United Healthcare All Payer $20.28 ↓ -4%
United Healthcare KM $20.28 ↓ -4%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $20.28 ↓ -4%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $20.28 ↓ -4%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $20.28 ↓ -4%
Aetna MM $20.28 ↓ -4%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. Gold Plus MM $20.28 ↓ -4%
Coventry First Health MM $20.28 ↓ -4%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $20.28 ↓ -4%
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $20.28 ↓ -4%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $20.28 ↓ -4%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $20.48 ↓ -3%
United Healthcare MM $20.69 ↓ -2%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $20.69 ↓ -2%
Peoples Health MM $20.89 ↓ -1%
Dignity Health MM $20.89 ↓ -1%
Aetna KM $21.29 ↑ +1%
Wellcare MM $21.29 ↑ +1%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $22.31 ↑ +6%
AllyAlign Health MM $22.31 ↑ +6%
Christus Health HIX $28.39 ↑ +35%
Active Med PPO $35.49 ↑ +69%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $40.50 ↑ +92%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $40.50 ↑ +92%
Healthcare Highways PPO $48.60 ↑ +131%
Verity HealthNet PPO $48.60 ↑ +131%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $48.60 ↑ +131%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $52.65 ↑ +150%
PPOplus Llc PPO $52.65 ↑ +150%
Multiplan PPO $56.70 ↑ +169%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $56.70 ↑ +169%
Phcs PPO $56.70 ↑ +169%
HealthSmart PPO $64.80 ↑ +208%
Health Management Network PPO $64.80 ↑ +208%
Provider Select PPO $64.80 ↑ +208%
Humana Choicecare $68.72 ↑ +226%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $68.85 ↑ +227%
First Health PPO $68.85 ↑ +227%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $73.00 ↑ +247%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $73.00 ↑ +247%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $73.00 ↑ +247%
Aetna New Business $106.65 ↑ +406%
Cigna PPO $124.78 ↑ +492%
Aetna PPO $125.48 ↑ +496%

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