Mayo cortisol free 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

$65.26

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.

$251.00

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.

$16.38 with Humana vs $202.30 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 $16.38 ↓ -75%
Triwest VA MM $16.38 ↓ -75%
Humana Gold Choice MM $16.38 ↓ -75%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $16.71 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare All Payer $16.71 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare KM $16.71 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $16.71 ↓ -74%
Aetna MM $16.71 ↓ -74%
Coventry First Health MM $16.71 ↓ -74%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. Gold Plus MM $16.71 ↓ -74%
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $16.71 ↓ -74%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $16.71 ↓ -74%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $16.71 ↓ -74%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $16.71 ↓ -74%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $16.88 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare MM $17.04 ↓ -74%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $17.04 ↓ -74%
Dignity Health MM $17.21 ↓ -74%
Peoples Health MM $17.21 ↓ -74%
Aetna KM $17.55 ↓ -73%
Wellcare MM $17.55 ↓ -73%
AllyAlign Health MM $18.38 ↓ -72%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $18.38 ↓ -72%
Christus Health HIX $23.39 ↓ -64%
Active Med PPO $29.24 ↓ -55%
Humana Choicecare $56.61 ↓ -13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $60.15 ↓ -8%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $60.15 ↓ -8%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $60.15 ↓ -8%
Aetna New Business $87.87 ↑ +35%
Cigna PPO $102.39 ↑ +57%
Aetna PPO $103.38 ↑ +58%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $119.00 ↑ +82%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $119.00 ↑ +82%
Healthcare Highways PPO $142.80 ↑ +119%
Verity HealthNet PPO $142.80 ↑ +119%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $142.80 ↑ +119%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $154.70 ↑ +137%
PPOplus Llc PPO $154.70 ↑ +137%
Multiplan PPO $166.60 ↑ +155%
Phcs PPO $166.60 ↑ +155%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $166.60 ↑ +155%
Health Management Network PPO $190.40 ↑ +192%
Provider Select PPO $190.40 ↑ +192%
HealthSmart PPO $190.40 ↑ +192%
First Health PPO $202.30 ↑ +210%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $202.30 ↑ +210%

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