Mayo immunoassay c1 esterase inhibitor antibody quantitative 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

$64.22

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.

$247.00

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.

$14.84 with United Healthcare vs $106.86 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 $14.84 ↓ -77%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $14.84 ↓ -77%
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $14.84 ↓ -77%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $14.99 ↓ -77%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $15.14 ↓ -76%
Aetna KM $15.58 ↓ -76%
Humana Gold Plus MM $16.92 ↓ -74%
Triwest VA MM $16.92 ↓ -74%
Humana Gold Choice MM $16.92 ↓ -74%
Aetna MM $17.27 ↓ -73%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. Gold Plus MM $17.27 ↓ -73%
Coventry First Health MM $17.27 ↓ -73%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $17.27 ↓ -73%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $17.27 ↓ -73%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $17.27 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $17.27 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare All Payer $17.27 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare MM $17.62 ↓ -73%
Peoples Health MM $17.79 ↓ -72%
Dignity Health MM $17.79 ↓ -72%
Wellcare MM $18.13 ↓ -72%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $19.00 ↓ -70%
AllyAlign Health MM $19.00 ↓ -70%
Christus Health HIX $24.18 ↓ -62%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $27.50 ↓ -57%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $27.50 ↓ -57%
Active Med PPO $30.22 ↓ -53%
Healthcare Highways PPO $33.00 ↓ -49%
Verity HealthNet PPO $33.00 ↓ -49%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $33.00 ↓ -49%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $35.75 ↓ -44%
PPOplus Llc PPO $35.75 ↓ -44%
Phcs PPO $38.50 ↓ -40%
Multiplan PPO $38.50 ↓ -40%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $38.50 ↓ -40%
Humana Choicecare $43.87 ↓ -32%
Health Management Network PPO $44.00 ↓ -31%
Provider Select PPO $44.00 ↓ -31%
HealthSmart PPO $44.00 ↓ -31%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $46.75 ↓ -27%
First Health PPO $46.75 ↓ -27%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $50.35 ↓ -22%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $50.35 ↓ -22%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $50.35 ↓ -22%
Cigna PPO $78.36 ↑ +22%
Aetna New Business $90.83 ↑ +41%
Aetna PPO $106.86 ↑ +66%

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