Mayo immunoassay tumor antigen quantitative ca 27.29 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

$34.58

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.

$133.00

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.

$20.39 with Humana vs $128.75 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 Plus MM $20.39 ↓ -41%
Triwest VA MM $20.39 ↓ -41%
Humana Gold Choice MM $20.39 ↓ -41%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $20.81 ↓ -40%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $20.81 ↓ -40%
United Healthcare All Payer $20.81 ↓ -40%
United Healthcare KM $20.81 ↓ -40%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $20.81 ↓ -40%
Aetna MM $20.81 ↓ -40%
Coventry First Health MM $20.81 ↓ -40%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. Gold Plus MM $20.81 ↓ -40%
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $20.81 ↓ -40%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $20.81 ↓ -40%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $20.81 ↓ -40%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $21.02 ↓ -39%
United Healthcare MM $21.23 ↓ -39%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $21.23 ↓ -39%
Dignity Health MM $21.43 ↓ -38%
Peoples Health MM $21.43 ↓ -38%
Wellcare MM $21.85 ↓ -37%
Aetna KM $21.85 ↓ -37%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $22.89 ↓ -34%
AllyAlign Health MM $22.89 ↓ -34%
Christus Health HIX $29.13 ↓ -16%
Active Med PPO $36.42 ↑ +5%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $61.50 ↑ +78%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $61.50 ↑ +78%
Humana Choicecare $70.52 ↑ +104%
Verity HealthNet PPO $73.80 ↑ +113%
Healthcare Highways PPO $73.80 ↑ +113%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $73.80 ↑ +113%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $74.93 ↑ +117%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $74.93 ↑ +117%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $74.93 ↑ +117%
PPOplus Llc PPO $79.95 ↑ +131%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $79.95 ↑ +131%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $86.10 ↑ +149%
Phcs PPO $86.10 ↑ +149%
Multiplan PPO $86.10 ↑ +149%
Health Management Network PPO $98.40 ↑ +185%
HealthSmart PPO $98.40 ↑ +185%
Provider Select PPO $98.40 ↑ +185%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $104.55 ↑ +202%
First Health PPO $104.55 ↑ +202%
Aetna New Business $109.44 ↑ +216%
Cigna PPO $127.96 ↑ +270%
Aetna PPO $128.75 ↑ +272%

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