Mayo proinsulin 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

$47.32

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.

$182.00

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.

$14.15 with Louisiana Healthcare Connections vs $165.15 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
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $14.15 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare KM $14.15 ↓ -70%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $14.15 ↓ -70%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $14.29 ↓ -70%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $14.43 ↓ -70%
Aetna KM $14.86 ↓ -69%
Triwest VA MM $26.16 ↓ -45%
Humana Gold Choice MM $26.16 ↓ -45%
Humana Gold Plus MM $26.16 ↓ -45%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $26.69 ↓ -44%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. Gold Plus MM $26.69 ↓ -44%
United Healthcare All Payer $26.69 ↓ -44%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $26.69 ↓ -44%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $26.69 ↓ -44%
Aetna MM $26.69 ↓ -44%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $26.69 ↓ -44%
Coventry First Health MM $26.69 ↓ -44%
United Healthcare MM $27.22 ↓ -42%
Dignity Health MM $27.49 ↓ -42%
Peoples Health MM $27.49 ↓ -42%
Wellcare MM $28.02 ↓ -41%
AllyAlign Health MM $29.36 ↓ -38%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $29.36 ↓ -38%
Christus Health HIX $37.37 ↓ -21%
Active Med PPO $46.71 ↓ -1%
Humana Choicecare $60.34 ↑ +28%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $77.81 ↑ +64%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $77.81 ↑ +64%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $77.81 ↑ +64%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $91.00 ↑ +92%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $91.00 ↑ +92%
Cigna PPO $108.75 ↑ +130%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $109.20 ↑ +131%
Healthcare Highways PPO $109.20 ↑ +131%
Verity HealthNet PPO $109.20 ↑ +131%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $118.30 ↑ +150%
PPOplus Llc PPO $118.30 ↑ +150%
Multiplan PPO $127.40 ↑ +169%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $127.40 ↑ +169%
Phcs PPO $127.40 ↑ +169%
Aetna New Business $140.38 ↑ +197%
HealthSmart PPO $145.60 ↑ +208%
Provider Select PPO $145.60 ↑ +208%
Health Management Network PPO $145.60 ↑ +208%
First Health PPO $154.70 ↑ +227%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $154.70 ↑ +227%
Aetna PPO $165.15 ↑ +249%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHRISTUS Louisiana Surgical Hospital Alexandria not published $13.35 – $62.72
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