Mayo tramadol definitive assay w metabolite quantitative urine 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

$52.26

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.

$201.00

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.

$0.04 with Aetna vs $201.00 with United Healthcare — 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
Aetna New Business $0.04 ↓ -100%
Aetna PPO $0.05 ↓ -100%
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $24.12 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare KM $24.12 ↓ -54%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $24.12 ↓ -54%
Aetna MM $24.12 ↓ -54%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $24.12 ↓ -54%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $24.12 ↓ -54%
Aetna KM $26.13 ↓ -50%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $30.15 ↓ -42%
Christus Health HIX $42.21 ↓ -19%
Humana Choicecare $56.83 ↑ +9%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $64.14 ↑ +23%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $64.14 ↑ +23%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $64.14 ↑ +23%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $100.50 ↑ +92%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $100.50 ↑ +92%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $100.50 ↑ +92%
Cigna PPO $118.59 ↑ +127%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $120.60 ↑ +131%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $120.60 ↑ +131%
Healthcare Highways PPO $120.60 ↑ +131%
Verity HealthNet PPO $120.60 ↑ +131%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $130.65 ↑ +150%
PPOplus Llc PPO $130.65 ↑ +150%
Phcs PPO $140.70 ↑ +169%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $140.70 ↑ +169%
Multiplan PPO $140.70 ↑ +169%
HealthSmart PPO $160.80 ↑ +208%
Provider Select PPO $160.80 ↑ +208%
Health Management Network PPO $160.80 ↑ +208%
First Health PPO $170.85 ↑ +227%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $170.85 ↑ +227%
Triwest VA MM $170.85 ↑ +227%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $201.00 ↑ +285%

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Mayo tramadol definitive assay w metabolite quantitative urine at other Louisiana hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHRISTUS Louisiana Surgical Hospital Alexandria not published $20.90 – $20.90
CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital Lake Charles not published $0.04 – $64.20
CHRISTUS Shreveport-Bossier Health System-Highland Shreveport not published $0.03 – $47.40

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