Measurement post void urine by ultrasound 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

$255.06

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.

$981.00

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.

$55.37 with Humana vs $4,020.00 with Five Point Credit Union — 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 $55.37 ↓ -78%
Triwest VA MM $55.37 ↓ -78%
Humana Gold Choice MM $55.37 ↓ -78%
Active Med PPO $56.50 ↓ -78%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. Gold Plus MM $56.50 ↓ -78%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $56.50 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $56.50 ↓ -78%
Coventry First Health MM $56.50 ↓ -78%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $56.50 ↓ -78%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $56.50 ↓ -78%
Aetna MM $56.50 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare MM $57.63 ↓ -77%
Dignity Health MM $58.20 ↓ -77%
Peoples Health MM $58.20 ↓ -77%
Wellcare MM $59.33 ↓ -77%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $62.15 ↓ -76%
AllyAlign Health MM $62.15 ↓ -76%
Christus Health HIX $79.10 ↓ -69%
United Healthcare KM $117.72 ↓ -54%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $117.72 ↓ -54%
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $117.72 ↓ -54%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $117.72 ↓ -54%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $117.72 ↓ -54%
Aetna KM $127.53 ↓ -50%
Humana Choicecare $147.00 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $163.15 ↓ -36%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $163.15 ↓ -36%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $163.15 ↓ -36%
Cigna PPO $169.00 ↓ -34%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $490.50 ↑ +92%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $490.50 ↑ +92%
Verity HealthNet PPO $588.60 ↑ +131%
Healthcare Highways PPO $588.60 ↑ +131%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $588.60 ↑ +131%
Aetna New Business $598.41 ↑ +135%
PPOplus Llc PPO $637.65 ↑ +150%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $637.65 ↑ +150%
Multiplan PPO $686.70 ↑ +169%
Phcs PPO $686.70 ↑ +169%
Aetna PPO $706.32 ↑ +177%
Health Management Network PPO $784.80 ↑ +208%
Provider Select PPO $784.80 ↑ +208%
HealthSmart PPO $784.80 ↑ +208%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $833.85 ↑ +227%
First Health PPO $833.85 ↑ +227%
United Healthcare All Payer $857.00 ↑ +236%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $4,020.00 ↑ +1476%

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