Mopath procedure level 7 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

$665.86

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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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$2,561.00

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.

$277.22 with Humana vs $2,176.85 with First Health — 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 $277.22 ↓ -58%
Humana Gold Choice MM $277.22 ↓ -58%
Triwest VA MM $277.22 ↓ -58%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $282.88 ↓ -58%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $282.88 ↓ -58%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. Gold Plus MM $282.88 ↓ -58%
United Healthcare All Payer $282.88 ↓ -58%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $282.88 ↓ -58%
Coventry First Health MM $282.88 ↓ -58%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $282.88 ↓ -58%
Aetna MM $282.88 ↓ -58%
United Healthcare MM $288.54 ↓ -57%
Peoples Health MM $291.37 ↓ -56%
Dignity Health MM $291.37 ↓ -56%
Wellcare MM $297.02 ↓ -55%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $307.32 ↓ -54%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $307.32 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare KM $307.32 ↓ -54%
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $307.32 ↓ -54%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $307.32 ↓ -54%
AllyAlign Health MM $311.17 ↓ -53%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $311.17 ↓ -53%
Aetna KM $332.93 ↓ -50%
Christus Health HIX $396.03 ↓ -41%
Active Med PPO $495.04 ↓ -26%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $824.74 ↑ +24%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $824.74 ↑ +24%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $824.74 ↑ +24%
Cigna PPO $1,070.81 ↑ +61%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $1,280.50 ↑ +92%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $1,280.50 ↑ +92%
Humana Choicecare $1,382.94 ↑ +108%
Aetna New Business $1,487.90 ↑ +123%
Verity HealthNet PPO $1,536.60 ↑ +131%
Healthcare Highways PPO $1,536.60 ↑ +131%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $1,536.60 ↑ +131%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $1,664.65 ↑ +150%
PPOplus Llc PPO $1,664.65 ↑ +150%
Aetna PPO $1,750.48 ↑ +163%
Phcs PPO $1,792.70 ↑ +169%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $1,792.70 ↑ +169%
Multiplan PPO $1,792.70 ↑ +169%
Provider Select PPO $2,048.80 ↑ +208%
HealthSmart PPO $2,048.80 ↑ +208%
Health Management Network PPO $2,048.80 ↑ +208%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $2,176.85 ↑ +227%
First Health PPO $2,176.85 ↑ +227%

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Mopath procedure level 7 at other Louisiana hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHRISTUS Louisiana Surgical Hospital Alexandria not published $141.44 – $664.77
CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital Lake Charles not published $277.22 – $1,017.48
CHRISTUS Shreveport-Bossier Health System-Highland Shreveport not published $277.22 – $1,081.72

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