Morphometric analysis tumor ihc qn/sq per specimen each single antibody stain manual 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

$83.20

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.

$320.00

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.

$38.40 with United Healthcare vs $628.09 with Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana — 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
United Healthcare KM $38.40 ↓ -54%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $38.40 ↓ -54%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $38.40 ↓ -54%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $38.40 ↓ -54%
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $38.40 ↓ -54%
Aetna KM $41.60 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare All Payer $143.50 ↑ +72%
Humana Gold Plus MM $159.74 ↑ +92%
Triwest VA MM $159.74 ↑ +92%
Humana Gold Choice MM $159.74 ↑ +92%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $160.00 ↑ +92%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $160.00 ↑ +92%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $163.00 ↑ +96%
Active Med PPO $163.00 ↑ +96%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $163.00 ↑ +96%
Aetna MM $163.00 ↑ +96%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. Gold Plus MM $163.00 ↑ +96%
Coventry First Health MM $163.00 ↑ +96%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $163.00 ↑ +96%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $163.00 ↑ +96%
United Healthcare MM $166.26 ↑ +100%
Dignity Health MM $167.89 ↑ +102%
Peoples Health MM $167.89 ↑ +102%
Wellcare MM $171.15 ↑ +106%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $179.30 ↑ +116%
AllyAlign Health MM $179.30 ↑ +116%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $192.00 ↑ +131%
Healthcare Highways PPO $192.00 ↑ +131%
Verity HealthNet PPO $192.00 ↑ +131%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $208.00 ↑ +150%
PPOplus Llc PPO $208.00 ↑ +150%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $224.00 ↑ +169%
Multiplan PPO $224.00 ↑ +169%
Phcs PPO $224.00 ↑ +169%
Christus Health HIX $228.20 ↑ +174%
HealthSmart PPO $256.00 ↑ +208%
Provider Select PPO $256.00 ↑ +208%
Health Management Network PPO $256.00 ↑ +208%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $272.00 ↑ +227%
First Health PPO $272.00 ↑ +227%
Humana Choicecare $332.71 ↑ +300%
Cigna PPO $377.39 ↑ +354%
Aetna New Business $386.13 ↑ +364%
Aetna PPO $454.27 ↑ +446%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $628.09 ↑ +655%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $628.09 ↑ +655%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $628.09 ↑ +655%

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Morphometric analysis tumor ihc qn/sq per specimen each single antibody stain manual at other Louisiana hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHRISTUS Shreveport-Bossier Health System-Highland Shreveport not published $143.50 – $419.23

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