Multiple sleep latency test 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

$1,967.94

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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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$7,569.00

Gross charge

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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.

$494.63 with Humana vs $6,433.65 with Verity Healthnet National — 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

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 $494.63 ↓ -75%
Triwest VA MM $494.63 ↓ -75%
Humana Gold Choice MM $494.63 ↓ -75%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $504.72 ↓ -74%
Active Med PPO $504.72 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $504.72 ↓ -74%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. Gold Plus MM $504.72 ↓ -74%
Aetna MM $504.72 ↓ -74%
Coventry First Health MM $504.72 ↓ -74%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $504.72 ↓ -74%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $504.72 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare MM $514.81 ↓ -74%
Peoples Health MM $519.86 ↓ -74%
Dignity Health MM $519.86 ↓ -74%
Wellcare MM $529.96 ↓ -73%
AllyAlign Health MM $555.19 ↓ -72%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $555.19 ↓ -72%
Christus Health HIX $706.61 ↓ -64%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $908.28 ↓ -54%
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $908.28 ↓ -54%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $908.28 ↓ -54%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $908.28 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare KM $908.28 ↓ -54%
Aetna KM $983.97 ↓ -50%
Humana Choicecare $1,610.00 ↓ -18%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $2,632.64 ↑ +34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $2,632.64 ↑ +34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $2,632.64 ↑ +34%
United Healthcare All Payer $2,994.00 ↑ +52%
Aetna New Business $3,373.00 ↑ +71%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $3,784.50 ↑ +92%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $3,784.50 ↑ +92%
Aetna PPO $3,968.00 ↑ +102%
Cigna PPO $4,465.71 ↑ +127%
Healthcare Highways PPO $4,541.40 ↑ +131%
Verity HealthNet PPO $4,541.40 ↑ +131%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $4,541.40 ↑ +131%
PPOplus Llc PPO $4,919.85 ↑ +150%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $4,919.85 ↑ +150%
Multiplan PPO $5,298.30 ↑ +169%
Phcs PPO $5,298.30 ↑ +169%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $5,298.30 ↑ +169%
Health Management Network PPO $6,055.20 ↑ +208%
HealthSmart PPO $6,055.20 ↑ +208%
Provider Select PPO $6,055.20 ↑ +208%
First Health PPO $6,433.65 ↑ +227%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $6,433.65 ↑ +227%

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Multiple sleep latency test at other Louisiana hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHRISTUS Louisiana Surgical Hospital Alexandria not published $340.69 – $1,273.00
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital Lake Charles not published $472.62 – $2,017.62

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