Mycoplasma antibody igm 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

$56.16

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.

$216.00

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.

$12.98 with Humana vs $183.60 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
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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 $12.98 ↓ -77%
Triwest VA MM $12.98 ↓ -77%
Humana Gold Choice MM $12.98 ↓ -77%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $13.24 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare All Payer $13.24 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare KM $13.24 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $13.24 ↓ -76%
Aetna MM $13.24 ↓ -76%
Coventry First Health MM $13.24 ↓ -76%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. Gold Plus MM $13.24 ↓ -76%
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $13.24 ↓ -76%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $13.24 ↓ -76%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $13.24 ↓ -76%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $13.24 ↓ -76%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $13.37 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare MM $13.50 ↓ -76%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $13.50 ↓ -76%
Dignity Health MM $13.64 ↓ -76%
Peoples Health MM $13.64 ↓ -76%
Aetna KM $13.90 ↓ -75%
Wellcare MM $13.90 ↓ -75%
AllyAlign Health MM $14.56 ↓ -74%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $14.56 ↓ -74%
Christus Health HIX $18.54 ↓ -67%
Active Med PPO $23.17 ↓ -59%
Humana Choicecare $44.86 ↓ -20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $47.64 ↓ -15%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $47.64 ↓ -15%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $47.64 ↓ -15%
Aetna New Business $69.66 ↑ +24%
Cigna PPO $81.58 ↑ +45%
Aetna PPO $81.95 ↑ +46%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $108.00 ↑ +92%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $108.00 ↑ +92%
Healthcare Highways PPO $129.60 ↑ +131%
Verity HealthNet PPO $129.60 ↑ +131%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $129.60 ↑ +131%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $140.40 ↑ +150%
PPOplus Llc PPO $140.40 ↑ +150%
Multiplan PPO $151.20 ↑ +169%
Phcs PPO $151.20 ↑ +169%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $151.20 ↑ +169%
Health Management Network PPO $172.80 ↑ +208%
Provider Select PPO $172.80 ↑ +208%
HealthSmart PPO $172.80 ↑ +208%
First Health PPO $183.60 ↑ +227%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $183.60 ↑ +227%

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