Myelography l-s spine at CHRISTUS St. Francis Cabrini Hospital
3330 Masonic Dr, Alexandria, LA · Christushealth · · NPI 1639160799
$847.34
Cash price 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.
$3,259.00
Gross charge 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.
$219.53 with Humana vs $2,770.15 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Humana | Choicecare | $219.53 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | PPO | $228.62 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | New Business | $288.58 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | PPO | $339.51 | ↓ -60% |
| Healthy Blue Louisiana | KM | $391.08 | ↓ -54% |
| Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana | KM | $391.08 | ↓ -54% |
| Humana | Healthy Horizons KM | $391.08 | ↓ -54% |
| Louisiana Healthcare Connections | KM | $391.08 | ↓ -54% |
| United Healthcare | KM | $391.08 | ↓ -54% |
| Aetna | KM | $423.67 | ↓ -50% |
| Humana | Gold Choice MM | $736.49 | ↓ -13% |
| Triwest | VA MM | $736.49 | ↓ -13% |
| Humana | Gold Plus MM | $736.49 | ↓ -13% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana | MM | $751.52 | ↓ -11% |
| Active Med | PPO | $751.52 | ↓ -11% |
| United Healthcare | VA CCN MM | $751.52 | ↓ -11% |
| Aetna | MM | $751.52 | ↓ -11% |
| Coventry | First Health MM | $751.52 | ↓ -11% |
| Vantage Health Plan Inc. | Gold Plus MM | $751.52 | ↓ -11% |
| Arcadian Health Plan | MM | $751.52 | ↓ -11% |
| Christus Health | Med Adv MM | $751.52 | ↓ -11% |
| United Healthcare | MM | $766.55 | ↓ -10% |
| Peoples Health | MM | $774.07 | ↓ -9% |
| Dignity Health | MM | $774.07 | ↓ -9% |
| Wellcare | MM | $789.10 | ↓ -7% |
| American Health Medicare | Advantage MM | $826.67 | ↓ -2% |
| AllyAlign Health | MM | $826.67 | ↓ -2% |
| Christus Health | HIX | $1,052.13 | ↑ +24% |
| United Healthcare | All Payer | $1,609.16 | ↑ +90% |
| LSU First Choice Verity | PPO | $1,629.50 | ↑ +92% |
| Vantage Health Plan Inc. | PPO | $1,629.50 | ↑ +92% |
| Gilsbar, Inc. | Alliance PPO | $1,955.40 | ↑ +131% |
| Healthcare Highways | PPO | $1,955.40 | ↑ +131% |
| Verity HealthNet | PPO | $1,955.40 | ↑ +131% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana | HMO | $1,988.02 | ↑ +135% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana | PPO | $1,988.02 | ↑ +135% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana | Trad | $1,988.02 | ↑ +135% |
| HealthSmart | Accel PPO | $2,118.35 | ↑ +150% |
| PPOplus Llc | PPO | $2,118.35 | ↑ +150% |
| Five Point Credit Union | PPO | $2,281.30 | ↑ +169% |
| Phcs | PPO | $2,281.30 | ↑ +169% |
| Multiplan | PPO | $2,281.30 | ↑ +169% |
| Health Management Network | PPO | $2,607.20 | ↑ +208% |
| Provider Select | PPO | $2,607.20 | ↑ +208% |
| HealthSmart | PPO | $2,607.20 | ↑ +208% |
| Verity Healthnet National | PPO | $2,770.15 | ↑ +227% |
| First Health | PPO | $2,770.15 | ↑ +227% |
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Myelography l-s spine at other Louisiana hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHRISTUS Louisiana Surgical Hospital | Alexandria | not published | $751.52 – $1,766.07 |
| CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital | Lake Charles | not published | $217.24 – $1,547.39 |
| CHRISTUS Shreveport-Bossier Health System-Highland | Shreveport | not published | $173.02 – $1,326.94 |
| CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital | Lake Charles | not published | $221.58 – $1,523.59 |