Neck (Cervical Spine) CT scan (with contrast) 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

$503.88

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.

$1,938.00

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.

$232.56 with Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana vs $1,647.30 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
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $232.56 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare KM $232.56 ↓ -54%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $232.56 ↓ -54%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $232.56 ↓ -54%
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $232.56 ↓ -54%
Aetna KM $251.94 ↓ -50%
Triwest VA MM $332.92 ↓ -34%
Humana Gold Plus MM $332.92 ↓ -34%
Humana Gold Choice MM $332.92 ↓ -34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $339.71 ↓ -33%
Active Med PPO $339.71 ↓ -33%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. Gold Plus MM $339.71 ↓ -33%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $339.71 ↓ -33%
Aetna MM $339.71 ↓ -33%
Coventry First Health MM $339.71 ↓ -33%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $339.71 ↓ -33%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $339.71 ↓ -33%
United Healthcare MM $346.50 ↓ -31%
Dignity Health MM $349.90 ↓ -31%
Peoples Health MM $349.90 ↓ -31%
Wellcare MM $356.70 ↓ -29%
AllyAlign Health MM $373.68 ↓ -26%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $373.68 ↓ -26%
Christus Health HIX $475.59 ↓ -6%
Aetna New Business $628.00 ↑ +25%
Aetna PPO $739.00 ↑ +47%
United Healthcare All Payer $828.27 ↑ +64%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $969.00 ↑ +92%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $969.00 ↑ +92%
Cigna PPO $1,083.00 ↑ +115%
Healthcare Highways PPO $1,162.80 ↑ +131%
Verity HealthNet PPO $1,162.80 ↑ +131%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $1,162.80 ↑ +131%
PPOplus Llc PPO $1,259.70 ↑ +150%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $1,259.70 ↑ +150%
Humana Choicecare $1,265.00 ↑ +151%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $1,330.55 ↑ +164%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $1,330.55 ↑ +164%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $1,330.55 ↑ +164%
Multiplan PPO $1,356.60 ↑ +169%
Phcs PPO $1,356.60 ↑ +169%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $1,500.00 ↑ +198%
Health Management Network PPO $1,550.40 ↑ +208%
Provider Select PPO $1,550.40 ↑ +208%
HealthSmart PPO $1,550.40 ↑ +208%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $1,647.30 ↑ +227%
First Health PPO $1,647.30 ↑ +227%

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