Nm imaging cardiac blood pooling planar single study at rest or stress 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

$460.72

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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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$1,772.00

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.

$212.64 with Louisiana Healthcare Connections vs $1,506.20 with Verity Healthnet National — same scan, same building. Share

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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
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $212.64 ↓ -54%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $212.64 ↓ -54%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $212.64 ↓ -54%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $212.64 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare KM $212.64 ↓ -54%
Aetna KM $230.36 ↓ -50%
Triwest VA MM $374.59 ↓ -19%
Humana Gold Plus MM $374.59 ↓ -19%
Humana Gold Choice MM $374.59 ↓ -19%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $382.23 ↓ -17%
Active Med PPO $382.23 ↓ -17%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $382.23 ↓ -17%
Aetna MM $382.23 ↓ -17%
Coventry First Health MM $382.23 ↓ -17%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. Gold Plus MM $382.23 ↓ -17%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $382.23 ↓ -17%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $382.23 ↓ -17%
United Healthcare MM $389.87 ↓ -15%
Dignity Health MM $393.70 ↓ -15%
Peoples Health MM $393.70 ↓ -15%
Wellcare MM $401.34 ↓ -13%
AllyAlign Health MM $420.45 ↓ -9%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $420.45 ↓ -9%
Christus Health HIX $535.12 ↑ +16%
Humana Choicecare $555.43 ↑ +21%
Aetna New Business $733.00 ↑ +59%
United Healthcare All Payer $848.52 ↑ +84%
Cigna PPO $849.04 ↑ +84%
Aetna PPO $862.00 ↑ +87%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $886.00 ↑ +92%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $886.00 ↑ +92%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $1,018.79 ↑ +121%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $1,018.79 ↑ +121%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $1,018.79 ↑ +121%
Healthcare Highways PPO $1,063.20 ↑ +131%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $1,063.20 ↑ +131%
Verity HealthNet PPO $1,063.20 ↑ +131%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $1,151.80 ↑ +150%
PPOplus Llc PPO $1,151.80 ↑ +150%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $1,240.40 ↑ +169%
Phcs PPO $1,240.40 ↑ +169%
Multiplan PPO $1,240.40 ↑ +169%
HealthSmart PPO $1,417.60 ↑ +208%
Provider Select PPO $1,417.60 ↑ +208%
Health Management Network PPO $1,417.60 ↑ +208%
First Health PPO $1,506.20 ↑ +227%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $1,506.20 ↑ +227%

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Nm imaging cardiac blood pooling planar single study at rest or stress at other Louisiana hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHRISTUS Louisiana Surgical Hospital Alexandria not published $262.06 – $898.24
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital Lake Charles not published $357.93 – $822.89

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