Nm imaging gastrointestinal acute blood loss 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

$328.64

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.

$1,264.00

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.

$151.68 with Healthy Blue Louisiana vs $1,674.24 with Aetna — 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
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $151.68 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare KM $151.68 ↓ -54%
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $151.68 ↓ -54%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $151.68 ↓ -54%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $151.68 ↓ -54%
Aetna KM $164.32 ↓ -50%
Triwest VA MM $374.59 ↑ +14%
Humana Gold Plus MM $374.59 ↑ +14%
Humana Gold Choice MM $374.59 ↑ +14%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $382.23 ↑ +16%
Active Med PPO $382.23 ↑ +16%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $382.23 ↑ +16%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. Gold Plus MM $382.23 ↑ +16%
Aetna MM $382.23 ↑ +16%
Coventry First Health MM $382.23 ↑ +16%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $382.23 ↑ +16%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $382.23 ↑ +16%
United Healthcare MM $389.87 ↑ +19%
Peoples Health MM $393.70 ↑ +20%
Dignity Health MM $393.70 ↑ +20%
Wellcare MM $401.34 ↑ +22%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $420.45 ↑ +28%
AllyAlign Health MM $420.45 ↑ +28%
Christus Health HIX $535.12 ↑ +63%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $632.00 ↑ +92%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $632.00 ↑ +92%
Verity HealthNet PPO $758.40 ↑ +131%
Healthcare Highways PPO $758.40 ↑ +131%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $758.40 ↑ +131%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $821.60 ↑ +150%
PPOplus Llc PPO $821.60 ↑ +150%
Humana Choicecare $844.44 ↑ +157%
United Healthcare All Payer $848.52 ↑ +158%
Phcs PPO $884.80 ↑ +169%
Multiplan PPO $884.80 ↑ +169%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $884.80 ↑ +169%
Provider Select PPO $1,011.20 ↑ +208%
HealthSmart PPO $1,011.20 ↑ +208%
Health Management Network PPO $1,011.20 ↑ +208%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $1,018.79 ↑ +210%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $1,018.79 ↑ +210%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $1,018.79 ↑ +210%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $1,074.40 ↑ +227%
First Health PPO $1,074.40 ↑ +227%
Cigna PPO $1,407.17 ↑ +328%
Aetna New Business $1,423.11 ↑ +333%
Aetna PPO $1,674.24 ↑ +409%

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