Nm radiopharmaceutical therapy oral administration 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

$219.70

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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.

$845.00

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.

$101.40 with United Healthcare vs $718.25 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
United Healthcare KM $101.40 ↓ -54%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $101.40 ↓ -54%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $101.40 ↓ -54%
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $101.40 ↓ -54%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $101.40 ↓ -54%
Aetna KM $109.85 ↓ -50%
Triwest VA MM $208.94 ↓ -5%
Humana Gold Plus MM $208.94 ↓ -5%
Humana Gold Choice MM $208.94 ↓ -5%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $213.20 ↓ -3%
Active Med PPO $213.20 ↓ -3%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. Gold Plus MM $213.20 ↓ -3%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $213.20 ↓ -3%
Aetna MM $213.20 ↓ -3%
Coventry First Health MM $213.20 ↓ -3%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $213.20 ↓ -3%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $213.20 ↓ -3%
United Healthcare MM $217.46 ↓ -1%
Peoples Health MM $219.60 ↓ -0%
Dignity Health MM $219.60 ↓ -0%
Cigna PPO $223.72 ↑ +2%
Wellcare MM $223.86 ↑ +2%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $234.52 ↑ +7%
AllyAlign Health MM $234.52 ↑ +7%
Aetna New Business $236.34 ↑ +8%
Aetna PPO $278.04 ↑ +27%
Christus Health HIX $298.48 ↑ +36%
Humana Choicecare $331.42 ↑ +51%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $422.50 ↑ +92%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $422.50 ↑ +92%
Verity HealthNet PPO $507.00 ↑ +131%
Healthcare Highways PPO $507.00 ↑ +131%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $507.00 ↑ +131%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $549.25 ↑ +150%
PPOplus Llc PPO $549.25 ↑ +150%
United Healthcare All Payer $561.65 ↑ +156%
Phcs PPO $591.50 ↑ +169%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $591.50 ↑ +169%
Multiplan PPO $591.50 ↑ +169%
Provider Select PPO $676.00 ↑ +208%
Health Management Network PPO $676.00 ↑ +208%
HealthSmart PPO $676.00 ↑ +208%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $695.29 ↑ +216%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $695.29 ↑ +216%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $695.29 ↑ +216%
First Health PPO $718.25 ↑ +227%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $718.25 ↑ +227%

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Nm radiopharmaceutical therapy oral administration at other Louisiana hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHRISTUS Louisiana Surgical Hospital Alexandria not published $72.08 – $561.65
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital Lake Charles not published $199.65 – $532.86

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