Parathormone (pth) intact 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

$91.78

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.

$353.00

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.

$40.45 with Humana vs $297.50 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
Humana Gold Plus MM $40.45 ↓ -56%
Triwest VA MM $40.45 ↓ -56%
Humana Gold Choice MM $40.45 ↓ -56%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $41.28 ↓ -55%
United Healthcare All Payer $41.28 ↓ -55%
United Healthcare KM $41.28 ↓ -55%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $41.28 ↓ -55%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. Gold Plus MM $41.28 ↓ -55%
Aetna MM $41.28 ↓ -55%
Coventry First Health MM $41.28 ↓ -55%
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $41.28 ↓ -55%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $41.28 ↓ -55%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $41.28 ↓ -55%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $41.28 ↓ -55%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $41.69 ↓ -55%
United Healthcare MM $42.11 ↓ -54%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $42.11 ↓ -54%
Peoples Health MM $42.52 ↓ -54%
Dignity Health MM $42.52 ↓ -54%
Aetna KM $43.34 ↓ -53%
Wellcare MM $43.34 ↓ -53%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $45.41 ↓ -51%
AllyAlign Health MM $45.41 ↓ -51%
Christus Health HIX $57.79 ↓ -37%
Active Med PPO $72.24 ↓ -21%
Humana Choicecare $139.85 ↑ +52%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $148.57 ↑ +62%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $148.57 ↑ +62%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $148.57 ↑ +62%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $175.00 ↑ +91%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $175.00 ↑ +91%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $210.00 ↑ +129%
Healthcare Highways PPO $210.00 ↑ +129%
Verity HealthNet PPO $210.00 ↑ +129%
Aetna New Business $217.11 ↑ +137%
PPOplus Llc PPO $227.50 ↑ +148%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $227.50 ↑ +148%
Phcs PPO $245.00 ↑ +167%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $245.00 ↑ +167%
Multiplan PPO $245.00 ↑ +167%
Cigna PPO $252.74 ↑ +175%
Aetna PPO $255.42 ↑ +178%
Provider Select PPO $280.00 ↑ +205%
Health Management Network PPO $280.00 ↑ +205%
HealthSmart PPO $280.00 ↑ +205%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $297.50 ↑ +224%
First Health PPO $297.50 ↑ +224%

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