Place slctv cath carotd art uni 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

$2,685.28

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.

$10,328.00

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.

$1,239.36 with United Healthcare vs $12,434.49 with Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana — 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 $1,239.36 ↓ -54%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $1,239.36 ↓ -54%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $1,239.36 ↓ -54%
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $1,239.36 ↓ -54%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $1,239.36 ↓ -54%
Aetna KM $1,342.64 ↓ -50%
Aetna New Business $1,589.00 ↓ -41%
Aetna PPO $1,869.00 ↓ -30%
Humana Choicecare $2,473.00 ↓ -8%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $4,020.00 ↑ +50%
Triwest VA MM $5,039.17 ↑ +88%
Humana Gold Plus MM $5,039.17 ↑ +88%
Humana Gold Choice MM $5,039.17 ↑ +88%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $5,142.01 ↑ +91%
Coventry First Health MM $5,142.01 ↑ +91%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $5,142.01 ↑ +91%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $5,142.01 ↑ +91%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $5,142.01 ↑ +91%
Active Med PPO $5,142.01 ↑ +91%
Aetna MM $5,142.01 ↑ +91%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. Gold Plus MM $5,142.01 ↑ +91%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $5,164.00 ↑ +92%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $5,164.00 ↑ +92%
United Healthcare MM $5,244.85 ↑ +95%
Peoples Health MM $5,296.27 ↑ +97%
Dignity Health MM $5,296.27 ↑ +97%
Wellcare MM $5,399.11 ↑ +101%
AllyAlign Health MM $5,656.21 ↑ +111%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $5,656.21 ↑ +111%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $6,196.80 ↑ +131%
Verity HealthNet PPO $6,196.80 ↑ +131%
Healthcare Highways PPO $6,196.80 ↑ +131%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $6,713.20 ↑ +150%
PPOplus Llc PPO $6,713.20 ↑ +150%
Christus Health HIX $7,198.81 ↑ +168%
Multiplan PPO $7,229.60 ↑ +169%
Phcs PPO $7,229.60 ↑ +169%
Cigna PPO $7,561.00 ↑ +182%
United Healthcare All Payer $8,248.00 ↑ +207%
Health Management Network PPO $8,262.40 ↑ +208%
HealthSmart PPO $8,262.40 ↑ +208%
Provider Select PPO $8,262.40 ↑ +208%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $8,778.80 ↑ +227%
First Health PPO $8,778.80 ↑ +227%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $12,434.49 ↑ +363%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $12,434.49 ↑ +363%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $12,434.49 ↑ +363%

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Place slctv cath carotd art uni at other Louisiana hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHRISTUS Louisiana Surgical Hospital Alexandria not published $5,142.01 – $12,083.72
CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital Lake Charles not published $2,458.00 – $9,678.47
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital Lake Charles not published $2,458.00 – $9,529.63

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