Poct blood gases ph pco2 po2 arterial calculated o2 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

$96.72

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.

$372.00

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.

$6.35 with Louisiana Healthcare Connections vs $166.60 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
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $6.35 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare KM $6.35 ↓ -93%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $6.35 ↓ -93%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $6.41 ↓ -93%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $6.48 ↓ -93%
Aetna KM $6.67 ↓ -93%
Triwest VA MM $25.55 ↓ -74%
Humana Gold Choice MM $25.55 ↓ -74%
Humana Gold Plus MM $25.55 ↓ -74%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $26.07 ↓ -73%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. Gold Plus MM $26.07 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare All Payer $26.07 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $26.07 ↓ -73%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $26.07 ↓ -73%
Aetna MM $26.07 ↓ -73%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $26.07 ↓ -73%
Coventry First Health MM $26.07 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare MM $26.59 ↓ -73%
Dignity Health MM $26.85 ↓ -72%
Peoples Health MM $26.85 ↓ -72%
Wellcare MM $27.37 ↓ -72%
AllyAlign Health MM $28.68 ↓ -70%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $28.68 ↓ -70%
Christus Health HIX $36.50 ↓ -62%
Active Med PPO $45.62 ↓ -53%
Humana Choicecare $65.55 ↓ -32%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $76.01 ↓ -21%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $76.01 ↓ -21%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $76.01 ↓ -21%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $98.00 ↑ +1%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $98.00 ↑ +1%
Healthcare Highways PPO $117.60 ↑ +22%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $117.60 ↑ +22%
Verity HealthNet PPO $117.60 ↑ +22%
Cigna PPO $118.38 ↑ +22%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $127.40 ↑ +32%
PPOplus Llc PPO $127.40 ↑ +32%
Aetna New Business $137.11 ↑ +42%
Phcs PPO $137.20 ↑ +42%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $137.20 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $137.20 ↑ +42%
HealthSmart PPO $156.80 ↑ +62%
Provider Select PPO $156.80 ↑ +62%
Health Management Network PPO $156.80 ↑ +62%
Aetna PPO $161.30 ↑ +67%
First Health PPO $166.60 ↑ +72%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $166.60 ↑ +72%

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