Prep skin to 100cm2 other 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

$2,319.20

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.

$8,920.00

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.

$570.62 with Humana vs $6,695.00 with Cigna — 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 $570.62 ↓ -75%
Triwest VA MM $570.62 ↓ -75%
Humana Gold Choice MM $570.62 ↓ -75%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $582.27 ↓ -75%
Active Med PPO $582.27 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $582.27 ↓ -75%
Aetna MM $582.27 ↓ -75%
Coventry First Health MM $582.27 ↓ -75%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. Gold Plus MM $582.27 ↓ -75%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $582.27 ↓ -75%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $582.27 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare MM $593.92 ↓ -74%
Peoples Health MM $599.74 ↓ -74%
Dignity Health MM $599.74 ↓ -74%
Wellcare MM $611.38 ↓ -74%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $640.50 ↓ -72%
AllyAlign Health MM $640.50 ↓ -72%
Christus Health HIX $815.18 ↓ -65%
United Healthcare All Payer $857.00 ↓ -63%
United Healthcare KM $922.68 ↓ -60%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $922.68 ↓ -60%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $922.68 ↓ -60%
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $922.68 ↓ -60%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $922.68 ↓ -60%
Aetna KM $999.57 ↓ -57%
Humana Choicecare $1,271.00 ↓ -45%
Aetna New Business $1,372.00 ↓ -41%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $1,423.35 ↓ -39%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $1,423.35 ↓ -39%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $1,423.35 ↓ -39%
Aetna PPO $1,614.00 ↓ -30%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $3,844.50 ↑ +66%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $3,844.50 ↑ +66%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $4,020.00 ↑ +73%
Verity HealthNet PPO $4,613.40 ↑ +99%
Healthcare Highways PPO $4,613.40 ↑ +99%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $4,613.40 ↑ +99%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $4,997.85 ↑ +115%
PPOplus Llc PPO $4,997.85 ↑ +115%
Multiplan PPO $5,382.30 ↑ +132%
Phcs PPO $5,382.30 ↑ +132%
Health Management Network PPO $6,151.20 ↑ +165%
HealthSmart PPO $6,151.20 ↑ +165%
Provider Select PPO $6,151.20 ↑ +165%
First Health PPO $6,535.65 ↑ +182%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $6,535.65 ↑ +182%
Cigna PPO $6,695.00 ↑ +189%

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Prep skin to 100cm2 other at other Louisiana hospitals

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CHRISTUS Louisiana Surgical Hospital Alexandria not published $357.99 – $1,368.33
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CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital Lake Charles not published $545.25 – $1,090.83

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