Prgrmg dev eval impltbl sys 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

$28.86

Cash price

?

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$111.00

Gross charge

?

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$13.32 with United Healthcare vs $156.45 with Humana — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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.

Full explanation →

Payer
?

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.

Full explanation →
Plan
?

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.

Full explanation →
Negotiated rate vs. cash
United Healthcare KM $13.32 ↓ -54%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $13.32 ↓ -54%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $13.32 ↓ -54%
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $13.32 ↓ -54%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $13.32 ↓ -54%
Aetna KM $14.43 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare All Payer $26.64 ↓ -8%
Triwest VA MM $34.76 ↑ +20%
Humana Gold Choice MM $34.76 ↑ +20%
Humana Gold Plus MM $34.76 ↑ +20%
Aetna MM $35.47 ↑ +23%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. Gold Plus MM $35.47 ↑ +23%
Coventry First Health MM $35.47 ↑ +23%
Active Med PPO $35.47 ↑ +23%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $35.47 ↑ +23%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $35.47 ↑ +23%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $35.47 ↑ +23%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $35.47 ↑ +23%
United Healthcare MM $36.18 ↑ +25%
Peoples Health MM $36.53 ↑ +27%
Dignity Health MM $36.53 ↑ +27%
Wellcare MM $37.24 ↑ +29%
AllyAlign Health MM $39.02 ↑ +35%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $39.02 ↑ +35%
Christus Health HIX $49.66 ↑ +72%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $55.50 ↑ +92%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $55.50 ↑ +92%
Cigna PPO $65.49 ↑ +127%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $66.60 ↑ +131%
Healthcare Highways PPO $66.60 ↑ +131%
Verity HealthNet PPO $66.60 ↑ +131%
Aetna New Business $67.71 ↑ +135%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $72.15 ↑ +150%
PPOplus Llc PPO $72.15 ↑ +150%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $77.70 ↑ +169%
Phcs PPO $77.70 ↑ +169%
Multiplan PPO $77.70 ↑ +169%
Aetna PPO $79.92 ↑ +177%
Provider Select PPO $88.80 ↑ +208%
HealthSmart PPO $88.80 ↑ +208%
Health Management Network PPO $88.80 ↑ +208%
First Health PPO $94.35 ↑ +227%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $94.35 ↑ +227%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $110.03 ↑ +281%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $110.03 ↑ +281%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $110.03 ↑ +281%
Humana Choicecare $156.45 ↑ +442%

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Prgrmg dev eval impltbl sys at other Louisiana hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHRISTUS Louisiana Surgical Hospital Alexandria not published $27.80 – $83.35
CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital Lake Charles not published $33.77 – $85.64
CHRISTUS Shreveport-Bossier Health System-Highland Shreveport not published $34.55 – $73.44
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital Lake Charles not published $33.21 – $84.33

All Louisiana hospitals for this procedure →