Prq trluml c athrc 1 art&/br 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

$8,862.10

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.

$34,085.00

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.

$2,887.00 with Aetna vs $28,972.25 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
Aetna New Business $2,887.00 ↓ -67%
Aetna PPO $3,397.00 ↓ -62%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $4,090.20 ↓ -54%
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $4,090.20 ↓ -54%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $4,090.20 ↓ -54%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $4,090.20 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare KM $4,090.20 ↓ -54%
Aetna KM $4,431.05 ↓ -50%
Triwest VA MM $10,571.63 ↑ +19%
Humana Gold Choice MM $10,571.63 ↑ +19%
Humana Gold Plus MM $10,571.63 ↑ +19%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $10,787.38 ↑ +22%
Active Med PPO $10,787.38 ↑ +22%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $10,787.38 ↑ +22%
Aetna MM $10,787.38 ↑ +22%
Coventry First Health MM $10,787.38 ↑ +22%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. Gold Plus MM $10,787.38 ↑ +22%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $10,787.38 ↑ +22%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $10,787.38 ↑ +22%
United Healthcare MM $11,003.13 ↑ +24%
Peoples Health MM $11,111.00 ↑ +25%
Dignity Health MM $11,111.00 ↑ +25%
Wellcare MM $11,326.75 ↑ +28%
Humana Choicecare $11,613.00 ↑ +31%
AllyAlign Health MM $11,866.12 ↑ +34%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $11,866.12 ↑ +34%
Christus Health HIX $15,102.33 ↑ +70%
United Healthcare All Payer $16,880.00 ↑ +90%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $17,042.50 ↑ +92%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $17,042.50 ↑ +92%
Cigna PPO $20,107.00 ↑ +127%
Verity HealthNet PPO $20,451.00 ↑ +131%
Healthcare Highways PPO $20,451.00 ↑ +131%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $20,451.00 ↑ +131%
PPOplus Llc PPO $22,155.25 ↑ +150%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $22,155.25 ↑ +150%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $23,859.50 ↑ +169%
Multiplan PPO $23,859.50 ↑ +169%
Phcs PPO $23,859.50 ↑ +169%
Health Management Network PPO $27,268.00 ↑ +208%
Provider Select PPO $27,268.00 ↑ +208%
HealthSmart PPO $27,268.00 ↑ +208%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $28,804.64 ↑ +225%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $28,804.64 ↑ +225%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $28,804.64 ↑ +225%
First Health PPO $28,972.25 ↑ +227%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $28,972.25 ↑ +227%

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