Radiation treatment aid(s) 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

$314.86

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.

$1,211.00

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.

$123.76 with Humana vs $3,957.00 with United Healthcare — 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 $123.76 ↓ -61%
Humana Gold Choice MM $123.76 ↓ -61%
Triwest VA MM $123.76 ↓ -61%
Aetna New Business $125.75 ↓ -60%
Coventry First Health MM $126.29 ↓ -60%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $126.29 ↓ -60%
Active Med PPO $126.29 ↓ -60%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. Gold Plus MM $126.29 ↓ -60%
Aetna MM $126.29 ↓ -60%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $126.29 ↓ -60%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $126.29 ↓ -60%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $126.29 ↓ -60%
United Healthcare MM $128.82 ↓ -59%
Dignity Health MM $130.08 ↓ -59%
Peoples Health MM $130.08 ↓ -59%
Wellcare MM $132.60 ↓ -58%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $138.92 ↓ -56%
AllyAlign Health MM $138.92 ↓ -56%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $145.32 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare KM $145.32 ↓ -54%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $145.32 ↓ -54%
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $145.32 ↓ -54%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $145.32 ↓ -54%
Aetna PPO $147.94 ↓ -53%
Aetna KM $157.43 ↓ -50%
Humana Choicecare $159.81 ↓ -49%
Christus Health HIX $176.81 ↓ -44%
Cigna PPO $198.23 ↓ -37%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $365.46 ↑ +16%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $365.46 ↑ +16%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $365.46 ↑ +16%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $605.50 ↑ +92%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $605.50 ↑ +92%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $726.60 ↑ +131%
Verity HealthNet PPO $726.60 ↑ +131%
Healthcare Highways PPO $726.60 ↑ +131%
PPOplus Llc PPO $787.15 ↑ +150%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $787.15 ↑ +150%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $847.70 ↑ +169%
Multiplan PPO $847.70 ↑ +169%
Phcs PPO $847.70 ↑ +169%
Health Management Network PPO $968.80 ↑ +208%
HealthSmart PPO $968.80 ↑ +208%
Provider Select PPO $968.80 ↑ +208%
First Health PPO $1,029.35 ↑ +227%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $1,029.35 ↑ +227%
United Healthcare All Payer $3,957.00 ↑ +1157%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHRISTUS Louisiana Surgical Hospital Alexandria not published $41.49 – $296.78
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital Lake Charles not published $118.27 – $280.08

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