Radium ra223 dichl ther/uci 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

$95.16

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.

$366.00

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.

$43.92 with Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana vs $382.03 with Humana — 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
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $43.92 ↓ -54%
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $43.92 ↓ -54%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $43.92 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare KM $43.92 ↓ -54%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $43.92 ↓ -54%
Aetna KM $47.58 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare All Payer $87.84 ↓ -8%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $156.68 ↑ +65%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $156.68 ↑ +65%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $156.68 ↑ +65%
Triwest VA MM $157.27 ↑ +65%
Humana Gold Choice MM $157.27 ↑ +65%
Humana Gold Plus MM $157.27 ↑ +65%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $160.48 ↑ +69%
Active Med PPO $160.48 ↑ +69%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. Gold Plus MM $160.48 ↑ +69%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $160.48 ↑ +69%
Aetna MM $160.48 ↑ +69%
Coventry First Health MM $160.48 ↑ +69%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $160.48 ↑ +69%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $160.48 ↑ +69%
United Healthcare MM $163.69 ↑ +72%
Dignity Health MM $165.29 ↑ +74%
Peoples Health MM $165.29 ↑ +74%
Wellcare MM $168.50 ↑ +77%
AllyAlign Health MM $176.53 ↑ +86%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $176.53 ↑ +86%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $183.00 ↑ +92%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $183.00 ↑ +92%
Cigna PPO $215.94 ↑ +127%
Healthcare Highways PPO $219.60 ↑ +131%
PPOplus Llc PPO $219.60 ↑ +131%
Multiplan PPO $219.60 ↑ +131%
Verity HealthNet PPO $219.60 ↑ +131%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $219.60 ↑ +131%
Phcs PPO $219.60 ↑ +131%
Aetna New Business $223.26 ↑ +135%
Christus Health HIX $224.67 ↑ +136%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $237.90 ↑ +150%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $256.20 ↑ +169%
Aetna PPO $263.52 ↑ +177%
Health Management Network PPO $292.80 ↑ +208%
HealthSmart PPO $292.80 ↑ +208%
Provider Select PPO $292.80 ↑ +208%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $311.10 ↑ +227%
First Health PPO $311.10 ↑ +227%
Humana Choicecare $382.03 ↑ +301%

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Radium ra223 dichl ther/uci at other Louisiana hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHRISTUS Louisiana Surgical Hospital Alexandria not published $160.48 – $502.15
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital Lake Charles not published $150.27 – $168.67

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