Radphm lcl tmr plnr bdy sgl day img 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

$859.56

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.

$3,306.00

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.

$396.72 with Louisiana Healthcare Connections vs $3,506.41 with Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana — 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
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $396.72 ↓ -54%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $396.72 ↓ -54%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $396.72 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare KM $396.72 ↓ -54%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $396.72 ↓ -54%
Aetna KM $429.78 ↓ -50%
Humana Choicecare $784.42 ↓ -9%
Humana Gold Plus MM $1,216.96 ↑ +42%
Triwest VA MM $1,216.96 ↑ +42%
Humana Gold Choice MM $1,216.96 ↑ +42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $1,241.80 ↑ +44%
Active Med PPO $1,241.80 ↑ +44%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. Gold Plus MM $1,241.80 ↑ +44%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $1,241.80 ↑ +44%
Aetna MM $1,241.80 ↑ +44%
Coventry First Health MM $1,241.80 ↑ +44%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $1,241.80 ↑ +44%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $1,241.80 ↑ +44%
United Healthcare MM $1,266.64 ↑ +47%
Dignity Health MM $1,279.05 ↑ +49%
Peoples Health MM $1,279.05 ↑ +49%
Aetna New Business $1,300.67 ↑ +51%
Wellcare MM $1,303.89 ↑ +52%
Cigna PPO $1,324.00 ↑ +54%
AllyAlign Health MM $1,365.98 ↑ +59%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $1,365.98 ↑ +59%
Aetna PPO $1,530.20 ↑ +78%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $1,653.00 ↑ +92%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $1,653.00 ↑ +92%
Christus Health HIX $1,738.52 ↑ +102%
Healthcare Highways PPO $1,983.60 ↑ +131%
Verity HealthNet PPO $1,983.60 ↑ +131%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $1,983.60 ↑ +131%
PPOplus Llc PPO $2,148.90 ↑ +150%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $2,148.90 ↑ +150%
Phcs PPO $2,314.20 ↑ +169%
Multiplan PPO $2,314.20 ↑ +169%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $2,314.20 ↑ +169%
Provider Select PPO $2,644.80 ↑ +208%
Health Management Network PPO $2,644.80 ↑ +208%
HealthSmart PPO $2,644.80 ↑ +208%
First Health PPO $2,810.10 ↑ +227%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $2,810.10 ↑ +227%
United Healthcare All Payer $2,938.37 ↑ +242%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $3,506.41 ↑ +308%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $3,506.41 ↑ +308%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $3,506.41 ↑ +308%

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Radphm lcl tmr plnr bdy sgl day img at other Louisiana hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHRISTUS Louisiana Surgical Hospital Alexandria not published $911.38 – $2,938.37
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital Lake Charles not published $886.05 – $2,687.27

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