Radphm lcl tomogr sgl area sgl day 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

$637.78

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.

$2,453.00

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.

$294.36 with United Healthcare vs $2,938.37 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
United Healthcare KM $294.36 ↓ -54%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $294.36 ↓ -54%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $294.36 ↓ -54%
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $294.36 ↓ -54%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $294.36 ↓ -54%
Aetna KM $318.89 ↓ -50%
Humana Choicecare $828.59 ↑ +30%
Humana Gold Choice MM $1,216.96 ↑ +91%
Humana Gold Plus MM $1,216.96 ↑ +91%
Triwest VA MM $1,216.96 ↑ +91%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $1,226.50 ↑ +92%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $1,226.50 ↑ +92%
Aetna MM $1,241.80 ↑ +95%
Active Med PPO $1,241.80 ↑ +95%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. Gold Plus MM $1,241.80 ↑ +95%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $1,241.80 ↑ +95%
Coventry First Health MM $1,241.80 ↑ +95%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $1,241.80 ↑ +95%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $1,241.80 ↑ +95%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $1,241.80 ↑ +95%
United Healthcare MM $1,266.64 ↑ +99%
Dignity Health MM $1,279.05 ↑ +101%
Peoples Health MM $1,279.05 ↑ +101%
Wellcare MM $1,303.89 ↑ +104%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $1,320.95 ↑ +107%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $1,320.95 ↑ +107%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $1,320.95 ↑ +107%
Cigna PPO $1,360.79 ↑ +113%
AllyAlign Health MM $1,365.98 ↑ +114%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $1,365.98 ↑ +114%
Healthcare Highways PPO $1,471.80 ↑ +131%
Verity HealthNet PPO $1,471.80 ↑ +131%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $1,471.80 ↑ +131%
PPOplus Llc PPO $1,594.45 ↑ +150%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $1,594.45 ↑ +150%
Aetna New Business $1,596.81 ↑ +150%
Multiplan PPO $1,717.10 ↑ +169%
Phcs PPO $1,717.10 ↑ +169%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $1,717.10 ↑ +169%
Christus Health HIX $1,738.52 ↑ +173%
Aetna PPO $1,878.60 ↑ +195%
Health Management Network PPO $1,962.40 ↑ +208%
HealthSmart PPO $1,962.40 ↑ +208%
Provider Select PPO $1,962.40 ↑ +208%
First Health PPO $2,085.05 ↑ +227%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $2,085.05 ↑ +227%
United Healthcare All Payer $2,938.37 ↑ +361%

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