Removal embedded foreign body vestibule mouth smpl 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

$359.06

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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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$1,381.00

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.

$147.00 with Humana vs $4,020.00 with Five Point Credit Union — 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 Choicecare $147.00 ↓ -59%
Cigna PPO $169.00 ↓ -53%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $360.84 ↑ +0%
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $360.84 ↑ +0%
United Healthcare KM $360.84 ↑ +0%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $364.45 ↑ +2%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $368.06 ↑ +3%
Aetna KM $378.88 ↑ +6%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $690.50 ↑ +92%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $690.50 ↑ +92%
Verity HealthNet PPO $828.60 ↑ +131%
Healthcare Highways PPO $828.60 ↑ +131%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $828.60 ↑ +131%
Humana Gold Choice MM $873.99 ↑ +143%
Triwest VA MM $873.99 ↑ +143%
Humana Gold Plus MM $873.99 ↑ +143%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $891.83 ↑ +148%
Active Med PPO $891.83 ↑ +148%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $891.83 ↑ +148%
Aetna MM $891.83 ↑ +148%
Coventry First Health MM $891.83 ↑ +148%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. Gold Plus MM $891.83 ↑ +148%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $891.83 ↑ +148%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $891.83 ↑ +148%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $897.65 ↑ +150%
PPOplus Llc PPO $897.65 ↑ +150%
United Healthcare MM $909.67 ↑ +153%
Dignity Health MM $918.58 ↑ +156%
Peoples Health MM $918.58 ↑ +156%
Wellcare MM $936.42 ↑ +161%
Phcs PPO $966.70 ↑ +169%
Multiplan PPO $966.70 ↑ +169%
AllyAlign Health MM $981.01 ↑ +173%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $981.01 ↑ +173%
Provider Select PPO $1,104.80 ↑ +208%
Health Management Network PPO $1,104.80 ↑ +208%
HealthSmart PPO $1,104.80 ↑ +208%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $1,173.85 ↑ +227%
First Health PPO $1,173.85 ↑ +227%
Christus Health HIX $1,248.56 ↑ +248%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $2,167.65 ↑ +504%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $2,167.65 ↑ +504%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $2,167.65 ↑ +504%
Aetna New Business $2,636.00 ↑ +634%
United Healthcare All Payer $3,081.00 ↑ +758%
Aetna PPO $3,101.00 ↑ +764%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $4,020.00 ↑ +1020%

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Removal embedded foreign body vestibule mouth smpl at other Louisiana hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHRISTUS Louisiana Surgical Hospital Alexandria not published $360.84 – $2,095.80
CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital Lake Charles not published $146.00 – $1,687.20
CHRISTUS Shreveport-Bossier Health System-Highland Shreveport not published $151.00 – $1,446.83
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital Lake Charles not published $146.00 – $1,661.25

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