Repair lip full thkns >one-half vert height/cmplx 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

$1,555.84

Cash price

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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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$5,984.00

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.

$552.64 with United Healthcare vs $7,563.00 with Cigna — 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 $552.64 ↓ -64%
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $552.64 ↓ -64%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $552.64 ↓ -64%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $558.17 ↓ -64%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $563.69 ↓ -64%
Aetna KM $580.27 ↓ -63%
Triwest VA MM $1,380.84 ↓ -11%
Humana Gold Plus MM $1,380.84 ↓ -11%
Humana Gold Choice MM $1,380.84 ↓ -11%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $1,409.02 ↓ -9%
Active Med PPO $1,409.02 ↓ -9%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. Gold Plus MM $1,409.02 ↓ -9%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $1,409.02 ↓ -9%
Aetna MM $1,409.02 ↓ -9%
Coventry First Health MM $1,409.02 ↓ -9%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $1,409.02 ↓ -9%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $1,409.02 ↓ -9%
United Healthcare MM $1,437.20 ↓ -8%
Dignity Health MM $1,451.29 ↓ -7%
Peoples Health MM $1,451.29 ↓ -7%
Wellcare MM $1,479.47 ↓ -5%
AllyAlign Health MM $1,549.92 ↓ -0%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $1,549.92 ↓ -0%
Aetna New Business $1,589.00 ↑ +2%
Humana Choicecare $1,824.00 ↑ +17%
Aetna PPO $1,869.00 ↑ +20%
Christus Health HIX $1,972.63 ↑ +27%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $2,992.00 ↑ +92%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $2,992.00 ↑ +92%
United Healthcare All Payer $3,081.00 ↑ +98%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $3,318.36 ↑ +113%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $3,318.36 ↑ +113%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $3,318.36 ↑ +113%
Healthcare Highways PPO $3,590.40 ↑ +131%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $3,590.40 ↑ +131%
Verity HealthNet PPO $3,590.40 ↑ +131%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $3,889.60 ↑ +150%
PPOplus Llc PPO $3,889.60 ↑ +150%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $4,020.00 ↑ +158%
Phcs PPO $4,188.80 ↑ +169%
Multiplan PPO $4,188.80 ↑ +169%
Health Management Network PPO $4,787.20 ↑ +208%
HealthSmart PPO $4,787.20 ↑ +208%
Provider Select PPO $4,787.20 ↑ +208%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $5,086.40 ↑ +227%
First Health PPO $5,086.40 ↑ +227%
Cigna PPO $7,563.00 ↑ +386%

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Repair lip full thkns >one-half vert height/cmplx at other Louisiana hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHRISTUS Louisiana Surgical Hospital Alexandria not published $552.64 – $3,311.20
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital Lake Charles not published $552.64 – $2,543.15

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