Replace g/c tube perc 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

$1,083.68

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.

$4,168.00

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.

$500.16 with Louisiana Healthcare Connections vs $5,010.00 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
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $500.16 ↓ -54%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $500.16 ↓ -54%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $500.16 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare KM $500.16 ↓ -54%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $500.16 ↓ -54%
Humana Choicecare $517.00 ↓ -52%
Aetna KM $541.84 ↓ -50%
Humana Gold Plus MM $873.99 ↓ -19%
Triwest VA MM $873.99 ↓ -19%
Humana Gold Choice MM $873.99 ↓ -19%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $891.83 ↓ -18%
Active Med PPO $891.83 ↓ -18%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. Gold Plus MM $891.83 ↓ -18%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $891.83 ↓ -18%
Aetna MM $891.83 ↓ -18%
Coventry First Health MM $891.83 ↓ -18%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $891.83 ↓ -18%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $891.83 ↓ -18%
United Healthcare MM $909.67 ↓ -16%
Dignity Health MM $918.58 ↓ -15%
Peoples Health MM $918.58 ↓ -15%
Wellcare MM $936.42 ↓ -14%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $981.01 ↓ -9%
AllyAlign Health MM $981.01 ↓ -9%
Aetna New Business $1,230.00 ↑ +14%
Christus Health HIX $1,248.56 ↑ +15%
Aetna PPO $1,447.00 ↑ +34%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $2,084.00 ↑ +92%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $2,084.00 ↑ +92%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $2,167.65 ↑ +100%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $2,167.65 ↑ +100%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $2,167.65 ↑ +100%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $2,500.80 ↑ +131%
Healthcare Highways PPO $2,500.80 ↑ +131%
Verity HealthNet PPO $2,500.80 ↑ +131%
PPOplus Llc PPO $2,709.20 ↑ +150%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $2,709.20 ↑ +150%
Multiplan PPO $2,917.60 ↑ +169%
Phcs PPO $2,917.60 ↑ +169%
United Healthcare All Payer $3,081.00 ↑ +184%
Health Management Network PPO $3,334.40 ↑ +208%
HealthSmart PPO $3,334.40 ↑ +208%
Provider Select PPO $3,334.40 ↑ +208%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $3,542.80 ↑ +227%
First Health PPO $3,542.80 ↑ +227%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $4,020.00 ↑ +271%
Cigna PPO $5,010.00 ↑ +362%

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