Rmvl icd pulse gen only 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

$1,232.66

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.

$4,741.00

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.

$568.92 with Louisiana Healthcare Connections vs $8,361.51 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 $568.92 ↓ -54%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $568.92 ↓ -54%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $568.92 ↓ -54%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $568.92 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare KM $568.92 ↓ -54%
Aetna KM $616.33 ↓ -50%
Aetna New Business $1,880.00 ↑ +53%
Aetna PPO $2,212.00 ↑ +79%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $2,370.50 ↑ +92%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $2,370.50 ↑ +92%
Healthcare Highways PPO $2,844.60 ↑ +131%
Verity HealthNet PPO $2,844.60 ↑ +131%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $2,844.60 ↑ +131%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $3,081.65 ↑ +150%
PPOplus Llc PPO $3,081.65 ↑ +150%
Humana Choicecare $3,302.00 ↑ +168%
Phcs PPO $3,318.70 ↑ +169%
Multiplan PPO $3,318.70 ↑ +169%
Triwest VA MM $3,392.53 ↑ +175%
Humana Gold Choice MM $3,392.53 ↑ +175%
Humana Gold Plus MM $3,392.53 ↑ +175%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $3,461.77 ↑ +181%
Active Med PPO $3,461.77 ↑ +181%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $3,461.77 ↑ +181%
Aetna MM $3,461.77 ↑ +181%
Coventry First Health MM $3,461.77 ↑ +181%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. Gold Plus MM $3,461.77 ↑ +181%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $3,461.77 ↑ +181%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $3,461.77 ↑ +181%
United Healthcare MM $3,531.01 ↑ +186%
Dignity Health MM $3,565.62 ↑ +189%
Peoples Health MM $3,565.62 ↑ +189%
Wellcare MM $3,634.86 ↑ +195%
Provider Select PPO $3,792.80 ↑ +208%
Health Management Network PPO $3,792.80 ↑ +208%
HealthSmart PPO $3,792.80 ↑ +208%
AllyAlign Health MM $3,807.95 ↑ +209%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $3,807.95 ↑ +209%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $4,020.00 ↑ +226%
First Health PPO $4,029.85 ↑ +227%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $4,029.85 ↑ +227%
Christus Health HIX $4,846.48 ↑ +293%
United Healthcare All Payer $5,436.00 ↑ +341%
Cigna PPO $7,561.00 ↑ +513%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $8,361.51 ↑ +578%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $8,361.51 ↑ +578%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $8,361.51 ↑ +578%

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Rmvl icd pulse gen only at other Louisiana hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHRISTUS Louisiana Surgical Hospital Alexandria not published $2,320.76 – $8,135.16
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital Lake Charles not published $3,210.00 – $6,408.15

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