Rmvl pm gen w/rplc pm gen sgl lead sys 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

$8,011.38

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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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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$30,813.00

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.

$1,589.00 with Aetna vs $26,191.05 with First Health — 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
Aetna New Business $1,589.00 ↓ -80%
Aetna PPO $1,869.00 ↓ -77%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $3,697.56 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare KM $3,697.56 ↓ -54%
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $3,697.56 ↓ -54%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $3,697.56 ↓ -54%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $3,697.56 ↓ -54%
Aetna KM $4,005.69 ↓ -50%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $4,020.00 ↓ -50%
Humana Choicecare $5,259.00 ↓ -34%
Cigna PPO $7,561.00 ↓ -6%
Humana Gold Plus MM $7,714.83 ↓ -4%
Triwest VA MM $7,714.83 ↓ -4%
Humana Gold Choice MM $7,714.83 ↓ -4%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $7,872.28 ↓ -2%
Active Med PPO $7,872.28 ↓ -2%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. Gold Plus MM $7,872.28 ↓ -2%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $7,872.28 ↓ -2%
Aetna MM $7,872.28 ↓ -2%
Coventry First Health MM $7,872.28 ↓ -2%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $7,872.28 ↓ -2%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $7,872.28 ↓ -2%
United Healthcare MM $8,029.73 ↑ +0%
Dignity Health MM $8,108.45 ↑ +1%
Peoples Health MM $8,108.45 ↑ +1%
Wellcare MM $8,265.89 ↑ +3%
AllyAlign Health MM $8,659.51 ↑ +8%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $8,659.51 ↑ +8%
Christus Health HIX $11,021.19 ↑ +38%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $15,406.50 ↑ +92%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $15,406.50 ↑ +92%
United Healthcare All Payer $16,880.00 ↑ +111%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $18,487.80 ↑ +131%
Verity HealthNet PPO $18,487.80 ↑ +131%
Healthcare Highways PPO $18,487.80 ↑ +131%
PPOplus Llc PPO $20,028.45 ↑ +150%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $20,028.45 ↑ +150%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $21,490.12 ↑ +168%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $21,490.12 ↑ +168%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $21,490.12 ↑ +168%
Phcs PPO $21,569.10 ↑ +169%
Multiplan PPO $21,569.10 ↑ +169%
Provider Select PPO $24,650.40 ↑ +208%
HealthSmart PPO $24,650.40 ↑ +208%
Health Management Network PPO $24,650.40 ↑ +208%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $26,191.05 ↑ +227%
First Health PPO $26,191.05 ↑ +227%

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Rmvl pm gen w/rplc pm gen sgl lead sys at other Louisiana hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHRISTUS Louisiana Surgical Hospital Alexandria not published $7,872.28 – $18,499.86
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital Lake Charles not published $5,221.00 – $16,469.74

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