Salmonella antibody 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

$39.78

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.

$153.00

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.

$12.93 with Humana vs $106.25 with Verity Healthnet National — 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 Gold Plus MM $12.93 ↓ -67%
Triwest VA MM $12.93 ↓ -67%
Humana Gold Choice MM $12.93 ↓ -67%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $13.19 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare All Payer $13.19 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare KM $13.19 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $13.19 ↓ -67%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. Gold Plus MM $13.19 ↓ -67%
Aetna MM $13.19 ↓ -67%
Coventry First Health MM $13.19 ↓ -67%
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $13.19 ↓ -67%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $13.19 ↓ -67%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $13.19 ↓ -67%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $13.19 ↓ -67%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $13.32 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare MM $13.45 ↓ -66%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $13.45 ↓ -66%
Peoples Health MM $13.59 ↓ -66%
Dignity Health MM $13.59 ↓ -66%
Aetna KM $13.85 ↓ -65%
Wellcare MM $13.85 ↓ -65%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $14.51 ↓ -64%
AllyAlign Health MM $14.51 ↓ -64%
Christus Health HIX $18.47 ↓ -54%
Active Med PPO $23.08 ↓ -42%
Humana Choicecare $27.71 ↓ -30%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $47.46 ↑ +19%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $47.46 ↑ +19%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $47.46 ↑ +19%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $62.50 ↑ +57%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $62.50 ↑ +57%
Aetna New Business $69.39 ↑ +74%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $75.00 ↑ +89%
Healthcare Highways PPO $75.00 ↑ +89%
Verity HealthNet PPO $75.00 ↑ +89%
Cigna PPO $79.99 ↑ +101%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $81.25 ↑ +104%
PPOplus Llc PPO $81.25 ↑ +104%
Aetna PPO $81.64 ↑ +105%
Phcs PPO $87.50 ↑ +120%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $87.50 ↑ +120%
Multiplan PPO $87.50 ↑ +120%
HealthSmart PPO $100.00 ↑ +151%
Provider Select PPO $100.00 ↑ +151%
Health Management Network PPO $100.00 ↑ +151%
First Health PPO $106.25 ↑ +167%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $106.25 ↑ +167%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHRISTUS Louisiana Surgical Hospital Alexandria not published $6.60 – $31.00
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital Lake Charles not published $12.93 – $77.53

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