Sleep Study (Polysomnography) 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

$2,236.78

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.

$8,603.00

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.

$948.40 with Humana vs $7,312.55 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 $948.40 ↓ -58%
Triwest VA MM $948.40 ↓ -58%
Humana Gold Choice MM $948.40 ↓ -58%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $967.76 ↓ -57%
Active Med PPO $967.76 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $967.76 ↓ -57%
Aetna MM $967.76 ↓ -57%
Coventry First Health MM $967.76 ↓ -57%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. Gold Plus MM $967.76 ↓ -57%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $967.76 ↓ -57%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $967.76 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare MM $987.12 ↓ -56%
Peoples Health MM $996.79 ↓ -55%
Dignity Health MM $996.79 ↓ -55%
Wellcare MM $1,016.15 ↓ -55%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $1,032.36 ↓ -54%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $1,032.36 ↓ -54%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $1,032.36 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare KM $1,032.36 ↓ -54%
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $1,032.36 ↓ -54%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $1,064.54 ↓ -52%
AllyAlign Health MM $1,064.54 ↓ -52%
Aetna KM $1,118.39 ↓ -50%
Christus Health HIX $1,354.86 ↓ -39%
Humana Choicecare $1,610.00 ↓ -28%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $2,632.64 ↑ +18%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $2,632.64 ↑ +18%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $2,632.64 ↑ +18%
United Healthcare All Payer $2,994.00 ↑ +34%
Aetna New Business $3,373.00 ↑ +51%
Aetna PPO $3,968.00 ↑ +77%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $4,301.50 ↑ +92%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $4,301.50 ↑ +92%
Cigna PPO $5,075.77 ↑ +127%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $5,161.80 ↑ +131%
Verity HealthNet PPO $5,161.80 ↑ +131%
Healthcare Highways PPO $5,161.80 ↑ +131%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $5,591.95 ↑ +150%
PPOplus Llc PPO $5,591.95 ↑ +150%
Multiplan PPO $6,022.10 ↑ +169%
Phcs PPO $6,022.10 ↑ +169%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $6,022.10 ↑ +169%
Health Management Network PPO $6,882.40 ↑ +208%
Provider Select PPO $6,882.40 ↑ +208%
HealthSmart PPO $6,882.40 ↑ +208%
First Health PPO $7,312.55 ↑ +227%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $7,312.55 ↑ +227%

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Sleep Study (Polysomnography) at other Louisiana hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHRISTUS Louisiana Surgical Hospital Alexandria not published $683.07 – $2,274.24
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital Lake Charles not published $906.24 – $2,017.62

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