Sleep study unattended 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

$1,074.84

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.

$4,134.00

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.

$145.85 with Triwest vs $3,968.00 with Aetna — 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
Triwest VA MM $145.85 ↓ -86%
Humana Gold Choice MM $145.85 ↓ -86%
Humana Gold Plus MM $145.85 ↓ -86%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. Gold Plus MM $148.83 ↓ -86%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $148.83 ↓ -86%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $148.83 ↓ -86%
Active Med PPO $148.83 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $148.83 ↓ -86%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $148.83 ↓ -86%
Aetna MM $148.83 ↓ -86%
Coventry First Health MM $148.83 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare MM $151.81 ↓ -86%
Peoples Health MM $153.29 ↓ -86%
Dignity Health MM $153.29 ↓ -86%
Wellcare MM $156.27 ↓ -85%
AllyAlign Health MM $163.71 ↓ -85%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $163.71 ↓ -85%
Christus Health HIX $208.36 ↓ -81%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $397.44 ↓ -63%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $397.44 ↓ -63%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $397.44 ↓ -63%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $496.08 ↓ -54%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $496.08 ↓ -54%
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $496.08 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare KM $496.08 ↓ -54%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $496.08 ↓ -54%
Aetna KM $537.42 ↓ -50%
Humana Choicecare $1,610.00 ↑ +50%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $2,067.00 ↑ +92%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $2,067.00 ↑ +92%
Cigna PPO $2,439.06 ↑ +127%
Verity HealthNet PPO $2,480.40 ↑ +131%
Healthcare Highways PPO $2,480.40 ↑ +131%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $2,480.40 ↑ +131%
United Healthcare All Payer $2,581.00 ↑ +140%
PPOplus Llc PPO $2,687.10 ↑ +150%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $2,687.10 ↑ +150%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $2,893.80 ↑ +169%
Multiplan PPO $2,893.80 ↑ +169%
Phcs PPO $2,893.80 ↑ +169%
Health Management Network PPO $3,307.20 ↑ +208%
HealthSmart PPO $3,307.20 ↑ +208%
Provider Select PPO $3,307.20 ↑ +208%
Aetna New Business $3,373.00 ↑ +214%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $3,513.90 ↑ +227%
First Health PPO $3,513.90 ↑ +227%
Aetna PPO $3,968.00 ↑ +269%

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Sleep study unattended at other Louisiana hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHRISTUS Louisiana Surgical Hospital Alexandria not published $101.73 – $478.00
CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital Lake Charles not published $141.69 – $309.35
CHRISTUS Shreveport-Bossier Health System-Highland Shreveport not published $144.93 – $265.28
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital Lake Charles not published $139.37 – $304.59

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