Strapping of ankle and/or ft 29540 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

$222.82

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$857.00

Gross charge

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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.

$52.08 with Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana vs $4,020.00 with Five Point Credit Union — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $52.08 ↓ -77%
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $52.08 ↓ -77%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $52.08 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare KM $52.08 ↓ -77%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $52.08 ↓ -77%
Aetna KM $56.42 ↓ -75%
Humana Choicecare $147.00 ↓ -34%
Humana Gold Plus MM $147.09 ↓ -34%
Triwest VA MM $147.09 ↓ -34%
Humana Gold Choice MM $147.09 ↓ -34%
Aetna MM $150.09 ↓ -33%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $150.09 ↓ -33%
Active Med PPO $150.09 ↓ -33%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $150.09 ↓ -33%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $150.09 ↓ -33%
Coventry First Health MM $150.09 ↓ -33%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. Gold Plus MM $150.09 ↓ -33%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $150.09 ↓ -33%
United Healthcare MM $153.09 ↓ -31%
Peoples Health MM $154.59 ↓ -31%
Dignity Health MM $154.59 ↓ -31%
Wellcare MM $157.59 ↓ -29%
AllyAlign Health MM $165.10 ↓ -26%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $165.10 ↓ -26%
Cigna PPO $169.00 ↓ -24%
Christus Health HIX $210.13 ↓ -6%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $217.00 ↓ -3%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $217.00 ↓ -3%
Healthcare Highways PPO $260.40 ↑ +17%
Verity HealthNet PPO $260.40 ↑ +17%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $260.40 ↑ +17%
Aetna New Business $264.74 ↑ +19%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $282.10 ↑ +27%
PPOplus Llc PPO $282.10 ↑ +27%
Phcs PPO $303.80 ↑ +36%
Multiplan PPO $303.80 ↑ +36%
Aetna PPO $312.48 ↑ +40%
Health Management Network PPO $347.20 ↑ +56%
Provider Select PPO $347.20 ↑ +56%
HealthSmart PPO $347.20 ↑ +56%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $368.90 ↑ +66%
First Health PPO $368.90 ↑ +66%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $394.82 ↑ +77%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $394.82 ↑ +77%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $394.82 ↑ +77%
United Healthcare All Payer $857.00 ↑ +285%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $4,020.00 ↑ +1704%

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Strapping of ankle and/or ft 29540 at other Louisiana hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHRISTUS Louisiana Surgical Hospital Alexandria not published $20.74 – $352.71
CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital Lake Charles not published $142.88 – $307.31
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital Lake Charles not published $140.55 – $302.58

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