T cells total count 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

$96.46

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.

$371.00

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.

$36.98 with Humana vs $262.65 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
Humana Gold Plus MM $36.98 ↓ -62%
Triwest VA MM $36.98 ↓ -62%
Humana Gold Choice MM $36.98 ↓ -62%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $37.73 ↓ -61%
United Healthcare All Payer $37.73 ↓ -61%
United Healthcare KM $37.73 ↓ -61%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $37.73 ↓ -61%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. Gold Plus MM $37.73 ↓ -61%
Aetna MM $37.73 ↓ -61%
Coventry First Health MM $37.73 ↓ -61%
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $37.73 ↓ -61%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $37.73 ↓ -61%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $37.73 ↓ -61%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $37.73 ↓ -61%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $38.11 ↓ -60%
United Healthcare MM $38.48 ↓ -60%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $38.48 ↓ -60%
Peoples Health MM $38.86 ↓ -60%
Dignity Health MM $38.86 ↓ -60%
Aetna KM $39.62 ↓ -59%
Wellcare MM $39.62 ↓ -59%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $41.50 ↓ -57%
AllyAlign Health MM $41.50 ↓ -57%
Christus Health HIX $52.82 ↓ -45%
Active Med PPO $66.03 ↓ -32%
Humana Choicecare $127.82 ↑ +33%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $135.80 ↑ +41%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $135.80 ↑ +41%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $135.80 ↑ +41%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $154.50 ↑ +60%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $154.50 ↑ +60%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $185.40 ↑ +92%
Healthcare Highways PPO $185.40 ↑ +92%
Verity HealthNet PPO $185.40 ↑ +92%
Aetna New Business $198.46 ↑ +106%
PPOplus Llc PPO $200.85 ↑ +108%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $200.85 ↑ +108%
Phcs PPO $216.30 ↑ +124%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $216.30 ↑ +124%
Multiplan PPO $216.30 ↑ +124%
Cigna PPO $230.35 ↑ +139%
Aetna PPO $233.48 ↑ +142%
Provider Select PPO $247.20 ↑ +156%
Health Management Network PPO $247.20 ↑ +156%
HealthSmart PPO $247.20 ↑ +156%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $262.65 ↑ +172%
First Health PPO $262.65 ↑ +172%

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