Treatment radiation delivery level 2 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

$189.80

Cash price

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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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$730.00

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.

$87.60 with Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana vs $3,957.00 with United Healthcare — 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
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $87.60 ↓ -54%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $87.60 ↓ -54%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $87.60 ↓ -54%
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $87.60 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare KM $87.60 ↓ -54%
Aetna KM $94.90 ↓ -50%
Humana Gold Choice MM $245.15 ↑ +29%
Triwest VA MM $245.15 ↑ +29%
Humana Gold Plus MM $245.15 ↑ +29%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $250.15 ↑ +32%
Active Med PPO $250.15 ↑ +32%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. Gold Plus MM $250.15 ↑ +32%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $250.15 ↑ +32%
Aetna MM $250.15 ↑ +32%
Coventry First Health MM $250.15 ↑ +32%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $250.15 ↑ +32%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $250.15 ↑ +32%
United Healthcare MM $255.15 ↑ +34%
Dignity Health MM $257.65 ↑ +36%
Peoples Health MM $257.65 ↑ +36%
Wellcare MM $262.66 ↑ +38%
AllyAlign Health MM $275.17 ↑ +45%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $275.17 ↑ +45%
Christus Health HIX $350.21 ↑ +85%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $363.65 ↑ +92%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $363.65 ↑ +92%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $363.65 ↑ +92%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $365.00 ↑ +92%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $365.00 ↑ +92%
Healthcare Highways PPO $438.00 ↑ +131%
Verity HealthNet PPO $438.00 ↑ +131%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $438.00 ↑ +131%
Humana Choicecare $461.89 ↑ +143%
PPOplus Llc PPO $474.50 ↑ +150%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $474.50 ↑ +150%
Cigna PPO $494.57 ↑ +161%
Multiplan PPO $511.00 ↑ +169%
Phcs PPO $511.00 ↑ +169%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $511.00 ↑ +169%
Health Management Network PPO $584.00 ↑ +208%
HealthSmart PPO $584.00 ↑ +208%
Provider Select PPO $584.00 ↑ +208%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $620.50 ↑ +227%
First Health PPO $620.50 ↑ +227%
Aetna New Business $1,034.32 ↑ +445%
Aetna PPO $1,216.85 ↑ +541%
United Healthcare All Payer $3,957.00 ↑ +1985%

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Treatment radiation delivery level 2 at other Louisiana hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHRISTUS Louisiana Surgical Hospital Alexandria not published $166.40 – $587.85
CHRISTUS Shreveport-Bossier Health System-Highland Shreveport not published $242.72 – $499.61
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital Lake Charles not published $234.25 – $479.34

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