Triglycerides 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

$58.76

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.

$226.00

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.

$5.63 with Humana vs $109.65 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 $5.63 ↓ -90%
Triwest VA MM $5.63 ↓ -90%
Humana Gold Choice MM $5.63 ↓ -90%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $5.74 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare All Payer $5.74 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare KM $5.74 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $5.74 ↓ -90%
Aetna MM $5.74 ↓ -90%
Coventry First Health MM $5.74 ↓ -90%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. Gold Plus MM $5.74 ↓ -90%
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $5.74 ↓ -90%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $5.74 ↓ -90%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $5.74 ↓ -90%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $5.74 ↓ -90%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $5.80 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare MM $5.85 ↓ -90%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $5.85 ↓ -90%
Dignity Health MM $5.91 ↓ -90%
Peoples Health MM $5.91 ↓ -90%
Aetna KM $6.03 ↓ -90%
Wellcare MM $6.03 ↓ -90%
AllyAlign Health MM $6.31 ↓ -89%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $6.31 ↓ -89%
Christus Health HIX $8.04 ↓ -86%
Active Med PPO $10.05 ↓ -83%
Humana Choicecare $19.46 ↓ -67%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $20.67 ↓ -65%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $20.67 ↓ -65%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $20.67 ↓ -65%
Aetna New Business $30.19 ↓ -49%
Cigna PPO $35.20 ↓ -40%
Aetna PPO $35.52 ↓ -40%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $64.50 ↑ +10%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $64.50 ↑ +10%
Healthcare Highways PPO $77.40 ↑ +32%
Verity HealthNet PPO $77.40 ↑ +32%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $77.40 ↑ +32%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $83.85 ↑ +43%
PPOplus Llc PPO $83.85 ↑ +43%
Multiplan PPO $90.30 ↑ +54%
Phcs PPO $90.30 ↑ +54%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $90.30 ↑ +54%
Health Management Network PPO $103.20 ↑ +76%
Provider Select PPO $103.20 ↑ +76%
HealthSmart PPO $103.20 ↑ +76%
First Health PPO $109.65 ↑ +87%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $109.65 ↑ +87%

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