Trim nondyst nails 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

$296.40

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.

$1,140.00

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.

$29.64 with United Healthcare vs $4,020.00 with Five Point Credit Union — 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
United Healthcare KM $29.64 ↓ -90%
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $29.64 ↓ -90%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $29.64 ↓ -90%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $29.64 ↓ -90%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $29.64 ↓ -90%
Aetna KM $32.11 ↓ -89%
Triwest VA MM $55.37 ↓ -81%
Humana Gold Plus MM $55.37 ↓ -81%
Humana Gold Choice MM $55.37 ↓ -81%
Aetna MM $56.50 ↓ -81%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $56.50 ↓ -81%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $56.50 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $56.50 ↓ -81%
Coventry First Health MM $56.50 ↓ -81%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. Gold Plus MM $56.50 ↓ -81%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $56.50 ↓ -81%
Active Med PPO $56.50 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare MM $57.63 ↓ -81%
Dignity Health MM $58.20 ↓ -80%
Peoples Health MM $58.20 ↓ -80%
Wellcare MM $59.33 ↓ -80%
AllyAlign Health MM $62.15 ↓ -79%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $62.15 ↓ -79%
Christus Health HIX $79.10 ↓ -73%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $123.50 ↓ -58%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $123.50 ↓ -58%
Aetna New Business $143.26 ↓ -52%
Humana Choicecare $147.00 ↓ -50%
Cigna PPO $148.20 ↓ -50%
Verity HealthNet PPO $148.20 ↓ -50%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $148.20 ↓ -50%
Healthcare Highways PPO $148.20 ↓ -50%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $160.55 ↓ -46%
PPOplus Llc PPO $160.55 ↓ -46%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $163.15 ↓ -45%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $163.15 ↓ -45%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $163.15 ↓ -45%
Aetna PPO $167.96 ↓ -43%
Multiplan PPO $172.90 ↓ -42%
Phcs PPO $172.90 ↓ -42%
Health Management Network PPO $197.60 ↓ -33%
Provider Select PPO $197.60 ↓ -33%
HealthSmart PPO $197.60 ↓ -33%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $209.95 ↓ -29%
First Health PPO $209.95 ↓ -29%
United Healthcare All Payer $857.00 ↑ +189%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $4,020.00 ↑ +1256%

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