Troponin quantitative 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

$65.26

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.

$251.00

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.

$12.22 with Humana vs $88.40 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 $12.22 ↓ -81%
Triwest VA MM $12.22 ↓ -81%
Humana Gold Choice MM $12.22 ↓ -81%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $12.47 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare All Payer $12.47 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare KM $12.47 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $12.47 ↓ -81%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. Gold Plus MM $12.47 ↓ -81%
Aetna MM $12.47 ↓ -81%
Coventry First Health MM $12.47 ↓ -81%
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $12.47 ↓ -81%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $12.47 ↓ -81%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $12.47 ↓ -81%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $12.47 ↓ -81%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $12.59 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare MM $12.72 ↓ -81%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $12.72 ↓ -81%
Peoples Health MM $12.84 ↓ -80%
Dignity Health MM $12.84 ↓ -80%
Aetna KM $13.09 ↓ -80%
Wellcare MM $13.09 ↓ -80%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $13.72 ↓ -79%
AllyAlign Health MM $13.72 ↓ -79%
Christus Health HIX $17.46 ↓ -73%
Active Med PPO $21.82 ↓ -67%
Humana Choicecare $33.35 ↓ -49%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $36.36 ↓ -44%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $36.36 ↓ -44%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $36.36 ↓ -44%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $52.00 ↓ -20%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $52.00 ↓ -20%
Cigna PPO $60.78 ↓ -7%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $62.40 ↓ -4%
Verity HealthNet PPO $62.40 ↓ -4%
Healthcare Highways PPO $62.40 ↓ -4%
Aetna New Business $65.59 ↑ +1%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $67.60 ↑ +4%
PPOplus Llc PPO $67.60 ↑ +4%
Phcs PPO $72.80 ↑ +12%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $72.80 ↑ +12%
Multiplan PPO $72.80 ↑ +12%
Aetna PPO $77.17 ↑ +18%
HealthSmart PPO $83.20 ↑ +27%
Provider Select PPO $83.20 ↑ +27%
Health Management Network PPO $83.20 ↑ +27%
First Health PPO $88.40 ↑ +35%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $88.40 ↑ +35%

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