Tte w or without fol w/cont, com 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

$193.96

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.

$746.00

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.

$89.52 with United Healthcare vs $1,988.02 with Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana — 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 $89.52 ↓ -54%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $89.52 ↓ -54%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $89.52 ↓ -54%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $89.52 ↓ -54%
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $89.52 ↓ -54%
Aetna KM $96.98 ↓ -50%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $373.00 ↑ +92%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $373.00 ↑ +92%
Humana Choicecare $402.84 ↑ +108%
Cigna PPO $440.14 ↑ +127%
Healthcare Highways PPO $447.60 ↑ +131%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $447.60 ↑ +131%
Verity HealthNet PPO $447.60 ↑ +131%
Aetna New Business $455.06 ↑ +135%
PPOplus Llc PPO $484.90 ↑ +150%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $484.90 ↑ +150%
Multiplan PPO $522.20 ↑ +169%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $522.20 ↑ +169%
Phcs PPO $522.20 ↑ +169%
Aetna PPO $537.12 ↑ +177%
Provider Select PPO $596.80 ↑ +208%
HealthSmart PPO $596.80 ↑ +208%
Health Management Network PPO $596.80 ↑ +208%
United Healthcare All Payer $623.00 ↑ +221%
First Health PPO $634.10 ↑ +227%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $634.10 ↑ +227%
Triwest VA MM $736.49 ↑ +280%
Humana Gold Choice MM $736.49 ↑ +280%
Humana Gold Plus MM $736.49 ↑ +280%
Aetna MM $751.52 ↑ +287%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $751.52 ↑ +287%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $751.52 ↑ +287%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $751.52 ↑ +287%
Coventry First Health MM $751.52 ↑ +287%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $751.52 ↑ +287%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. Gold Plus MM $751.52 ↑ +287%
Active Med PPO $751.52 ↑ +287%
United Healthcare MM $766.55 ↑ +295%
Peoples Health MM $774.07 ↑ +299%
Dignity Health MM $774.07 ↑ +299%
Wellcare MM $789.10 ↑ +307%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $826.67 ↑ +326%
AllyAlign Health MM $826.67 ↑ +326%
Christus Health HIX $1,052.13 ↑ +442%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $1,988.02 ↑ +925%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $1,988.02 ↑ +925%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $1,988.02 ↑ +925%

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CHRISTUS Louisiana Surgical Hospital Alexandria not published $266.00 – $1,766.07
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