Ultrasound breast complete 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

$177.58

Cash price

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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.

$683.00

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.

$81.96 with Healthy Blue Louisiana vs $580.55 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
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $81.96 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare KM $81.96 ↓ -54%
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $81.96 ↓ -54%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $81.96 ↓ -54%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $81.96 ↓ -54%
Aetna KM $88.79 ↓ -50%
Triwest VA MM $99.13 ↓ -44%
Humana Gold Plus MM $99.13 ↓ -44%
Humana Gold Choice MM $99.13 ↓ -44%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $101.15 ↓ -43%
Active Med PPO $101.15 ↓ -43%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $101.15 ↓ -43%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. Gold Plus MM $101.15 ↓ -43%
Aetna MM $101.15 ↓ -43%
Coventry First Health MM $101.15 ↓ -43%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $101.15 ↓ -43%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $101.15 ↓ -43%
United Healthcare MM $103.17 ↓ -42%
Peoples Health MM $104.18 ↓ -41%
Dignity Health MM $104.18 ↓ -41%
Wellcare MM $106.21 ↓ -40%
AllyAlign Health MM $111.27 ↓ -37%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $111.27 ↓ -37%
Christus Health HIX $141.61 ↓ -20%
United Healthcare All Payer $245.18 ↑ +38%
Humana Choicecare $255.23 ↑ +44%
Cigna PPO $321.43 ↑ +81%
Aetna New Business $329.95 ↑ +86%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $333.71 ↑ +88%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $333.71 ↑ +88%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $333.71 ↑ +88%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $341.50 ↑ +92%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $341.50 ↑ +92%
Aetna PPO $388.18 ↑ +119%
Verity HealthNet PPO $409.80 ↑ +131%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $409.80 ↑ +131%
Healthcare Highways PPO $409.80 ↑ +131%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $443.95 ↑ +150%
PPOplus Llc PPO $443.95 ↑ +150%
Phcs PPO $478.10 ↑ +169%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $478.10 ↑ +169%
Multiplan PPO $478.10 ↑ +169%
HealthSmart PPO $546.40 ↑ +208%
Provider Select PPO $546.40 ↑ +208%
Health Management Network PPO $546.40 ↑ +208%
First Health PPO $580.55 ↑ +227%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $580.55 ↑ +227%

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Ultrasound breast complete at other Louisiana hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHRISTUS Louisiana Surgical Hospital Alexandria not published $101.15 – $245.18

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