Unsched dialysis esrd pt hos 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

$1,184.56

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.

$4,556.00

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.

$546.72 with Louisiana Healthcare Connections vs $3,872.60 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
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $546.72 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare KM $546.72 ↓ -54%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $546.72 ↓ -54%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $546.72 ↓ -54%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $546.72 ↓ -54%
Aetna KM $592.28 ↓ -50%
Triwest VA MM $652.28 ↓ -45%
Humana Gold Choice MM $652.28 ↓ -45%
Humana Gold Plus MM $652.28 ↓ -45%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $665.59 ↓ -44%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. Gold Plus MM $665.59 ↓ -44%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $665.59 ↓ -44%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $665.59 ↓ -44%
Active Med PPO $665.59 ↓ -44%
Aetna MM $665.59 ↓ -44%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $665.59 ↓ -44%
Coventry First Health MM $665.59 ↓ -44%
United Healthcare MM $678.90 ↓ -43%
Dignity Health MM $685.56 ↓ -42%
Peoples Health MM $685.56 ↓ -42%
Wellcare MM $698.87 ↓ -41%
Humana Choicecare $716.00 ↓ -40%
AllyAlign Health MM $732.15 ↓ -38%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $732.15 ↓ -38%
Christus Health HIX $931.83 ↓ -21%
United Healthcare All Payer $1,093.44 ↓ -8%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $1,743.56 ↑ +47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $1,743.56 ↑ +47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $1,743.56 ↑ +47%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $2,278.00 ↑ +92%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $2,278.00 ↑ +92%
Cigna PPO $2,688.04 ↑ +127%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $2,733.60 ↑ +131%
Verity HealthNet PPO $2,733.60 ↑ +131%
Healthcare Highways PPO $2,733.60 ↑ +131%
Aetna New Business $2,779.16 ↑ +135%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $2,961.40 ↑ +150%
PPOplus Llc PPO $2,961.40 ↑ +150%
Phcs PPO $3,189.20 ↑ +169%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $3,189.20 ↑ +169%
Multiplan PPO $3,189.20 ↑ +169%
Aetna PPO $3,280.32 ↑ +177%
HealthSmart PPO $3,644.80 ↑ +208%
Provider Select PPO $3,644.80 ↑ +208%
Health Management Network PPO $3,644.80 ↑ +208%
First Health PPO $3,872.60 ↑ +227%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $3,872.60 ↑ +227%

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Unsched dialysis esrd pt hos at other Louisiana hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHRISTUS Louisiana Surgical Hospital Alexandria not published $457.78 – $1,564.14
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital Lake Charles not published $623.27 – $1,336.24

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