Veeg cont 2-12 hrs 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

$645.58

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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.

$2,483.00

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.

$297.96 with United Healthcare vs $2,110.55 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
United Healthcare KM $297.96 ↓ -54%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $297.96 ↓ -54%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $297.96 ↓ -54%
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $297.96 ↓ -54%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $297.96 ↓ -54%
Aetna KM $322.79 ↓ -50%
Triwest VA MM $494.63 ↓ -23%
Humana Gold Plus MM $494.63 ↓ -23%
Humana Gold Choice MM $494.63 ↓ -23%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $504.72 ↓ -22%
Active Med PPO $504.72 ↓ -22%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. Gold Plus MM $504.72 ↓ -22%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $504.72 ↓ -22%
Aetna MM $504.72 ↓ -22%
Coventry First Health MM $504.72 ↓ -22%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $504.72 ↓ -22%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $504.72 ↓ -22%
United Healthcare MM $514.81 ↓ -20%
Peoples Health MM $519.86 ↓ -19%
Dignity Health MM $519.86 ↓ -19%
Wellcare MM $529.96 ↓ -18%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $555.19 ↓ -14%
AllyAlign Health MM $555.19 ↓ -14%
Christus Health HIX $706.61 ↑ +9%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $1,241.50 ↑ +92%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $1,241.50 ↑ +92%
Humana Choicecare $1,340.82 ↑ +108%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $1,415.80 ↑ +119%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $1,415.80 ↑ +119%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $1,415.80 ↑ +119%
Cigna PPO $1,464.97 ↑ +127%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $1,489.80 ↑ +131%
Healthcare Highways PPO $1,489.80 ↑ +131%
Verity HealthNet PPO $1,489.80 ↑ +131%
Aetna New Business $1,514.63 ↑ +135%
PPOplus Llc PPO $1,613.95 ↑ +150%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $1,613.95 ↑ +150%
Phcs PPO $1,738.10 ↑ +169%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $1,738.10 ↑ +169%
Multiplan PPO $1,738.10 ↑ +169%
Aetna PPO $1,787.76 ↑ +177%
United Healthcare All Payer $1,906.00 ↑ +195%
Health Management Network PPO $1,986.40 ↑ +208%
HealthSmart PPO $1,986.40 ↑ +208%
Provider Select PPO $1,986.40 ↑ +208%
First Health PPO $2,110.55 ↑ +227%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $2,110.55 ↑ +227%

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Veeg cont 2-12 hrs at other Louisiana hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHRISTUS Louisiana Surgical Hospital Alexandria not published $363.40 – $1,186.09
CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital Lake Charles not published $480.49 – $1,101.99
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital Lake Charles not published $472.62 – $1,085.05

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