Warde amino acids 6 or more quantitative each specimen 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

$128.18

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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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$493.00

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.

$16.53 with Humana vs $419.05 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 $16.53 ↓ -87%
Triwest VA MM $16.53 ↓ -87%
Humana Gold Choice MM $16.53 ↓ -87%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $16.87 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare All Payer $16.87 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare KM $16.87 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $16.87 ↓ -87%
Aetna MM $16.87 ↓ -87%
Coventry First Health MM $16.87 ↓ -87%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. Gold Plus MM $16.87 ↓ -87%
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $16.87 ↓ -87%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $16.87 ↓ -87%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $16.87 ↓ -87%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $16.87 ↓ -87%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $17.04 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare MM $17.21 ↓ -87%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $17.21 ↓ -87%
Dignity Health MM $17.38 ↓ -86%
Peoples Health MM $17.38 ↓ -86%
Aetna KM $17.71 ↓ -86%
Wellcare MM $17.71 ↓ -86%
AllyAlign Health MM $18.56 ↓ -86%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $18.56 ↓ -86%
Christus Health HIX $23.62 ↓ -82%
Active Med PPO $29.52 ↓ -77%
Humana Choicecare $33.79 ↓ -74%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $60.73 ↓ -53%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $60.73 ↓ -53%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $60.73 ↓ -53%
Aetna New Business $88.75 ↓ -31%
Cigna PPO $102.39 ↓ -20%
Aetna PPO $104.42 ↓ -19%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $246.50 ↑ +92%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $246.50 ↑ +92%
Healthcare Highways PPO $295.80 ↑ +131%
Verity HealthNet PPO $295.80 ↑ +131%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $295.80 ↑ +131%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $320.45 ↑ +150%
PPOplus Llc PPO $320.45 ↑ +150%
Multiplan PPO $345.10 ↑ +169%
Phcs PPO $345.10 ↑ +169%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $345.10 ↑ +169%
Health Management Network PPO $394.40 ↑ +208%
Provider Select PPO $394.40 ↑ +208%
HealthSmart PPO $394.40 ↑ +208%
First Health PPO $419.05 ↑ +227%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $419.05 ↑ +227%

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Warde amino acids 6 or more quantitative each specimen at other Louisiana hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital Lake Charles not published $16.53 – $97.29

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