Warde cadmium blood 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

$23.92

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.

$92.00

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.

$23.17 with Humana vs $146.28 with Aetna — 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 $23.17 ↓ -3%
Triwest VA MM $23.17 ↓ -3%
Humana Gold Choice MM $23.17 ↓ -3%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $23.64 ↓ -1%
Aetna MM $23.64 ↓ -1%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. Gold Plus MM $23.64 ↓ -1%
Coventry First Health MM $23.64 ↓ -1%
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $23.64 ↓ -1%
United Healthcare All Payer $23.64 ↓ -1%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $23.64 ↓ -1%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $23.64 ↓ -1%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $23.64 ↓ -1%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $23.64 ↓ -1%
United Healthcare KM $23.64 ↓ -1%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $23.88 ↓ -0%
United Healthcare MM $24.11 ↑ +1%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $24.11 ↑ +1%
Peoples Health MM $24.35 ↑ +2%
Dignity Health MM $24.35 ↑ +2%
Wellcare MM $24.82 ↑ +4%
Aetna KM $24.82 ↑ +4%
AllyAlign Health MM $26.00 ↑ +9%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $26.00 ↑ +9%
Christus Health HIX $33.10 ↑ +38%
Active Med PPO $41.37 ↑ +73%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $45.50 ↑ +90%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $45.50 ↑ +90%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $54.60 ↑ +128%
Verity HealthNet PPO $54.60 ↑ +128%
Healthcare Highways PPO $54.60 ↑ +128%
PPOplus Llc PPO $59.15 ↑ +147%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $59.15 ↑ +147%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $63.70 ↑ +166%
Phcs PPO $63.70 ↑ +166%
Multiplan PPO $63.70 ↑ +166%
Health Management Network PPO $72.80 ↑ +204%
Provider Select PPO $72.80 ↑ +204%
HealthSmart PPO $72.80 ↑ +204%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $77.35 ↑ +223%
First Health PPO $77.35 ↑ +223%
Humana Choicecare $78.42 ↑ +228%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $83.32 ↑ +248%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $83.32 ↑ +248%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $83.32 ↑ +248%
Aetna New Business $124.33 ↑ +420%
Cigna PPO $140.77 ↑ +489%
Aetna PPO $146.28 ↑ +512%

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