Warde folic acid rbc 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

$35.62

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.

$137.00

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.

$17.30 with Humana vs $116.45 with First Health — 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 $17.30 ↓ -51%
Triwest VA MM $17.30 ↓ -51%
Humana Gold Choice MM $17.30 ↓ -51%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $17.65 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare All Payer $17.65 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare KM $17.65 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $17.65 ↓ -50%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. Gold Plus MM $17.65 ↓ -50%
Aetna MM $17.65 ↓ -50%
Coventry First Health MM $17.65 ↓ -50%
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $17.65 ↓ -50%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $17.65 ↓ -50%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $17.65 ↓ -50%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $17.65 ↓ -50%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $17.83 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare MM $18.00 ↓ -49%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $18.00 ↓ -49%
Peoples Health MM $18.18 ↓ -49%
Dignity Health MM $18.18 ↓ -49%
Aetna KM $18.53 ↓ -48%
Wellcare MM $18.53 ↓ -48%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $19.42 ↓ -45%
AllyAlign Health MM $19.42 ↓ -45%
Christus Health HIX $24.71 ↓ -31%
Active Med PPO $30.89 ↓ -13%
Humana Choicecare $58.56 ↑ +64%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $62.33 ↑ +75%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $62.33 ↑ +75%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $62.33 ↑ +75%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $68.50 ↑ +92%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $68.50 ↑ +92%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $82.20 ↑ +131%
Healthcare Highways PPO $82.20 ↑ +131%
Verity HealthNet PPO $82.20 ↑ +131%
PPOplus Llc PPO $89.05 ↑ +150%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $89.05 ↑ +150%
Aetna New Business $92.82 ↑ +161%
Phcs PPO $95.90 ↑ +169%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $95.90 ↑ +169%
Multiplan PPO $95.90 ↑ +169%
Cigna PPO $105.57 ↑ +196%
Aetna PPO $109.20 ↑ +207%
Provider Select PPO $109.60 ↑ +208%
Health Management Network PPO $109.60 ↑ +208%
HealthSmart PPO $109.60 ↑ +208%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $116.45 ↑ +227%
First Health PPO $116.45 ↑ +227%

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