Warde islet cell antibody zinc transporter 8 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

$114.40

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.

$440.00

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.

$23.10 with Humana vs $145.86 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 $23.10 ↓ -80%
Triwest VA MM $23.10 ↓ -80%
Humana Gold Choice MM $23.10 ↓ -80%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $23.57 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare All Payer $23.57 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare KM $23.57 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $23.57 ↓ -79%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. Gold Plus MM $23.57 ↓ -79%
Aetna MM $23.57 ↓ -79%
Coventry First Health MM $23.57 ↓ -79%
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $23.57 ↓ -79%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $23.57 ↓ -79%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $23.57 ↓ -79%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $23.57 ↓ -79%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $23.81 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare MM $24.04 ↓ -79%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $24.04 ↓ -79%
Peoples Health MM $24.28 ↓ -79%
Dignity Health MM $24.28 ↓ -79%
Aetna KM $24.75 ↓ -78%
Wellcare MM $24.75 ↓ -78%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $25.93 ↓ -77%
AllyAlign Health MM $25.93 ↓ -77%
Christus Health HIX $33.00 ↓ -71%
Active Med PPO $41.25 ↓ -64%
Humana Choicecare $58.61 ↓ -49%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $71.23 ↓ -38%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $71.23 ↓ -38%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $71.23 ↓ -38%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $73.00 ↓ -36%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $73.00 ↓ -36%
Healthcare Highways PPO $87.60 ↓ -23%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $87.60 ↓ -23%
Verity HealthNet PPO $87.60 ↓ -23%
PPOplus Llc PPO $94.90 ↓ -17%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $94.90 ↓ -17%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $102.20 ↓ -11%
Multiplan PPO $102.20 ↓ -11%
Phcs PPO $102.20 ↓ -11%
Health Management Network PPO $116.80 ↑ +2%
HealthSmart PPO $116.80 ↑ +2%
Provider Select PPO $116.80 ↑ +2%
Cigna PPO $121.56 ↑ +6%
Aetna New Business $123.98 ↑ +8%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $124.10 ↑ +8%
First Health PPO $124.10 ↑ +8%
Aetna PPO $145.86 ↑ +28%

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