Warde zinc 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

$30.68

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.

$118.00

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.

$11.16 with Humana vs $77.35 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 $11.16 ↓ -64%
Triwest VA MM $11.16 ↓ -64%
Humana Gold Choice MM $11.16 ↓ -64%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $11.39 ↓ -63%
United Healthcare All Payer $11.39 ↓ -63%
United Healthcare KM $11.39 ↓ -63%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $11.39 ↓ -63%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. Gold Plus MM $11.39 ↓ -63%
Aetna MM $11.39 ↓ -63%
Coventry First Health MM $11.39 ↓ -63%
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $11.39 ↓ -63%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $11.39 ↓ -63%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $11.39 ↓ -63%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $11.39 ↓ -63%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $11.50 ↓ -63%
United Healthcare MM $11.62 ↓ -62%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $11.62 ↓ -62%
Peoples Health MM $11.73 ↓ -62%
Dignity Health MM $11.73 ↓ -62%
Aetna KM $11.96 ↓ -61%
Wellcare MM $11.96 ↓ -61%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $12.53 ↓ -59%
AllyAlign Health MM $12.53 ↓ -59%
Christus Health HIX $15.95 ↓ -48%
Active Med PPO $19.93 ↓ -35%
Humana Choicecare $38.58 ↑ +26%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $40.99 ↑ +34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $40.99 ↑ +34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $40.99 ↑ +34%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $45.50 ↑ +48%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $45.50 ↑ +48%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $54.60 ↑ +78%
Healthcare Highways PPO $54.60 ↑ +78%
Verity HealthNet PPO $54.60 ↑ +78%
PPOplus Llc PPO $59.15 ↑ +93%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $59.15 ↑ +93%
Aetna New Business $59.89 ↑ +95%
Phcs PPO $63.70 ↑ +108%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $63.70 ↑ +108%
Multiplan PPO $63.70 ↑ +108%
Cigna PPO $70.36 ↑ +129%
Aetna PPO $70.46 ↑ +130%
Provider Select PPO $72.80 ↑ +137%
Health Management Network PPO $72.80 ↑ +137%
HealthSmart PPO $72.80 ↑ +137%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $77.35 ↑ +152%
First Health PPO $77.35 ↑ +152%

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