Wound therapy negative pressure per session > 50 sq cm 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

$667.42

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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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$2,567.00

Gross charge

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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.

$123.60 with United Healthcare vs $906.14 with Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana — 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

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

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
United Healthcare KM $123.60 ↓ -81%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $123.60 ↓ -81%
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $123.60 ↓ -81%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $123.60 ↓ -81%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $123.60 ↓ -81%
Aetna KM $133.90 ↓ -80%
Humana Choicecare $181.00 ↓ -73%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $225.00 ↓ -66%
United Healthcare All Payer $301.00 ↓ -55%
Cigna PPO $311.00 ↓ -53%
Triwest VA MM $372.44 ↓ -44%
Humana Gold Plus MM $372.44 ↓ -44%
Humana Gold Choice MM $372.44 ↓ -44%
Aetna MM $380.04 ↓ -43%
Coventry First Health MM $380.04 ↓ -43%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $380.04 ↓ -43%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. Gold Plus MM $380.04 ↓ -43%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $380.04 ↓ -43%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $380.04 ↓ -43%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $380.04 ↓ -43%
Active Med PPO $380.04 ↓ -43%
United Healthcare MM $387.64 ↓ -42%
Dignity Health MM $391.44 ↓ -41%
Peoples Health MM $391.44 ↓ -41%
Wellcare MM $399.04 ↓ -40%
AllyAlign Health MM $418.04 ↓ -37%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $418.04 ↓ -37%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $515.00 ↓ -23%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $515.00 ↓ -23%
Christus Health HIX $532.06 ↓ -20%
Healthcare Highways PPO $618.00 ↓ -7%
Verity HealthNet PPO $618.00 ↓ -7%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $618.00 ↓ -7%
Aetna New Business $628.30 ↓ -6%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $669.50 ↑ +0%
PPOplus Llc PPO $669.50 ↑ +0%
Phcs PPO $721.00 ↑ +8%
Multiplan PPO $721.00 ↑ +8%
Aetna PPO $741.60 ↑ +11%
Provider Select PPO $824.00 ↑ +23%
Health Management Network PPO $824.00 ↑ +23%
HealthSmart PPO $824.00 ↑ +23%
First Health PPO $875.50 ↑ +31%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $875.50 ↑ +31%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $906.14 ↑ +36%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $906.14 ↑ +36%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $906.14 ↑ +36%

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Wound therapy negative pressure per session > 50 sq cm at other Louisiana hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHRISTUS Louisiana Surgical Hospital Alexandria not published $84.00 – $893.09
CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital Lake Charles not published $225.00 – $705.30
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital Lake Charles not published $178.00 – $694.45

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