X-ray finger(s) >= 2 views (both sides) 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

$81.38

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.

$313.00

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.

$37.56 with Louisiana Healthcare Connections vs $266.05 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
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $37.56 ↓ -54%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $37.56 ↓ -54%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $37.56 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare KM $37.56 ↓ -54%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $37.56 ↓ -54%
Aetna KM $40.69 ↓ -50%
Humana Choicecare $73.90 ↓ -9%
Humana Gold Plus MM $82.08 ↑ +1%
Triwest VA MM $82.08 ↑ +1%
Humana Gold Choice MM $82.08 ↑ +1%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $83.75 ↑ +3%
Active Med PPO $83.75 ↑ +3%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. Gold Plus MM $83.75 ↑ +3%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $83.75 ↑ +3%
Aetna MM $83.75 ↑ +3%
Coventry First Health MM $83.75 ↑ +3%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $83.75 ↑ +3%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $83.75 ↑ +3%
United Healthcare MM $85.43 ↑ +5%
Dignity Health MM $86.26 ↑ +6%
Peoples Health MM $86.26 ↑ +6%
Wellcare MM $87.94 ↑ +8%
AllyAlign Health MM $92.13 ↑ +13%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $92.13 ↑ +13%
Cigna PPO $110.25 ↑ +35%
Christus Health HIX $117.25 ↑ +44%
Aetna New Business $133.09 ↑ +64%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $156.50 ↑ +92%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $156.50 ↑ +92%
Aetna PPO $156.57 ↑ +92%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $181.11 ↑ +123%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $181.11 ↑ +123%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $181.11 ↑ +123%
United Healthcare All Payer $182.03 ↑ +124%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $187.80 ↑ +131%
Healthcare Highways PPO $187.80 ↑ +131%
Verity HealthNet PPO $187.80 ↑ +131%
PPOplus Llc PPO $203.45 ↑ +150%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $203.45 ↑ +150%
Multiplan PPO $219.10 ↑ +169%
Phcs PPO $219.10 ↑ +169%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $219.10 ↑ +169%
Provider Select PPO $250.40 ↑ +208%
HealthSmart PPO $250.40 ↑ +208%
Health Management Network PPO $250.40 ↑ +208%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $266.05 ↑ +227%
First Health PPO $266.05 ↑ +227%

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X-ray finger(s) >= 2 views (both sides) at other Louisiana hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHRISTUS Louisiana Surgical Hospital Alexandria not published $83.75 – $196.81

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